Best/favorite actions scenes ever?

[slackerinabox]

Title says it all, and I'm obviously NOT thinking there's only one answer..

My recent favorite:

Man from Nowhere - Final knife fight: (video contains spoilers):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8LooQRJcYI

Cathartic, operatic, and fantastically brutal end to a slow-burn of a movie. The cruel efficiency is also something that reminds me of Woo in his prime, but coming from Korea it soars with the added revenge-obsessed culture subtext (not judging the culture, Old Boy's my favorite movie of all time)

Other favorite:
Old Boy hall beat down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufss5ot_vGE

Drunken Master 2: the whole damn movie

 

[midwestfisherman]

The opening 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan.

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[waggy]

The opening 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan.

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this.

 

[shortylickens]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_tiBGOEoVM

:awe:

 

[Regs]

Neo fighting off 1000 Agent Smiths'.

 

[Zeze]

Neo fighting off 1000 Agent Smiths'.

That was a terrible CG trainwreck.

 

[dmoney1980]

The bank heist shootout from Heat, also the highway scene from Matrix: Reloaded
Saving Private Ryan is one of the all time best!

 

[Kirby]

yeah, the old boy hammer/hallway scene is probably my favorite.

 

[shortylickens]

Also the 2nd ninja invasion in Shogun was pretty good.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I kinda liked the fight between IP Man and the Hong Kong masters in IP Man 2.

 

[Tsaico]

I thought the Matrix 1 fight scenes were all good. Mainly because they were done in a style that was new to a big budget US movie. (I had seen the same style in some Hong Kong Movies, but they were all done in low budget movies (by US standards).

 

[Away]

The bank heist shootout from Heat.

This.

 

[Farmer]

Some already mentioned

Heat downtown shootout
Saving Private Ryan Normandy sequence
Bourne Ultimatum Fistfight with Desh in Algeria (this is the most realistic fight I've ever seen)
Collateral Alleyway pistol draw
Tony Jaa movies, like the whole thing

 

[Kev]

Last fight in Drunken Master 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5yk7gkwnyM

 

[MotionMan]

The first two that came to mind:

Heat shootout
SUV ambush scene in Clear and Present Danger

MotionMan

 

[slackerinabox]

This.

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Underrated - Last of the Mohicans by the same director had some great, realistic action

 

[slackerinabox]

I kinda liked the fight between IP Man and the Hong Kong masters in IP Man 2.

Was surprised how much I liked that movie - old fashioned but in a very cool way

 

[ProfJohn]

The lobby scene in The Matrix. Just the sound alone is incredible.

The two chase scenes in T2. Two of the best chase scenes ever made.

Any car chase from a Bourne movie.

Finally... this one, best scene in all three movies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCARXI0WvGo

 

[threeringbinder]

Game of Death - Bruce Lee
Bruce vs Kareem.

Way of the Dragon - Bruce Lee
Bruce vs Chuck

Fist of Legend - Jet Li (bruce lee original called fist of fury)
Just watch it...pretty cool fight scenes.

 

[Zeze]

No mention of Yip Man?

 

[Soundmanred]

No mention of Yip Man?

I kinda liked the fight between IP Man and the Hong Kong masters in IP Man 2.

Yip Man = Ip Man

 

[threeringbinder]

Yip Man = Ip Man

Yip Man = Ip Man = Bruce Lee's master.

 

[HateMeAlways]

The bank heist and shootout in Heat.
Saving Private Ryan

The sound on both of these is amazing.

 

[MagickMan]

The bank heist shootout from Heat

this

The lobby scene in The Matrix

and this

 

[tboo]

Tank chase scene in Goldeneye.