Favorite Ass-Kickings in Film! What are yours?

[bliss_eternal]

Mississippi Burning is on cable right now...featuring one of my all time favorite ass kickings in cinema history. Dh and I have a Great Ass Kickings' in Film List.

Some of ours are:

Shaft-pistol whipping the kid on the street so he won't bother the kid to hustle for him anymore.

Godfather-Sonny kicking brother in law's ass in the street.

What are yours?


:spank:

[HEyHEY]

1. High Fidelity!

[Allenberg]

11. That was the first thought that came to my mind

I lose it every time Dick hits Tim Robbins with the air conditioner :rofl:

[Blue Belle]

24. "Get your Potchulli Stank outta my store!!!"

God I love that movie. :)

[bliss_eternal]

43. LOL! That is SO funny!

Great flick!

[lenidog]

2. Val Kilmer kicking the shit out of yahoos who shot up a family's

house in Thunderheart.

Maybe not my favorite per se but a well deserved one
Dennis Leary beating the hell out of the stepfather for beating his stepdaughter in the Suicide Kings.

Sonnys is a good one

[Robeson]

3. The Wild Bunch giving it hell before they went down.

[MrScorpio]

4. The alley fight in THEY LIVE

"Put The glasses ON!"

[Nailzberg]

30. No ass kicking can compare to They Live

[bliss_eternal]

44. Except maybe the animated tribute of it on South Park...

I loved Cripple Fight!

[CrownPrinceBandar]

95. Thank you!...........

This list would have been incomplete without "They Live".

[redqueen]

112. That is most certainly The One.

:hi:

[Enraged_Ape]

113. DING DING DING! We have a winner!

This scene was even more amazing when you consider that it was not really choreographed. Roddy Piper and Keith David actually BROKE the window of that parked car you see. They really got into it.

Greatest. Fight Scene. Ever.

[democracyindanger]

5. Brad Pitt getting the crap kicked out of him by the bar owner

in Fight Club.

[madeline_con]

60. Hey!

What's the first rule of Fight Club?!

[ikojo]

6. Yoda giving Count Dooku all he has in

Attack of the Clones...who thought a muppet could move like that.


My other favorite is from the movie, This Boy's Life (I think that's the title). The lead character, Tobias, has finally had enough of his stepfather's abuse so he lights into him and does not stop...

[alphafemale]

7. anyone remember "Walking Tall"...the original I mean

Not the recent drek with that creepy-staring wrestler.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Billy Jack kicking the crap out of Bernard several times in

Billy Jack.

[alphafemale]

9. He made him drive his car into the lake.

:rofl:

Classic.

Doesn't Bernard remind you of *?

[no_hypocrisy]

10. Heh, the perfect role for *.

[catmandu57]

19. "I'm going to take my left foot"

"and kick the right side of your face, and there's not a damn thing you can do about it".
Billy Jack to Posner in the town square.

[steely]

20. I second the motion. I used to wonder where this hero was from.

[ezekiel333]

26. He still kicks ass...

Check out the Billy Jack site <http://billyjack.com/>

[Twillig]

56. Quote:

"Bernard, I want you to know... that I try. When Jean and the kids at the school tell me that I'm supposed to control my violent temper, and be passive and nonviolent like they are, I try. I really try. But when I see this girl... of such a beautiful spirit... so degraded... and this boy... that I love... sprawled out by this big ape here... and this little girl, who is so special to us we call her "God's little gift of sunshine"... and I think of the number of years that she's going to have to carry in her memory... the savagery of this idiotic moment of yours...
I
just
go
BERSERK!"

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

12. I guess I have to go with Sonny too. If I recall he even bit dude's hand

to get him to let go of the railing so he could thrash him some more. And nice use of the garbage can too.

Bruce Lee laid down some really noteworthy ones in his career too. Just about any fight out of the "Fists of Fury/Chinese Connection" duo will suffice.

[bliss_eternal]

45. The hand biting always makes me LMAO!

He was completely motivated and focused on kicking that ass...haha!

[alphafemale]

13. Another Favorite. "SMILE - You Son of a B---!"

Kah-POW!

