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My Top 5 Favorite Fight Scenes of All Time

A good fight in a movie is one of my favorite things about watching movies, there's just nothing more fun than watching two people punch each other in the face. A good movie fight can bring a story together, make a bad movie watchable, or just plain blow your mind. So I decided to put a list together of what I think are the best fight scene ever put to film, but instead of just telling you why, I'm also gonna show you with videos of the fights. Hope you enjoy, now lets get to the ass kicking!

5. Keanu Reeves vs. Hugo Weaving in The Matrix

The Matrix movies are an action fans wet dream. These movie had everything from mech vs robot battles to martial arts to car chases to amazing shootouts. Yet out of all of this mind blowing action, my favorite fight scene out of all three movie is still the first fight between Neo and Agent Smith.

THE STORY HERE: After going back to rescue his mentor and friend Morpheus, Neo was located before he could get out of The Matrix and instead of running he chose to fight.

WHY IT'S GREAT: It was just one of those movie moments that the audience has been waiting for and got your heart rate pumping when you realized it was about happen.

4. Ewan McGregor vs. Hayden Christensen in Star Wars Ep. 3: Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars is the most popular franchise of all time. The originals are brilliant, the prequels aren't, but that doesn't mean they didn't have some decent action. I mean Yoda with a lightsaber is fanboy heaven, but that's not the scene I chose. The final fight between Obi-Wan and Anakin I think is the only reason George Lucas even started the prequels, because he had this in mind.

THE STORY HERE: Obi-Wan is devastated after realizing that Anakin Skywalker has been fully seduced by the dark-side of the force. He tries to convince Anakin of his wrong doings, but after realizing he can't he has to fight someone he considered a brother.

WHY IT'S GREAT: It's one of those fights where the opponents are so evenly matched that it's really hard to tell whose going to win the fight until it's over. Also because the fight's environment gets smaller as the fight progresses, starting in a hanger and ending on a platform just barely big enough for them to stand on.

3. Tony Jaa vs. Everyone in The Protector

The Protector if you haven't seen it is one of the best/worst action movies I've ever seen. What I mean by that is the action in this movie is hard hitting, creative, and non stop, but the story is so incomprehensible that your head will explode trying to put it all together.

THE STORY HERE: There isn't one, something about a stolen elephant.....yeah.

WHY IT'S GREAT: The is a sort of two part action sequence so I'll give you two reasons. The first part of this fight scene is one continuous shot. Every time I look back at this scene I'm just in awe that they were able to to that all in one take, just amazing. They could have just ended there, but after the one take wonder we get a furious and fast fight that ends with a bang.

2. Michelle Yeoh vs. Zhang Ziyi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is one of the most beautiful films ever made, and who knew that such a beautiful film could kick so much ass. At it's core Crouching Tiger is an art film, filled with beautiful camera shots, a sweeping epic story, and an amazing score. This movie would have been good without the fight scenes, but adding that element to it made this a excellent and classic film that begs for multiple viewings.

THE STORY HERE: There's a lot going on here, but I'll try my best to narrow it down. Jiao Long (Zhang Ziyi) has stolen a very powerful sword called the Green Destiny Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh) believes it should be returned to it's rightful owner. Jiao Long agrees that if she can take it from her, she can have it.

WHY IT'S GREAT: The Green Destiny sword is so powerful that whoever wields it is unstoppable, Yeoh tries many different weapons to take out Ziyi and the fight gets more dramatic with each choice of weapon, also the choreography is just stunning to look at.

1. Jackie Chan vs. Brad Allan in Gorgeous

This is not your usual Jackie Chan movie, it more of a romantic comedy than a action movie, which makes it so ironic that the Jackie Chan movie with the least action has one his best fight scenes.

THE STORY HERE: Honestly I think this fight is an excuse to use Jackie Chan in a fight scene for this film. This is a prearranged fight between the two guys and that's pretty much all you need to know.

WHY IT'S GREAT: This is the type of fight scene that truly showcases what the two actors are capable of, it's one of a kind. It also shows that even though Jackie is getting older he can still keep up with the young guys. Of all the Jackie Chan fights out there, this one is a thing of beauty.

