Fight Scene Tournament

[The STE]

This tournament will have a field of 32, standard rules for HDC tournaments. I'll post the fight, the movie it's from, a link to a video for the fight, and a short write-up about the fight. Next post is the first match

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 1


Freddy Krueger vs. Jason Vorhees
Movie: Freddy vs. Jason
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szL7rjMvKn0

Not the greatest as far as fights go, and the movie wasn't even as good as some Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm St. movies. But they did exactly what (IMO) they should have done with this fight. Freddy out-thinking and being quicker than the lumbering strength-based Jason. And the weapon swap at the end shows more cleverness than I would have given the movie credit for. Plus, I felt required to have some horror representation in the tournament.

VS

Daniel vs. Johnny
Movie: The Karate Kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NfkH3Q4JOQ

Again, not the greatest fight, even of its kind, but the lack of fancy technical finess is made up for by emotional investment. It's like the final fight in Rocky, but it's a lot better a fight than the Rocky fights where the punches obviously never made contact. Also made famous the oft-overused Crane Pose.

[Roderick Usher]

Daniel vs. Johnny


great tourney btw:D

[Freak]

Freddy vs Jason

[The Mothman]

freddy vs. Jason.
dont care what anyone says, i enjoy that movie.

[Dante'sInferno]

Freddy vs Jason

[jenna26]

I don't really like the movie, or even the idea of the movie, but I like the fight, lots of fun.....Freddy vs Jason.

[The STE]

4-1 Freddy vs. Jason, one more vote could end the match

[GorePhobia]

Freddy vs Jason hands down.

I highly enjoyed the film.

[The STE]

Freddy vs. Jason wins. Next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 2

Charlie Yu Tao vs Yuen Tak/Yu Ching-Chuen vs Yu Yung-Sheng
Movie: My Young Auntie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqn5DQ9Jhzk
The goofy Kung Fu equivalent of "my dad could beat up your dad." The silly bragging between Tao and Tak is funny, although I do think that on occasion the fight just looks like they're doing really quick poses. Other than that, a very good climactic fight.

VS

Kham vs. Everybody in his way
Movie: The Protector
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K06wDn3XsZE
Tony Jaa beats the everloving fuck out of people in a big elaborate 4 minute tracking shot. The way he fights his way up the big winding staircase reminds me of similar levels in video games, which gets the scene points from me because I like those games. There's some stuff that makes you go "bah, they did that with the editing" until you remember that, no, there is no editing.

[GorePhobia]

Tony Jaa is the greatest ever.

No doubt.

[Dante'sInferno]

Kham vs everybody in his way

[The Mothman]

any single one of those dudes from The Young Auntie could kick the shit out of Tony Jaa.
the 3 minute long sequence is impressive no doubt, but the protector is god awful. i walked out of that film. so drawn out.

The Young Auntie for sure.

(ong bak was a a different story though.)

[newb]

Nice tourny Sam

Tony Jaa

that was pretty impressive

[The STE]

3-1 The Protector

[illdojo]

Kham vs. Everybody in his way

[_____V_____]

Tony Jaa. The movie wasnt great, but that sequence is the shiznit.

Nice tourney, Sam. Kudos to the youtube effort.

[The STE]

And The Long Shot wins, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 3


Zhang vs. Yeoh
Movie: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OxQ-2gR1DU
In a movie initially lauded, now decried for its fight scenes full of flying around and fantasy, this fight is more grounded in reality than any other in the movie. Granted, that doesn't say a whole lot, but in a movie where people are running up plant stems and jumping from rooftop to rooftop, this fight stands out.

VS

Cunningham vs. Rob Roy
Movie: Rob Roy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVaslN1NiT0
A great movie swordfight if ever there was one. It may not have a lot of visually fancy choreography, but it has a greate sense of realism and psychology to it. They pause, and wait, think the fight out, they run out of breath because swordfighting is tiring. They don't just galavant into it because it's a fight to the death. And rather than the fight being either really close the whole way through or the villain beats up the hero until the hero arbitrarily wins, the better swordfighter gets the upper hand for the great majority of the fight, and then the hero wins in a somewhat ingenious move that might not have worked if the villain had chosen a different sword. This is one of the two really great swordfights I've seen in movies.

[_____V_____]

Tough choice...

Liam Neeson and co.

[Freak]

Zhang vs Yeoh

[illdojo]

Zhang vs. Yeoh.