JAWS

[alphafemale]

14. Another. Dustin Hoffman making Nazi scum grovel and meet his fate.

Marathon Man

[MercutioATC]

15. The entire bar fight in "From Dusk Till Dawn".

Culminating in the line "Now, let's kill that fucking band."

[BreweryYardRat]

69. That was a good one...

Spoon's last stand in Dog Soldiers was pretty damn cool too. Nothing like watching a short British guy completely beat the shit out of a werewolf.

[lpbk2713]

16. Road House when Sam Elliot shows up on the loading dock

just as Swayze is getting his clock cleaned by the heavies.




"God that hurts don't it?"

[VelmaD]

17. Ripley kicking the queen alien's ass...

in Aliens.

[bliss_eternal]

46. Ah yes! One of my all time faves!

Thank you for the reminder!

[Misunderestimator]

18. Thelma and Louise taking down the rapist in the parking lot.

[Scout]

94. "Let her go you sonofabitch,

or I'm gonna splatter your ugly face all over this nice car."

"Suck my *."
Blammo!!!!!!!!

"You watch your mouth mister."

[bertha katzenengel]

21. "Witness" -- Harrison Ford

There's a scene when some ignorant assholes are antagonizing some Amish folks. One guy dabs his ice cream cone all over Alexander Gudonov's face. Well, Harrison Ford has just learned that the corrupt cops he's hiding from among the Amish have murdered his partner, and he's furious. He can't stand this guy taking advantage of the Amish peoples' pacifism and beats the CRAP out of him.

Alexander Gudonov explains to another group of tourists, who are shocked: "He's our cousin. From Ohio."

[Mz Pip]

22. Raiders of the Lost Ark

in the end when the Nazi's get their asses kicked by God.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[NewJeffCT]

74. I liked Indy vs the big Nazi by the airplane

one of those rare times the hero isn't the toughest guy around...

[Rabrrrrrr]

23. Conan and friends kicking major ass in Thulsa Doom's palace,

then the battle with Doom's last men out in the country, and Conan's final beheading of Doom at the temple and burning it down.

THAT was some fucking ass-kicking!!

[ghostsofgiants]

25. Edward Norton and Jared Leto in Fight Club

"I felt like destroying something beautiful."

[Blue Belle]

27. Daniel and Mark Darcy fighting over Bridget Jones....

In the first movie. It may not be the best fight scene, but I think the awkwardness and lack of machismo was very realistic. :)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

38. Yes, and "It's Raining Men" playing while they crashed through the

restaurant window was a very nice touch. Loved this movie, heard the sequel sucked...

[Blue Belle]

65. Oh my.. the sequel blew.

I was so sad... I absolutely adore the first movie, but at the end of the second, I wanted to slap the shit out of Bridget - she was so annoying.

[giant_robot]

28. Uma Thurman and Darryl Hannah in "Kill Bill"

One of many truly deserved ass-kickings in those two movies.

[Blue Belle]

31. See now I liked the scene where Uma goes after Lucy Lu in Kill Bill 1..

The total body count after that scene was done was worthy of a Shakespearian tragedy.

[bliss_eternal]

48. I loved this one too! This scene is

probably the reason why initially I wasn't as fond of Kill Bill vol. 2...not enough kills or ass kickings after vol.1.

[NewJeffCT]

59. I loved the showdown with the girl in the schoolgirl outfit

that was good, and i've always had a soft spot for the Catholic school girl look

[Blue Belle]

67. "i've always had a soft spot for the Catholic school girl look"

Ha! A little window into your soul NewJeff?? I think every male has a soft spot for the Catholic School Girl Look...

:+

[NewJeffCT]

73. true

I don't think I'm alone in my fascination with the look... though, I also like the cheerleader look, too.

[Blue Belle]

76. Not surprising!

Both rank high on the male "Fascination" list ! :)

[giant_robot]

70. That was Gogo!

How can you not love a 17 year-old psychotic bodyguard in a Japanese schoolgirl's uniform? If my next cat is a female, she will be named Gogo in her honor.

[bliss_eternal]

104. I LOVED Go Go! What a crazy bitch! LOL!

I've watched that fight MANY times...

