Best Action Scene In A Movie

[frisco]

1) Bullitt-Car chase.

2) Ben-Hur-Chariot race.

3) Heat-Bank robbery shootout through downtown L.A.

Kind of old school.

My Best-Carey

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[The Shadow]

Mission Inpossible 6 Helicopter chase is one of the best I've seen.

 

[WTFetus]

Church fight in Kingsman.

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

The final sequence of The Raid 2 was pretty spectacular and bloody.

 

[kihei]

Battleship Potemkin--Odessa Steps sequence
North by Northwest--crop duster sequence
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon--swordplay in the trees sequence
Ong Bak--Tony Jaa extended running and fight sequence
The Raid--Mad Dog fight sequence
The Raid 2--kitchen fight sequence
Casino Royale--opening chase sequence
Fast Five--the vault sequence

 

[offkilter]

Commando... All of it.

 

[kook10]

opening scene of Saving Private Ryan

 

[SniperHF]

The street battle scene in Children of Men.
The landing in Saving Private Ryan.
Rescuing Morpheus in The Matrix.

 

[The Imp]

Rescuing Morpheus in The Matrix x 100

When the camera sits beneath the hovering helicopter, with spent casings and links streaming from the minigun... Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

in no particular order

the assassinations at the end of The Godfather
the entire end of The Hunt for Red October
the forest battle in Fellowship of the Ring
the tank escape in Goldeneye
the fleet battle in Return of the Jedi
taking the Japanese bunker in Thin Red Line
the tank scene in Indiana Jones
the lobby scene in the Matrix
the siege in Kingdom of Heaven
the bank robbery in Dark Knight
the train scene in Mission Impossible

 

[Player big P]

I dunno about "the best" but the last like, half of 13 Assassins is pretty badass, especially the bit with what I guess you could call a forest of swords

 

[Jumptheshark]

Steve maQueen' s attempted escape the great escape and the car chase bullit

 

[Jumptheshark]

Interesting how many are calling violence action

 

[Spirit of 67]

1) Bullitt-Car chase.

2) Ben-Hur-Chariot race.

3) Heat-Bank robbery shootout through downtown L.A.

Kind of old school.

My Best-Carey

Very nice list.

#3 was what first came to mind. Just an incredible scene. (and based in reality if you weren't aware)

 

[izzy]

church scene in kingsman

any scene in either raid movies

warehouse scene in kickass (underrated)

 

[Randy Butternubs]

The fight scene in They Live.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Rescuing Morpheus in The Matrix x 100

When the camera sits beneath the hovering helicopter, with spent casings and links streaming from the minigun... Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.

yup, just a perfect scene from "we need guns" to the end

also, for as much as it disappointed, the Highway Chase scene in Matrix 2 is top notch

 

[tacogeoff]

Favorite for me would be the 2nd chase scene from Mad Max Fury Road. the score playing during it was just great.

 

[Spirit of 67]

The fight scene in They Live.

Under rated movie.

 

[NyQuil]

Lots of good suggestions in here that I would agree with.

A few that haven't been mentioned:

1. Hotel hand-to-hand fight scene in Inception with gravity shifting around.
2. Captain America clearing the ship at the beginning of Captain America: Winter Soldier.
3. John McClane and the firehose that at first saves him from the roof and then threatens to drag him out the window in Die Hard.
4. Club scene in John Wick.
5. Sword fight on the wheel in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
6. Any scene with Jet Li in it in Lethal Weapon IV.
7. Vault scene in Mission Impossible.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

Rambo-all of it.

 

[NyQuil]

Scarface - Mansion shootout.

 

[kook10]

Ronin's car chases are amazing

Kill Bill - the Bride's showdown with the Crazy 88 and O-ren Ishii

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Rescuing Morpheus in The Matrix x 100

When the camera sits beneath the hovering helicopter, with spent casings and links streaming from the minigun... Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.

I came here to say this... From the beginning when Neo and Trinity go through the metal detectors and gun down every guard in their way to the moment you mention with Neo just straight opening up the mini-gun and Grabbing morpheus with the line.

Can't forget the iconic "Bullet-time" dodging after that.

 

[Tkachuk4MVP]

T2 has a half dozen or so you could choose from, but that motorcycle chase scene was jaw dropping when I first saw it and it continues to hold up today.

I know James Cameron movies make a boatload of money, so I hesitate to refer to him as "underappreciated," but I don't think he really gets his due as one of the great directors of all-time. I think action is sometimes viewed as a more inconsequential form of film-making, but the ability to create tense, unpredictable actions scenes is rare and Cameron's been doing it for over 30 years.

I'd also be amiss if I didn't give a shout out to late 80s/early 90s John Woo. So many scenes to choose from in his stretch of films that period.