So there you have its, there are lot of fight scenes out there, but these are my 5 favorite fight scenes of all time. What are some of your fav fight scenes? Let me know at twitter.com/antoinnej or facebook.com/antoinnej

Amazing Fan Made Lightsaber Duel

Most of the time fan made lightsaber duels are pretty awful, but I think this was a really good effort at a decent lightsaber fight. I really wish they used costumes, but the choreography is very solid and unexpected. Nice job guys.

Iron Man 2

Most of the time, no wait, ALL of the time a sequel is just an excuse for Hollywood to cash in on the success of a great film. They're usually not bad, but sometimes a sequel can ruin a good thing. Yet sometimes, on rare occasions they get it right. There are those rare sequels that don't try to top or outdo the last one, don't sacrifice character development or story for explosions, and don't try to be bigger for the sake of being bigger. Examples of this are The Dark Knight, Halloween 2 (1981), Aliens, The Godfather Part 2, Spiderman 2, Lethal Weapon 2, Terminator 2, and now Iron Man 2 can stand alongside these great films as one of the greatest sequels ever made. So now let me explain why. At the end of Iron Man, Tony Stark confessed to the world that he is Iron Man and the movie picks up right where we were left off. The government claims that the Iron Man suit is an extremely dangerous WMD and needs to be turned over to the military. Of course Tony Stark is unwilling to hand it over saying the is suit is not a weapon and that he "is" Iron Man and that there is no threat to anyone. Stark also mentions that no one is close to being able to imitate the technology used to build anything that can compete with his suit. Little did he know that waiting in the works was Ivan Vanko who blames the Stark family for his fathers misfortunes and wants to destroy the Stark legacy. He is just as smart as Tony and he wants blood. While Tony is once again doing on of his billionaire playboy stunts by taking over his companies stock car in a race Ivan comes onto the track and shows the world that there is someone out there who can take Iron Man. After seeing this Tony Stark's business rival Justin Hammer played by the ever talented Sam Rockwell breaks Ivan out of jail and enlists him to help embarrass Stark even further. There is a lot of other conflict in the story that I wont give away here, but let me explain why I mentioned earlier that I think this is one of the greatest sequels ever. The best example I can think of to make my point is the second Transformers movie. Transformers was a fun and interesting modern take on a classic cartoon, but the sequel forgot that with all the explosions it was supposed to tell a story as well, so instead we got a movie so bad that all the robot action was pointless and the whole thing was just stupid. Whereas the filmmakers for Iron Man 2 realized that the reason why people love the first one so much wasn't because of the action, but because of the story it told, and the great characters that came along with it, and instead of making a bigger movie, they made a movie that reminded us why we fell in love with Tony Stark and the gang in the first place. The characters in Iron Man 2 all have their own growth that they have to go through and we learn more about them in the process. So instead of giving the audience more eye candy and over the top action, we get everything we loved about Iron Man in the first place. Everything that made the first one great is present in the sequel without overshadowing the first one so much so that you cant revisit it. I think that's what makes a good sequel, and just like when they introduced us to Iron Man, they got it right.

4 out of 5

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The Losers

So...The Losers. I had a lot of fun watching The Losers despite the fact that it's kind of a bad movie. The story is one we've seen a million times, a team of special ops soldiers get betrayed by someone during their mission and while they are believed to be dead they regroup and try to devise a plan for revenge, then out of nowhere a person who can or cant be trusted offers help but with their own motives. It's pretty much the same old song and dance. Yet, for some reason even though this film was completely predictable and had that "been there before" feeling, I still enjoyed it. I think the credit goes to the characters in the film. All the characters were pretty cliche but the actors playing them gave these paint by numbers characters charm. Hot off Avatar the unbelievably sexy Zoe Saldana played a pretty badass, ball-busting, bazooka toting chick, and then there was Chris Evans who is to me always fun to watch (he made those atrocious Fantastic Four movies somewhat tolerable) who played a geeky guy who is aware yet somehow at the same time completely unaware of his total geekiness and he was just hilarious. Dean Morgan and Idris Elba were the two kinda head guys of the group, the ones who put the plans together, and their buddy on screen chemistry was fantastic. Newcomer Oscar Jaenada (at least I think he's a newcomer, I'd never seen him before) played the really cool guy who said few words but had a strong presence, and last but certainly not least Jason Patric (who was great in this movie) played exactly the type of villain a movie like this needs, a wisecracking know it all with a plan for destruction. So I guess if it isn't obvious by now, I didn't enjoy the movie so much as I did the characters and performances being as they're the only thing I really remember about this movie, I mean The Losers is a decent action flick, but it's really nothing you haven't seen before. Not worth the ticket price, but give it a rental when it comes out on dvd because The Losers is a bad movie that is a whole lot of fun to watch.