[The STE]

2-1 Zhang vs. Yeoh

[Dante'sInferno]

Zhang vs Yeoh

[LoudLon]

Zhang vs. Yeoh. Michelle Yeoh can do no wrong.

[Kane_Hodder]

Crouching Tiger clip.

[The STE]

5-1 Crouching Tiger, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 4


Two crippled Asians vs. an able-bodied Asian
Movie: Crippled Masters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bgqlfBlABY
Sorry for the lack of names, but I watched this without subtitles or a dub. The goofy-ass over the top concept of the movie allows for some really good fight choreography that can't be gotten in other movies.

VS

Edward Norton vs. Edward Norton
Movie: Fight Club
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2ENGnluouc
Could've been lame slapstick like Jim Carrey's self-fight in Liar Liar. But Norton takes a hell of a beating from himself.

[Freak]

Edward Norton

[LoudLon]

Big chop socky fan but I never much cared for Crippled Avengers.

Ed Norton.

[The STE]

2-0 for Norton

[_____V_____]

Norton vs Norton.

[Davids]

Norton vs Norton

[GorePhobia]

Norton vs. Norton for the shutout!

[The STE]

I am Jack's shutout. Next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 5



Chun Li vs. Vega
Movie: Street Fighter II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZANQrCqht84
There aren't many good fights in animated movies. There, I said it. I don't know what it is, but the hand to hand combat is either in short bursts too quick to be much of a fight scene in and of its self, the sword fights usually are edited so you can't actually see the fighting, and the gun fights, while usually okay, usually aren't the only thing going on, and there's too much intercutting to get a good feel of the fight. Not a knock on animation, obviously, but it's a fight scene tournament, and there aren't many good animated ones. But this one is a surprisingly good one. The street fighters, usually in more open surroundings, have a fight in decidedly more cramped surroundings. Well animated, good psychology to it with Chun-Li attacking Vega's face, and Guile looks like a useless bufoon.

VS

The Wild Bunch vs. The Mexican Army
Movie: The Wild Bunch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OLvEJ3kP1s
This is what got me to like westerns. Pike's "Let's go." and the long walk where you know what's coming and you know how it'll turn out, until Requiem for a Dream, this scene was one of two that made me come closest to crying during a movie. All that emotional build up to a really fucking epic gun battle.

[roshiq]

Chun Li vs. Vega
Movie: Street Fighter II

[Dante'sInferno]

Chun Li vs. Vega

[alkytrio666]

The Wild Bunch vs. The Mexican Army.

[Marley's Ghost]

Who will win this match
I have a hunch
As for me i'm picking
The Wild Bunch

[Roderick Usher]

Wild Bunch

[_____V_____]

The Wild Bunch sequence.

[Bub the Zombie]

The Wild Bunch vs Mexican Army

[jenna26]

The Wild Bunch vs. The Mexican Army

[The STE]

Wild Bunch wins 6-2, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 6


Nada vs. Frank
Movie: They Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsZpdUUdd3I
A fight scene good enough to redeem an otherwise mediocre movie. Rowdy Roddy Piper and Keith David fight it out for real, save face and groin shots. That kind of thing would NEVER fly these days, which is understandable, but all the same it made for a great fight scene. It's made all the more awesome by the fact that it's the direct inspiration (ie: they copied it almost move for move) of the Cripple Fight from South Park.

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Thornton vs. Danaher
Movie: The Quiet Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh5nH6UTgj8
John Wayne's usual movie silliness transfered to a surprisingly entertaining extended fist fight. The running joke of the betting is amusing, as is Wayne getting constantly doused with water. Everybody yelling "Thornton and Danaher are fighting!" prompting other bystanders to run up to watch is reminiscant of Cartman running around yelling "cripple fight!" in the abovementioned scene from South Park. The fight its self is at least way above the fights in the various Elvis movies, and probably John Wayne's best fight scene.

[Doc Faustus]

Quiet Man . My favorite John Wayne movie.

[jenna26]

The Quiet Man for me as well.....not my favorite John Wayne movie, but pretty close.

[_____V_____]

The Quiet Man without a second thought.

[The STE]

3-0 The Quiet Man

[illdojo]

They Live rules!!! Nada vs. Frank.

[Disease]

They Live.................

[The STE]

3-2 Quiet Man

[newb]

When you mentioned this tourny ,the first thing to come to my mind was the fight scene in They Live......second being The Bourne Supremacy....so They Live it is.

[GorePhobia]

Nada v.s Frank

They Live

[AshBoomstick]

They Live definitatley.