[bigwillq]

37. That's one of my faves!

:hi:

[bliss_eternal]

49. Me too--I also am quite fond of the Vivica vs. Uma fight

You could just feel the 'kill or be killed' in their intensity.
:hi:

[bliss_eternal]

51. Anyone remember the fight from 48 hours?

I'm still not clear on who got their ass kicked between Murphy or Nolte, but it was an enjoyable ass kicking just the same.

[yardwork]

87. Yeah, I was going to mention that one. Nolte beats up "Luther"

Murphy says, "Luther, you better tell this man what he wants to hear. He's having a ball with that car door."

[bigwillq]

52. That was a good one too!

That reminds me, I need to watch those two flicks again.

[Catfight]

54. I concur, great scene, especially when she pulls her eye out. nt

[Justpat]

29. Thelma and Louise

When the truck driver pulls alongside the girls in their car
and starts making obscene gestures to them.

They motion his too pull off to the side of the road. He pulls off
and gets out of his truck thinking his going to get a couple
pieces of ass. Instead, one of them pulls out a gun and shoots
up his truck which happens to be carrying fuel. It explodes in a
giant fireball. I love that scene.

[Beware the Beast Man]

32. Patricia Arquette vs. James Gandolfini in "True Romance"

By far the greatest revenge sequnce ever filmed.

[Catfight]

53. That is a great fight scene. nt

[DerekG]

33. Sean Connery vs. Robert Shaw--"From Russia With Love"

Their fight on the Orient Express is perhaps the most intense in all of cinema.

[sasquatch]

34. Rowdy Roddy Piper fighting his friend in "They Live"

[Strawman]

35. Biker gang ass beatdown in bar in Bronx Tale

Now youse can't leave.

[Democracy White]

36. Halle Berry in Catwoman

I loved how she moved and some of the one-liners were cool, although most of the movie was a bit hokey.

Dee

[alfredo]

39. The father's revenge in "Virgin Spring." the sword play when Rob Roy

does in his tormentor in "Rob Roy." Both are very satisfying.

[MrSlayer]

40. Mel Gibson on the Redcoat with the tomahawk in "The Patriot".

Tommy and Jimmy beating the piss out of Billy Bats in "Goodfellas". Joe Peschi and his brother getting batted up in "Casino". Jesus getting beat down by the Centurions in "The Passion". The Droogies on the homeless guy in "A Clockwork Orange", the "Singing in the Rain" beat down in "A Clockwork Orange". Many others.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

41. I like the "Evil Dead" in your sig. "I don't wanna die, ASHLEY!"

[MrSlayer]

42. Yes the most hilarious demon in the movie.

"Soon you'll all be like me. And you'll have no one to shut in the cellar! HAHAHAHAHA!"

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

47. What I like about that demon, is that it's just THERE for like a third of

the movie. Just hanging, chilling, making the odd snide comment.

[MrSlayer]

50. Yeah it's great.

I like when she's just laughing with blood pouring out of her face for no apparent reason while the other ones are attacking above the cellar. A classic for sure.

"Kill her if you can...Lover Boy!"

[ariesgem]

55. Enter The Dragon was my childhood favorite

My favorite part - The tournament scene where the big white dude breaks a board in Bruce Lee's face and without blinking, Lee just looks at him and says "boards don't hit back" and then proceeds to open up a can of whoop-ass on the dude.

I had a mad crush on Bruce Lee. He was so beautiful.

[Aristus]

57. Clifford kicking Moody's ass in "My Bodyguard".

As a former target of bullies, that one warmed my heart.

I hate bullies. I grew a big body, and then they didn't f**k with me anymore. I still don't like to fight, but bullies are too cowardly to try and find out. They don't go after anyone who looks like he can fight back. Hmm, just like the Bushies!

[Joe Chi Minh]

58. The funniest

was when "Bones", the loan shark boss in "Get Shorty" threw the telephone at Gene Hackman, the horror-film producer, then bounced him against the walls, as if he was playing squash. Which I suppose he was, in a way.

Just before that little contretemps, a local would-be hoodlum chief had rubbished his pistol as being unreliable, prone to jamming. "What? You mean like this...?" Bones enquired, as he emptied what seemed a dozen rounds in him.

