Best Realistic Fist Fight in a Movie

[Bourne101]

What is your favorite/best fist fight in a movie? Not Jet Li crap where he moves his hands 10000 miles per hour. I'm talking about a hard nosed, brutal fist fight.

I would say my favorite would be in Gangs of New York when Amsterdam fights the guy at the bar. He fucks him up so bad with the left and then the guy ducks when he sees it coming after like the third punch, and Amsterdam just beats his head back and fourth with his elbow.

When I saw that in the theatre I fucking cheered. DiCaprio gets some seriously badass fight scenes in Scorsese films. Like in The Departed when he beats the shit out of the two guys at the convenience store, and also when he smashes that guy in the head with the glass, and he womps the shit out of Damon on the roof at the end of the movie.

[Le_Big_Mac]

The fight between Frank Sinatra and Henry Silva in the original Manchurian Candidate. It's a little dated but it's still exciting and extremely well-edited.

[EVILxxx]

They Live, although it wasn't just fists.

[drugs and hugs]

Once were warriors.Jake the muss,

Not the scenes with his wife.But in the pub.

[pg13myass]

I'll start off with the obvious for me, and that's the Bourne Ultimatum. The Waterloo station scene where Bourne picks off the guys in the stairway. And, also the Tangiers fight between Desh and Bourne. I study the arts and feel it's pretty realistic as they come if you fight hand to hand and start getting grimy and use whatever is around you. I was convinced that is something that can happen...between two well-trained fighters.

For pure, untrained, messy fights? Hmmm...I have to give it some more thought. I'll have to post that later when something comes to mind.

[An0rd]

The brawl at the end of Green Street Hooligans

[pg13myass]

I think I got one. The gay club scene in Irreversible. Where they get into a scuffle and it ends up with some guy getting his head crushed with a trash dispenser on the floor.

[An0rd]

I think I got one. The gay club scene in Irreversible. Where they get into a scuffle and it ends up with some guy getting his head crushed with a trash dispenser on the floor.


That one was pretty fucking cool, and for some reason it made me think of another great one.

The brawl outside of the club at the beginning of The Way of the Gun.

"You wanna do the man dance? First dance is yours."

[pg13myass]

That one was pretty fucking cool, and for some reason it made me think of another great one.

The brawl outside of the club at the beginning of The Way of the Gun.

"You wanna do the man dance? First dance is yours."


Dammit, I didn't get to see Way of the Gun! I'll have to check it out!

[therealjohng]

I think I got one. The gay club scene in Irreversible. Where they get into a scuffle and it ends up with some guy getting his head crushed with a trash dispenser on the floor.


It was a fire extinguisher.

[pg13myass]

It was a fire extinguisher.

My mistake. I've seen it a few times but it was awhile ago. Details have escaped me!

[bourahioro]

All of the fights in Fight Club

[An0rd]

Dammit, I didn't get to see Way of the Gun! I'll have to check it out!

You definately should. It's sort of like Butch & Sundance, but MUCH darker.

[chasingbanky]

Ha Leo does get to kick a lot of ass in Marty movies, that's a pretty good point.


Anyway They Live like Evil said is probably the best example of a real fight on screen. It was just a long, drawn out, tiring, brutal affair that leads to the to main characters respecting one another. It really captures the psychology of a fist fight.

[pg13myass]

Okay, I just caught Eastern Promises today and that just made my list of best fight scenes! Viggo Mortenson getting down and dirty with two Russian thugs in a bathhouse! And naked! That's gotta hurt when you're being tossed around with no elbow and knee padding! I can only say, 'Wow!'

[Cermond]

The bar brawls in Barfly between Rourke and the less known Stallone.

[An0rd]

The bar brawls in Barfly between Rourke and the less known Stallone.


If you're gonna talk about Stallone and Rourke you have to mention the Get Carter remake as well.

[Rawlin67]

ALL of the fights in the bourne movies. they were fucking vicious, guys just beathing the shit out of each other and smashing stuff all over the place.

and then of course, the fight club fight where jared leto gets his pretty boy face knocked the hell out.

[Criminal Rock]

Dude, it's all about FLASH POINT... Donnie Yen pulls a fucking Flying Armbar in this movie.

Fucking yayness!

ONG BAK had some pretty realistic moves as well.

I've seen people do the same shit in real fights.

[jbar1026]

rasing arizona - nick cage vs. john goodman in the trailer

[Sh8dy Milkman]

Corridor scene- Oldboy

[starcat]

gotta go with almost every fight in road house and point break
the warriors
everywhich way but loose - filo beto could get down
the outsiders - the rumble at the end was pretty good
bad boys - sean penn and esai morales at the end
my bodyguard - 2 or 3 good fist fights

[Digifruitella]

gotta mention mah boy viggo mortensen in Eastern Promises. Balls out realism :p

[Shockwave]

The big brawl in OLD BOY.:cool:

More then fists i know, but cmon...

[robk]

I can't believe no one's mentioned the great fight scenes between Sean Connery & Robert Shaw in From Russia With Love and Robin and Marian

[acorvey]

That From Russia With Love fight is legendary. I also have an affinity for the forrest scuffle in Kurosawa's Rashomon. Oh, and the murder scene in Hitchcock's Torn Curtain is masterfully done.