[The STE]

Nada and Frank pull a come from behind victory 5-3. Next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 7


Jason Bourne vs. Would-be Assassin
Movie: The Bourne Identity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIOI_CQJ9MM
The least shakey of the Bourne fights I can recall, and the one that's more of a straight fight scene than an expansive action sequence. The Bourne movies always had good crisp fight choreography, and actually made Matt Damon believable as a badass. Witness him fight a knife-wielding attempted killer using a pulled-apart ink pen.

VS

Wesley The Man In Black vs. Inigo Montoya
Movie: The Princess Bride
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2983131103184011100&q=Princess+Bride+duel&total=9&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1
One of my favorites in this tournament, and IMO the best sword fight still in it. It starts out with ever-entertaining dialogue and goes into a classic sword fight. Possibly the complete antithesis of the Rob Roy sword fight, where Inigo and Wesley do a big, complicated sword duel with flips and catching swords in mid-air and switching hands, and shot so you can tell it's Patinkin and Elwes for most of it. I <3 this fight.

[Disease]

I'm going to have to ahead and say Bourne....

[_____V_____]

The Princess Bride!

One of my all-time top 10 favorites...and the sword fight...and Inigo Montoya!!:D

"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father...prepare to die!"

Gooooo Montoya!:cool:

[The STE]

1-1 Princess Bride


</favoritism>

[GorePhobia]

Jason Bourne

[jaybomb]

jason bourne, love these movies

[horrorobsessed]

the princess bride

[The STE]

3-2 for the apartment fight

[missmacabre]

Princess Bride haha

[Zero]

Princess Bride haha

dittoooooooooooo

[Freak]

Princess Bride

[The STE]

Another come from behind victory as the swordfight beats the apartment fight. Next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 8


Jason and the Argonauts vs. some skeletons
Movie: Jason and the Argonauts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwBc2K2dw-8
Classic Ray Harryhausen work, possibly the best piece of stop motion animation ever. Before the time where this would be done with computers, Jason and the Argonauts fight stop motion skeletons that move, fight, grab weapons, die, jump over things, almost seem sentient. While it might not look as fancy as it would if it were done today, it still holds up as being damn impressive.

VS

William Munny vs. Little Bill and co.
Movie: Unforgiven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_NrMBdNp88
The whole movie seems to build to this, while managing to catch Munny at least by surprise. It's excellently shot and has a lot more suspense than gun fights that are just people shooting from behind things and ducking bullets like a lot of other westerns might have done (*cough*ALL JOHN WAYNE MOVIES*cough*). Capped by one of my favorite Eastwood lines.

[Doc Faustus]

Argonauts vs. Skeletons.

[alkytrio666]

William Munny vs. Little Bill.

[The Mothman]

"Any man i see out there im gonna kill em. any sonuvabitch that takes a shot at me, not only am i gonna kill them, im gonna kill his wife. All his friends. burn his damn house down!"

eastwood badassness.
Unforgiven for sure.

[The STE]

2 for the Munny, 1 for the Argonauts

[Freak]

Munny vs Bill

[Kane_Hodder]

William Munny in Unforgiven

[The STE]

4-1 Munny, one more vote could end the match

[The_Return]

Unforgiven's scene is great, but the skeleton fight is just pure movie magic.

Harryhausen by far.

[Davids]

William Munny in Unforgiven

[The STE]

5-2 Unforgiven fight, but I'll throw in a vote to the Harryhausen flick to make it 5-3. Unforgiven wins either way, next one momentarily

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 9


Hai vs. Ricky
Movie: Riki-Oh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaC9WfQ-Fzg
While the head crushing may be the most iconic image from the movie, this is the fight everybody remembers. Ricky tying his tendon back together with his teeth, Hai choking Ricky with his own guts, it's all so bloody and violent and over the top. Hell, they're fighting beneath a crucified guy. One of the better kung fu movies in its over-the-top-ness

VS

The Saints vs. Il Duce
Movie: The Boondock Saints
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff5DlpZiMZ0
The only real gunfight in the movie. The rest are just massacres. Yes, it uses some of the same clichés the brothers themselves mock earlier in the movie, yes, Dafoe's prancing about and firing the gun in the air is silly if you really think about it, but who cares? The first time you see Il Duce with his gun vest and the cigar and sun glasses, it's way awesome.

[Despare]

I like The Boondock Saints as much as anybody but it's gotta be Hai vs. Ricky here. Eye popping, tendon tieing goodness.