[sasquatch]

84. "Hey, look at me Harry"

:rofl:

[Joe Chi Minh]

106. That was so funny!

It was obvious that "Bones" was more than a little familiar with that phrase and its significance. In fact he probably coined the bloody {probably literally) phrase!

And I loved the "Hey! Well done, Killer...!" (or something along those lines), someone called out to him - surgical collar and all - in the restaurant fore-court.

[AmandaRuth]

61. What, no Yoda

from the Clone movie? :-)

I just saw Sideways a couple of days ago and I have to say when the Asian chick finds out whatshisname is getting married on Saturday.

[nytemare]

66. Yoda was covered above.

:)

[loudestchick]

62. John Wayne in "The Quiet Man". The fight goes all through the town.

[Blue Belle]

68. I Love that movie..

I like that they stop at the pub to blow some froth off a cold one, then resume their fight. Classic!! :)

[lateo]

63. Blue Velvet

Don't be a good neighbor FUCKER!

[BooScout]

64. Ripley kicking the Alien's ass in Alien. n/t

[libnnc]

71. James Caan kicking Gianni Russo's ass in the gutter

in the "The Godfather"

Sonny says breathless: "You touch my sister again....I'll k...I'll kill ya."

[Bleacher Creature]

86. I second this -- it was the first thing that came to mind.

[cestpaspossible]

72. Rock Hudson getting his ass kicked in Giant in the cafe

he takes it on the chin for a good cause.

[malmapus]

75. Crouching Tiger / Hidden Dragon

Scene where Jen is at that Inn claiming to be Li Mu Bai. Then proceeds to kick the ass of all those warriors who confronted her heh.

[RebelOne]

77. Just finished watching Mississippi Burning

and it really outraged me. I had seen it years ago but it did not impact me as it did today.

Finally that asshole what's his name was finally brought to justice and given a 60-year sentence. But because he is 80 now, he will die in jail. Too bad all the others involved are out now, since they only received 10-year and less sentences.

[zinndependence]

78. the funniest....

Ever see Pootie Tang???? I admit, it's a guilty pleasure. Anyway, when Pootie Tang takes of his belt to whip the bad guy's butt...that was hilarious!

[48pan]

79. Did anybody mention Bob Barker and Happy Gilmore?

[maveric]

80. Tommy & Jimmy "the gent" Conway in "Goodfellas". Stomping

"Billy Bats" <?> after the bar closed.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

92. I guess he got his "shine box" after all lol. In the same vein, Pesci

and his brother Dominic getting bashed in in the cornfield at the end of Casino.

[Rob H.]

81. Ash getting attacked by his own hand in "Evil Dead 2"

Culminating in him lopping it off with a chainsaw. ("That's right...who's laughing now? Who's laughing now?!")

Yeah, I know it's cheesy. I still like it, so sue me. ;)

[XemaSab]

85. You picked mine!

and someone above picked my runners up, from Crouching Tiger and Fight Club.

Good films, one and all.

[arwalden]

82. MISERY: When James Caan Kills Kathy Bates

[msanthrope]

83. When Ralphie beats up Farkus the bully

in "A Christmas Story."

[Dukkha]

88. Neo vs Agent Smith

In the Subway station in The Matrix
In the Courtyard in Reloaded
and the Final battle in Revolutions

[barb162]

89. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid where Paul Newman kicks a

guy in his family jewels

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

93. Didn't Paul Newman make some remark about there being "no rules" in a

fight? Or the first rule of a fight is that there's no rules?

[barb162]

97. I don't remember other than he went up to the guy to pretend to

shake hands (or something like that) first and then he KICKED the guy. ANd I remember they filmed it in such a way (from behind the man's legs and you see Newman's boot coming up) that, I swear, every man in the theater groaned out loud.

[bridgit]

90. i like all of these in so far as the 'genre' goes...

but i'm partial to the fight scene in: treasure of the sierra madre, huston has that quality of association, perhaps brought on by his known willingness to 'mix it up' in his personal life :shrug: which imo made for a kick ass scene-play & seemed to speak to the 'why' things like that happen & just how quickly they can go out of control; very taught w/compression, release & resolution ~

[msanthrope]

100. "Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"

[pinto]

91. The King of Hearts.

[eauclaireliberal]

96. Fargo

Where Shep Proudfoot beats the piss out of the "funny-looking guy"

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

99. "Smoke a fucking peace pipe!"

