The best action sequences in movies

[superkong 500]

A thread to rate what are to you the best most amazing action scenes in any movie. Including chase scenes fight scenes epic battle scenes etc. All goes

For me in no particular order:

T-800 vs the swat team in T2

Ripley vs the queen in aliens

Aragorn vs Lurtz in the fellowship of the ring

The first alien encounter in aliens

Kong vs the T-rex family in King Kong

Lobby shootout in the matrix

Tumbler chase in Batman begins

fist shootout in face-off

T-800 trashing the pescadero hospital staff in T2

(I hate the movie but love this fight) obi-wan and quigon jinn vs darth maul in ep 1

The mnu break in shootout in district 9(that scene is fantastic)

Battle of helms deep the two towers

Stll have lots more I'll post them later.

Post your list of favorite action scenes.

Shoot!

 

[Carmine Falcone]

The French Connection car chase
Bullit car chase
The Dark Knight SWAT VS Joker VS Batman chase

 

[Nightmare]

Scarface, the ending, the cocaine deal gone wrong

Heat, the bank heist

 

[spider-neil]

SM2 - clock tower/train sequence
greatest superhero action sequence commited to film. 6 years on and it still hasn't been bettered.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Honestly too many for me to mention, couldnt narrow it down!

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

Spider-Man 3 : Final Battle, Harry Vs. Peter (1st)
Wolverine : Waepon XI Vs. Sabes & Wolverine
Jurassic Park : Finale
Hook : The Ultimate War

I'll be back...

 

[Nivek]

John Woo in the late 80's/ early 90's... The Killer/ Hard Boiled blew my mind in High School, especially the finale of The Killer and the Hospital scene at the end in Hard Boiled.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Punisher: War Zone- The Bradstreet Massacre
Return of the Jedi- Assault on the Death Star
Terminator 2- The California Highway Pursuits
Hot Fuzz- Shootout in the Village
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade- The Tank Battle

 

[The Navigator]

Raiders of the Lost Ark--Flying Wing fight as well as the truck chase.

 

[Max J Power]

Aliens--the end
The French Connection--the big chase
Hot Fuzz--the last half-hour
Kill Bill, Vol. 1--the Crazy 88 fight
The Killer--the last shootout
LA Confidential--the last shootout
The Professional--Leon's apartment shootout
Star Wars: A New Hope--the end
Terminator 2--the last fight between T-800 and T-1000

 

[Ipodman]

Transformers Revenge of the Falleb Shanghai Scene
And Alice-is-a-decepticon reveal all the way to Prime's death

 

[Evil Twin]

Classics division

Chariot Race - Ben Hur
(Hasn't aged a day in 50 years.)

Ride of the Valkyries - Apocalypse Now
(I love the smell of napalm in the morning.)

Battle of Shrewsbury - Chimes at Midnight
(Welles's "lost" masterpiece. A prime influence on Braveheart's battle scenes.)

Final Battle - The Seven Samurai
(Dozens of people, rain, arrows, guns, swords, and it's clear as day as to what's happening. Controlled chaos.)

Final Showdown - Yojimbo
(Sword vs. Pistol. Doesn't get any more iconic than that.)

Train Chase - The General
(Buster Keaton's masterpiece. No cgi here.)

Building Climb - Safety Last
(Remember, no cgi here.)

 

[TruerToTheCore]

Total Recall Metro Shoot-Out
All of Terminator 2
The Wild Bunch Final
Commando Final

and some more...

 

[terry78]

I know it's a CG movie, but Dash taking on Syndrome's flying blade vehicles in Incredibles was one of the best things I have seen physically brought to screen.

 

[Bruce Banner]

Raiders of the Lost Ark--Flying Wing fight as well as the truck chase.

Took the words right out of my mouth.


Face/Off- Church Shootout

The French Connection- Train/car chase

Dirty Harry- Opening Shootout, very short but sweet introduction to Harry Callahan

Last Man Standing- The very last way way over the top shootout with 45 pistols that never run out of ammo.

 

[Golgo-13]

Face/Off - escape from Arawan prison
Ronin - car chase
Blade 1: Blade enters the 'blood bath'
Total Recall - subway chase
Predator - Dutch vs Predator
Spider-Man 2 - train sequence
LOTR - fellowship in the troll cave
Avatar - final battle
Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom - 'battle for the antidote!'
Terminator 1 - final battle/Reese's death
Shrek 1 - escaping the dragons lair
Batman Begins - Escape from Arkham
Blade 2 - the sewer sequence
The Tournament - the bus/truck sequence

 

[Anjow1060]

I know the word "masterpiece" gets used quite loosely these days, but seriously --

The Nightcrawler White House sequence from X2 was one of the most masterful pieces of action cinema ever created. I literally was in complete awe the entire time the first time I saw it on the big screen.

- Jow

 

[The Navigator]

Oh, forgot the final truck siege in Road Warrior.

 

[Mace Dolex]

Superman 2 - Metropolis battle
Face/Off - boat chase finale
The Dark Knight - armor truck/batpod chase
Heat - downtown bank shootout
Transformers - city battle finale
The Fast & The Furious - truck takeover with the Honda's
Empire Strikes Back - At-At attack