[_____V_____]

I like The Boondock Saints as much as anybody but it's gotta be Hai vs. Ricky here. Eye popping, tendon tieing goodness.

Ditto...to the T...

[Bub the Zombie]

Dafoe in Boondock Saints

[The STE]

2-1 Riki-Oh

[GorePhobia]

Riki Oh!

My favorite line however in Boondock Saints....THERE WAS A FIRE FIGHT!

[Kane_Hodder]

Boondock Saints

[Bub the Zombie]

Riki-Oh.........

[Doc Faustus]

Definitely Riki-Oh.

[The STE]

Riki-Oh wins 5-2, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 10



Neo vs. Morpheus
Movie: The Matrix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmEPXXJ4sKw
What? Not one of the Neo vs. Smith fights? Nope. I found this fight to be much more impressive. It didn't have an overabundance of glaringly obvious CGI, it was well choreographed, had a good story to it with Neo trying to learn how the Matrix works still, and good attention to detail. When Morpheus' foot goes through the floor at the 1:54 mark, notice the floor fixes its self. I didn't catch that until I watched the video to put it in the tournament.

VS

Preston vs. the Tetragrammaton
Movie: Equilibrium
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erFz8jBzkhQ
Technically severall smaller sequences put together, but I always considered it one long fight scene. Preston getting so pissed off he reverts back to emotionless killing machine was a damn good idea by the writers, as was the fakeout with one of the more anticipated fights, which is actually more realistic (in the sense that anything in this movie could be) the way it turns out here. And the gun-kata fight between Preston and Father is something I've never seen in movies before.

[Roderick Usher]

Neo/Morpheus

[Davids]

Neo vs. Morpheus

[jenna26]

Equilibrium gets my vote. Love that movie.

[GorePhobia]

Equilibrium was a better movie then Matrix IMHO. I did not enjoy Matrix and Chrisian Bale is and will be the next big actor.

Hands down wins.

[giantkilla]

Christiane Bale v.s Taye Diggs

[Freak]

Equilibrium.Manily becasue I just plain hate all the Matrix movies.

[_____V_____]

Preston rules!

Need I say more?:cool:

[ferretchucker]

neo v morpheus

[The STE]

Preston vs. E'erbody wins, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 11


Azumi vs. A village
Movie: Azumi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdklA35ji6M
If you hate unrealistic fights, just skip over this and vote for...ok, I guess if you hate unrealistic fights just wait until the next match. This fight is like the Bride vs. the Crazy 88 on a much larger scale, with Azumi fighting a whole village worth of thievs and killers. There's at least some attempts at plausibility; instead of her just swordfighting all of them to death there's a cannon she uses at the very beginning (not seen in this clip), she drops the watchtower on them, lets different factions of the village fight each other, the effeminate villain starts killing them, too, but it's still her vs. like a hundred or so guys. It's well directed by Kitamura, and the village set looks great. The only gripe I have is about the clip its self since I couldn't find one with the fight with her and the main villain attached.

VS

Eric Draven vs. a bunch of criminals
Movie: The Crow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mev1OrDXdKk
This is the scene that makes me like Draven. The pawn shop scene was cool, ditto with the flaming bird thing, but this part was tits. Top Dollar, stupid name aside, is a good villain, his group of merry fodder are effective enough, and Brandon Lee just bukkakes this scene with charisma. Why he never became a huge star after this movie, I'll never know.

[Freak]

Eric Draven hands down.

[GorePhobia]

Ha ha ha Azumi....hands up.

[jenna26]

Eric Draven

Love the movie; its just so sad such a promising young actor was killed filming it. RIP Brandon.

[jaybomb]

eric draven

[Vodstok]

The Crow



:p

[The STE]

4-1 for Corpseface vs. Fodder

[missmacabre]

Eric Draven in the Crow.

[The STE]

and that makes five, next match in a moment.

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 12


LT vs. Hallum
Movie: The Hunted
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrpbdqnxSM0
The specific fight is the end one, it starts five minutes into the clip. Sorry, but I couldn't find an isolated clip of it. This fight is great for the same reason that the swordfight from Rob Roy was great; realism. There's no flying around, it's not flashy. There's a real sense of gravity and of the world in this fight. They get muddy and gringy and tired. And the moments of improvisation is great. A guy gets cut on the arm, so he pools the blood in his hand and throws it in the other guy's eyes. That, dropping the knife into the other hand, and several other little things make this fight great, and it especially stood out when it was released when the Crouching Tiger fad was in full swing.