[sakabatou]

98. Spike Spiegal vs. Vincent from "Cowboy Bebop: the Movie"

[AlCzervik]

101. Patrica Arquette kicking James Gandolfini's ass in True Romance

after he kicked hers so bad it was actually painful to watch.

[bliss_eternal]

105. I have to re-rent that one--I didn't realize that was J. Gandolfino

Last time I watched it, he wasn't really uber famous yet. I've never watched the whole scene, it IS hard to watch--pretty violent towards Patricia if I recall correctly.

[Guaranteed]

102. Tobey McGuire beating up that bully in Spiderman was pretty good.

Also, The Big Lebowski when Walter kicked the crap out of the nihilists.

"Take the four dollars!"

[Guaranteed]

103. Oh yeah, and Superman II. "Kneel before Zod."

(heroic music)

"Ahhhhhrrrr...!!"

[ksilvas]

107. Bourne Supremacy, dude gets asskicked then jumps out window, brutal.

[KFC]

115. Lots of ass kicking in those movies

I think I liked the Bourne Identity better, but both were great.

[CBHagman]

108. Ruben Blades and William Russ in Crazy from the Heart.

There was none of this unrealistic striding away after throwing a punch. They both staggered off, looking as though they were in pain, just as two real middle-aged men would after a fight (Not that I go around surveying people or something :-)).

I also love it went Ralphie goes nuts and tackles Scut Farkus in A Christmas Story.



And in terms of sheer moral justification for an ass-kicking, no one beats Bogart's character in Key Largo.

[Merrick]

109. How About Alex and his Droogs vs. Billy Boy's Gang in Clockwork Orange?

Alex: "Well, well, well! Well if it isn't fat stinking billy goat Billy Boy in poison! How art thou, thou globby bottle of cheap stinking chip oil? Come and get one in the yarbles, if ya have any yarble, ya eunuch jelly thou!"

Billy Boy: "Let's get 'em boys!"

Great fight, soundtrack. Definitely the best choreographed.

[Kraklen]

110. My favorite- Last of the Mohicans.

During our heroes rescue raid on the Huron war party at the film's climax. It's a linear dash through the Huron party. Uncas is in the lead, barrelling straight for the girls being held captive by Magua. Magua kills Uncas and pitches his body off of a cliff. Uncas' lover, utterly distraught, leaps to her death. Magua, in a look that shows both utter confusion and complete understanding, leads the party on. Only to be caught by the royally pissed off short, elderly Yoda-like Chingachgook. Who, with his trusty scimitar-like tomahawk, slices up the villain Magua like a Christmas ham.

Romanticism at its best.

[Lilith Velkor]

111. Angela Bassett vs the 2 cops in Strange Days

The earlier scene where she rescues Ralph Fiennes from 3 thugs is also wicked cool.

[Hardrada]

114. Shane in the saloon when he challenges

the cowpokes by ordering whiskey (he had put a meek act on before) and then dumps the whiskey on one of the cowboys. Van Heflin gets in on it too aiding Shane (Alan Ladd) and it is one of the best barfight scenes I can remember.


And then there is Braveheart taking out the English garrison in revenge for the death of his wife.

[-..__...]

116. Arthur, King of the Britons .vs the Black Knight

Black Knight: Have at you.
King Arthur: You are indeed brave, sir knight, but the fight is mine.
Black Knight: Oh, had enough eh?
King Arthur: Look, you stupid bastard. You've got no arms left.
Black Knight: Yes I have.
King Arthur: Look.
Black Knight: Just a flesh wound.

[bliss_eternal]

117. Tina Turner vs. Ike, bk. of limo in What's Love Got to do With It

Portrayed by Angela Basset and Laurence Fishburne...

I still remember people cheering in the theater when she finally turned the tables on him and reciprocated some of his abuse. Loved it when she says,"...That all you got?"