I was talking to some coworkers the other day about the best fight scenes ever… and a couple of them came to mind. While there may be more other fight scenes that should be listed here, these were the ones that immediately popped in my head. These were the fight scenes that inspired me to do martial arts.
Drunken Master 2
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Fist of Legend
Ong Bak
Enter the Dragon
Ip Man
Rocky 4
Kill Bill
Best of the Best
YES Jet Li in Fist of Legend! every fight from tom yung goong was incredible. including the pagoda sequence.
please add these to your list:
Jet Li in Dr Wai and the Scripture With No Words : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwmhCCBPf2w
Jeeja Yanin from Chocolate (EVERY fight is great) : http://youtu.be/MxyeVQU6Xrk
Bruce Lee vs. Kareem Abdul Jabar in Game of Death : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KBW-3jqAJY
Tony Jaa vs a zillion dudes in Tom Yung Goong : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWMjlvV029A
what martial arts style did you do?
honorable mentions : jean claude van damme at the end of lionheart, jet li at the end of kiss of the dragon, and goldberg vs the big show…i know its wrestling but it’s still one of the best fights ive ever seen.
You said you were gonna do it… you’re a man of your word. Great post!
@wings dude those are legendary. yah, i remember all those fights. i miss a lot of the old school fight scenes… now-a-days everything is all about special effects and super-choreography. they can make guys look jason stratham look like a rock star. even scarlett johansson had a sweet fight scene in iron man 2.
@kooda hehe yah man, it was great catching up with you this week. glad we all share good taste in martial arts movies. 🙂
The fight scene in Drunken Master 2 is my favourite fight scene of all time. I like the subtle references to the Eight Drunken Immortals. For example, when Jackie rolls Ken Lo’s head around his arms, that’s a reference to Zhongli Quan, usually depicted holding a wine barrel in classic Chinese literature. The other Immortals appear in the fight as well There’s more information about that here: http://entertainmentgecko.blogspot.com/2010/02/finest-martial-arts-fight-ever-filmed.html
@facebook-100001790331745:disqus Yah, that was one of my favorite fight scenes too. I took taekwondo just to learn to kick like that! Yah, that was one of my favorite fight scenes too. I took taekwondo just to learn to kick like that!
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