VS

Jack Butler vs. Eugine
Movie: Crossroads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idb2dUtTpuU
"DAMNIT, Sam The Egg, this isn't a fight scene! That's just guitar playing! What the HELL are you trying to pull?" I know, I know, it's not a 'fight scene' in the strictest sense, but there's a very simple explanation for everything: It's my tournament. Call it a bending of the rules if you want, but I love a good guitar duel, and this is a damn good one. Although considering Jack Butler is played by Steve Vai, best guitar player around, and he does a bunch of Maccio's stuff as well, it damn well better be good. You've gotta see the movie to get some of the stuff, but I'll paraphrase: Eugine is a classically trained guitar player, wants to learn blues, teams up with Old Black Blues Man, OBBM had sold his soul to the devil, this is the guitar duel to get it back. Butler is the Devil's representative. Got it? Good.

[Freak]

Crossroads.Gotta love a good guitar duel.

[_____V_____]

The Hunted.

[GorePhobia]

the hunted by far

[Roderick Usher]

Jack Butler vs. Eugine

for Ry Cooder

[The STE]

2-2 so far, and thus far this is the most interesting match of the tournament

[AshBoomstick]

LT vs Hallum

[roshiq]

LT vs. Hallum
Movie: The Hunted

[jenna26]

The Hunted
The movie might have its problems, but that is a great fight scene.

[Doc Faustus]

Crossroads. Guitar duels and dance offs are fighting as they are outward expressions of conflict used to resolve differences. Although things shouldn't go as far as to have "Andre Gregory vs. Wallace Shawn"as one of the entries.

[The STE]

the Hunted wins 5-3, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 13


Dae Han Park vs. Tommy Lee
Movie: Best of the Best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK0Gym2hRac
"Coach, he's gonna kill him!" Tee hee. The overdone drama is in high form in this fight scene. What will Tommy Lee (not the man-skank from the 80's band, this one is Asian looking) do? Cost America the precious few points it needs to win the karate fight championship or kill his brother? Coach James Earl Jones says "no" and you don't mess with James Earl Jones using his deep voice.

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The good guy vs. the bad guy
Movie: Versus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXqDOmnGsH0
Same director as the fight in Azumi, but with a smaller budget and much smaller cast. I was going to go with the Yakuza guys vs. the zombies, but the fight was broken up too much into different scenes, so I opted for the also good and more concise final fight.

[The Mothman]

Versus fight. ive always been quite fond of that one. bullets hitting eacthother was awesome.

the first punch thrown in the other fight obviously didnt make contact.

[Roderick Usher]

Dae Han Park vs. Tommy Lee

[GorePhobia]

No Tommy No!!!

[Despare]

Versus

I like Tak too much not to vote for him.

[Freak]

Best of the Best.I loved that movie when I was younger.

[_____V_____]

Versus fight. It can knock the shit out of Best of the Best anytime any place.

[The Mothman]

how could anyone not vote for versus?

[paws the great]

Park vs. Lee

[newb]

VERSUS............................

[The STE]

4-4, closest match yet

[Dante'sInferno]

Versus .

[The STE]

the Versus fight eeks out a win, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 14

Ting vs. Bar fighters
Movie: Ong-Bak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXzGU80vNLw
Hopefully this style of fight scenes take off like the Crouching Tiger style fights took off. Truth be told, I much prefer these fight scenes to the ones where everybody's flying about and running up plant life and what not. Jaa manages to sustain a hell of a beating here with the big guy smashing things on him and keeps coming, while managing to make it look convincing and not just "he can't get hurt, he's the protagonist!"

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The Bride vs. the Crazy 88
Movie: Kill Bill vol. 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdjuS17DGlA
Make sure to watch this clip even if you've seen the movie. It's the Japanese cut of it and it doesn't cut to black and white or anything, so it's a bit different. I didn't think Uma Thurman would make a convincing action heroine, having only seen her in Pulp Fiction and Batman & Robin, but she emphatically proves me wrong by maiming several dozen Japanese people.

[LoudLon]

Gotta go with Jaa in Ong Bak.

Thanks for the Kill Bill clip, though; I've never seen the Japanese edit.

[jenna26]

Kill Bill. Great clip, btw, I had never seen it either.

[Dante'sInferno]

Ting vs. Bar fighters

[_____V_____]

The Bride vs The Crazy 88.

Apart from being one of the best choreographed sword swishing of all time, the switch-over from color to b/w and back (in the US version) added a unique blend to the bloodbath.

[missmacabre]

The Bride vs. the Crazy 88. One of my favourite fight scenes of all time but I'm a very biased Terrantino fan.

[Roderick Usher]

The Bride vs. the Crazy 88

[newb]

The Bride vs. the Crazy 88

[Doc Faustus]

The Bride vs. the Crazy 88. Uma Thurman going Reiko Ike on the Yuen Wo Ping Fight Team's asses is fantastic.

[GorePhobia]

Didn't think this would be blow way out I thought that Ong Bak would keep it close so when I saw you did put Kill Bill against someone hard like you threatened I kind of felt sad a moment. Even though Ong Bak was a breath of fresh air with its fights and style I will always remember how giddy I was to watch Kill Bill for the first time October 10th of 2003.

The Bride vs. The Crazy 88

[Kane_Hodder]

The Bride vs The Crazy 88 no doubt. One of the best fights ever filmed.

[Freak]

This is the best fight in this tourney so far.Even though I loved Kill Bill, any fight with Tonby Jaa in it will always win.I'm going with Ong Bak.

[Disease]

The bride and the crazys from Kill Billy.

[The STE]

Alright, alright, I'll stop the massacre. Kill Bill fight wins 9-3, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 15


Annakin Skywalker vs. Obi-Wan Kenobi
Movie: Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSwy412nttI
Six movies built up to this fight. Two or three of them were really good. But nevertheless, the fight scene is fantastic. It was really close between this and the Kenobi/Jinn vs. Darth Maul fight, but seeing whiny-ass Mannequin Skywalker get his limbs chopped off while his face melts wins out.

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Coolie, Donut, and the Tailor vs. the Axe Gang
Movie: Kung Fu Hustle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZorwMyOyPOk
Kung Fu Hustle had to be in the tournament. The movie, this fight in particular, is one of the rare occasions where comedy, and not just the over-the-top violence or exploitation-referencing style, but actual comedy, is blended with action and it's not just lame slapstick boringness. There's slapstick, yes, but it's neither lame nor boring. Shanghai Noon aside, Jackie Chan wishes his alleged comedies were as funny as this.

[_____V_____]

Coolie, Donut, and the Tailor vs. the Axe Gang.

Without even seeing the clips (since I ve seen both the movies) I can pretty certainly say Kung Fu Hustle can kick the shit out of any Star Wars fights.

So yeah...

[newb]

Coolie, Donut, and the Tailor vs. the Axe Gang.

Without even seeing the clips (since I ve seen both the movies) I can pretty certainly say Kung Fu Hustle can kick the shit out of any Star Wars fights.

So yeah...

yup


what he said

[Disease]

I'm going to stick with Annakin and obi wan.

[The Mothman]

Kung Fu Hustle rules.

[GorePhobia]

Darth Vader v.s Obi-Wan

[paws the great]

Vader vs. Kenobi

[missmacabre]

I'm a Star Wars fan and I still say Kung Fu Hustle. We're talking fight scenes, not movie hype.

[jaybomb]

vader and obi-wan

[The STE]

4-4.......

[Freak]

Kung Fu Hustle

[The STE]

And that ends the match. One more and the round is over

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 16


Marv vs. Kevin
Movie: Sin City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwwzVTZw6Zw
Oddly enough, not that many good fight scenes to pick from this one. But considering they were never in the same place at the same time in real life, this fight gets a ton of points on filmmaking alone. Elijah Wood shuts up any "he'll never live Frodo down" people fast, and Mickey Rourke is as awesome as ever. Scratch that. This is the most awesome Mickey Rourke has ever been.

VS

Dae-su Oh vs. a dozen or so unfortunate motherfuckers
Movie: Oldboy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nrDyTa2j7g
HAMMERFIGHT! Like the long shot in the Protector, it's one uninterrupted shot. But what this movie has that the Protector doesn't is badassery. Yeah, Tony Jaa fucks people up, but I'm pretty sure that one knife to the back and he'd go down for a while. Dae-su Oh? Hell no. He lures them into a false sense of security and then continues to ruin their shit. With a claw hammer. I'd apologize for the dubbing, but there's only talking at the very beginning.

[massacre man]

Marv vs Kevin.

[The Mothman]

Round 1: Match 16


Marv vs. Kevin
Movie: Sin City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwwzVTZw6Zw
Oddly enough, not that many good fight scenes to pick from this one. But considering they were never in the same place at the same time in real life, this fight gets a ton of points on filmmaking alone. Elijah Wood shuts up any "he'll never live Frodo down" people fast, and Mickey Rourke is as awesome as ever. Scratch that. This is the most awesome Mickey Rourke has ever been.

VS

Dae-su Oh vs. a dozen or so unfortunate motherfuckers
Movie: Oldboy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nrDyTa2j7g
HAMMERFIGHT! Like the long shot in the Protector, it's one uninterrupted shot. But what this movie has that the Protector doesn't is badassery. Yeah, Tony Jaa fucks people up, but I'm pretty sure that one knife to the back and he'd go down for a while. Dae-su Oh? Hell no. He lures them into a false sense of security and then continues to ruin their shit. With a claw hammer. I'd apologize for the dubbing, but there's only talking at the very beginning.

Oldboy. possibly one of the best fight scenes of all time. brilliant.

[_____V_____]

Dae-su Oh vs. a team of motherfuckers.

Oldboy was awesome.

[Dante'sInferno]

Dae-su Oh vs. a dozen or so unfortunate motherfuckers

[jenna26]

Well, had to happen, just didn't expect it this early, two of my favorite movies of recent years, and two of my favorite fight scenes of recent years.....ugh.....:(
Oldboy.

[Despare]

Sin City

As much as I like seeing fools rocked with a hammer I was soooo happy when Marv finally caught that little shit.

[Freak]

Marv vs Kevin

[GorePhobia]

Marv vs. Kevin

[roshiq]

____OldBoy_____

[Doc Faustus]

Marv vs. Kevin.

[UGotLeathered?]

Freddy vs jason ftw...

i remember seeing that film for the first time and i think they way they brought it together and the build up to the realease was great... everyone wanted to see the 2 legends fight it out and i actually thought it was a great match up.... i wanna see more films like that where they bring 2 legends to a match up... i wanna see myers vs leatherface :P

[Thomasgeorge]

freddy vs. jason was a good movie shit fight but i still vote that

[missmacabre]

Sin City.........

[paws the great]

Marv vs. Kevin

[UGotLeathered?]

sorry theres so many pages i just seen the first i done it agen =.=

marv vs kevin

[missmacabre]

freddy vs. jason was a good movie shit fight but i still vote that doood not even one of the options haha

[The STE]

alright alright fine, Marv vs. Kevin wins, next round in a second

[The STE]

Round 2: Match 1


Freddy vs. Jason
Movie: Freddy vs. Jason
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szL7rjMvKn0


VS


Tony Jaa vs. everybody in his path
Movie: The Protector
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K06wDn3XsZE

[missmacabre]

Tony Jaa vs. everyoneee. It was agood fight and obv. better than Freddy vs. Jason imo.

[newb]

Tony Jaa vs. everybody in his path

[illdojo]

I know it's cheesy, but I gotta go with Freddy vs. Jason.

[Freak]

Like I said before Tony Jaa rules all.

[_____V_____]

Tony Jaa vs. everybody in his path

What he said.:cool:

[paws the great]

Tony vs. everyone in his path.

[The_Return]

Thinking about the work that went into it, Jaa's scene is obviously more impressive...that said, Freddy vs. Jason is way more fun to watch IMO.

F vs. J

[The Mothman]

alright alright fine, Marv vs. Kevin wins, next round in a second

are you kidding me? people just ruled out the most brilliant fight scene of all time. rediculous.

[The STE]

are you kidding me? people just ruled out the most brilliant fight scene of all time. rediculous.

Tell me about it. When it was 5-5 I had considered doing a tiebreaker vote, but opted not to. Now I regret it.


Jaa/Ever'body wins, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 2: Match 2


Zhang vs. Yeoh
Movie: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OxQ-2gR1DU


VS


Edward Norton vs. Edward Norton
Movie: Fight Club
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2ENGnluouc

[roshiq]

Edward Norton vs. Edward Norton

[Freak]

Edward Norton vs Edward Norton

[paws the great]

Norton vs. Norton

[Thomasgeorge]

edward norton vs. edward norton

[LoudLon]

Zhang vs Yeoh.

[DP McCoy]

Zhang vs Yeoh

[alkytrio666]

Norton vs. Norton.

[The STE]

Norton vs. himself wins, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 2: Match 3


The Wild Bunch vs. the Mexican Army
Movie: The Wild Bunch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OLvEJ3kP1s

VS

Frank vs. Nada
Movie: They Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsZpdUUdd3I

[massacre man]

They Live!

[paws the great]

Frank vs. Nada

[missmacabre]

Frank vs. Nada

[Freak]

Frank vs Nada

[illdojo]

Frank vs. Nada

[The STE]

Prompt shut-out for Frank vs. Nada. Next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 2: Match 4


Wesley vs. Inigo Montoya
Movie: The Princess Bride
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2983131103184011100&q=Princess+Bride+duel&total=9&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1


VS


William Munny vs. Little Bill & Co.
Movie: Unforgiven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_NrMBdNp88

[Freak]

William Munny vs Little Bill and Co.

[roshiq]

The Unforgiven fight scene

[LoudLon]

Munny vs. Little Bill & Co.

[jenna26]

Unforgiven

[swiss tony]

unforgiven

[_____V_____]

Have you guys gone bonkerz?!

With all due respect to Mr Eastwood, The Princess Bride is deemed as one of the most memorable movies of all time. And that fight with Inigo Montoya kicks the best butt in this tourney so far.

Inigo Montoya vs Wesley.

"You killed my father...prepare to die!":cool:

[Despare]

Have you guys gone bonkerz?!

With all due respect to Mr Eastwood, The Princess Bride is deemed as one of the most memorable movies of all time. And that fight with Inigo Montoya kicks the best butt in this tourney so far.

Inigo Montoya vs Wesley.

"You killed my father...prepare to die!":cool:

Eastwood gets my vote here too, only because that fight, while fun, wasn't Montoya's best fight. If it was Inigo Montoya Vs. Count Rugen in this matchup I'd have to vote for the Princess Bride. That fight wasn't as fun or flashy but it was a lot more powerful.

[The STE]

and my other favorite fight goes at 6-2 (I'm voting for it as well) next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 2: Match 5


Hai vs. Ricky
Movie: Ricki-Oh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaC9WfQ-Fzg

VS

Preston vs. the Tetragrammaton
Movie: Equilibrium
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erFz8jBzkhQ

[newb]

Equilibrium

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/rockinmule/Corinthian-eqhallway.gif
love that movie

[Despare]

Preston vs. the Tetragrammaton

[_____V_____]

Preston vs. the Tetragrammaton

You betcha.

[roshiq]

Equilibrium fight

[Dante'sInferno]

Preston vs. the Tetragrammaton:cool:

[The Mothman]

Riki Oh dammit!
btw, i think its "Oscar vs. Riki"

[The STE]

5-1 Equilibrium, and I think it was only Oscar in the dub. Next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 2: Match 6


Eric Draven vs. Criminals
Movie: The Crow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mev1OrDXdKk

VS

LT vs. Hallum
Movie: The Hunted
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrpbdqnxSM0

[jenna26]

The Crow.......

[_____V_____]

LT vs Hallum.

[Freak]

Eric Draven

[missmacabre]

The Crow....

wait, shit. I missed equillibrium. For the record, it has my vote.

[hammerfan]

Eric Draven vs. Criminals

[LoudLon]

The Hunted

[Despare]

The Crow

[paws the great]

Draven vs. criminals

[Kane_Hodder]

The Crow's fight

[illdojo]

Eric Draven vs. Criminals

[jaybomb]

the crow fight

[Disease]

I'll say the Crow

[Dudeman]

Yeah, I'm gonna go with The Crow.

[roshiq]

Haunted fights

[Freak]

Where's STE to finish the tourney?

[The STE]

Yeah, sorry, busy week. Crow fight wins, next match momentarily

[The STE]

Round 2: Match 7


The Hero vs. The Villain
Movie: Versus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXqDOmnGsH0

VS

The Bride vs. The Crazy 88
Movie: Kill Bill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdjuS17DGlA

[paws the great]

The bride vs. the crazy 88

[Dante'sInferno]

The Bride vs......dead people.

[Freak]

The Bride vs The Crazy 88

[The Mothman]

Versus fight.

[Despare]

Versus .

[_____V_____]

Both pretty evenly matched fights...I ll go with Versus.

[Kane_Hodder]

The Bride taking on the Crazy 88.

[roshiq]

The Bride vs. The Crazy 88

[jenna26]

The Bride vs. The Crazy 88

[missmacabre]

Versus for sure. I just love that movie!!

[The STE]

6-4 Kill Bill fight. Next match in a second