3 out of 5

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Kick-Ass

What I originally intended to do with this review was to simply write: Kick-Ass, does. Score it and leave it at that, but I feel like I need to explain why Kick-Ass is one of the greatest movies ever made. Dave Lizewski is just a normal kid in high school. He wonders why nobody has ever put on a costume and tried to help people like superheroes do, you would think with all the comic books and movies out there some idiot would have at least tried it by now, well one day Dave decides he was going to be that idiot. As a comic book fan this is something that I to have fantasized about, I'm just not stupid enough to do it, so Dave creates an alter ego named Kick-Ass and goes out to fight crime. After getting his ass kicked all over YouTube, what he does is inspire other people to do the same, well not get beat up, but to throw on a costume and fight crime . Every action has a reaction because the towns head mob boss doesn't like the fact that there are so called superheroes out there making him look bad. Suddenly Dave's little fantasy world becomes bigger than him, and he quickly starts to realize that he's in way over his head. I expected Kick-Ass to be a fun and entertaining action flick, but what I didn't expect was such a well written story with great characters and serious conflict. Not only does Kick-Ass, well, kick ass, but it's a truly great movie and far surpasses any movie in its genre. Forget Spiderman, X-men, Batman, even Ironman, Kick-Ass has set a standard for what hero movies should be, and has raised the bar high, like astronomical. It's so good because it's relate-able, especially for a comic book fan such as myself. Even though the aforementioned characters have films that are pretty entertaining, none of them can really be related to, I love superheroes, but I have always felt kind of a disconnect to the characters simply because non of that was possible in real life. Kick-Ass on the other hand had real people with no powers, just the tenacity to get out there and help others for the greater good. The story progression and character interaction felt very natural and realistic, and it's because of this that when these peoples lives were in danger, you felt it on a primal level and not just as a bystander. I can't finish this review without mentioning Chloe Grace Moretz who plays Hit Girl. She owns this movie. This little girl is the highlight of the film, watching this 11 year old kick so much ass was so inspiring. Hit Girl is a character that will no doubt be controversial, but makes the movie in every way. People will say that having a little girl put in such dangerous situations, and killing people in such violent ways was irresponsible of the filmmakers, but I look at it this way, I could see if this little girl was vulnerable and the situations she found herself in caused her to be afraid or in over her head, then yeah the naysayers would be right. But Hit Girl was not vulnerable in any way, shape, or form, in fact she made grown men with guns cower in fear, my girlfriend said seeing that was empowering to her as a women, to see this little girl handle her own in the face of death, it made her feel like if Hit Girl could handle herself so well, then so can she. I think that says it all. After seeing it only once Kick-Ass is one of my favorite films of all time, its just a nonstop, roller coaster ride. This movie is made of pure adrenaline, and even as I'm writing this review, I'm still feeling the rush.

5 out of 5

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In From Netflix: The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day

If you saw the first one then you know how much uber cool ass that movie kicked. Well guess what, the second one kicks more. This time around "The Saints" have been hiding out in Ireland for the past nine years, and after all this time someone wants to draw them out. A priest in their neighborhood was murdered in the same fashion they used to kill criminals. This pisses them off in a major way and brought them out of hiding, and back to Boston. One of the best lines in the film is "Whoever wanted to bring them out of hiding only had one small flaw in their plan, it worked." Boy did it ever because they hit Boston with the vengeance of God. This movie is not just as good as the first one, it's better. It uses the same formula that the first film had, which really works for the film because it switches things up on your expectations by doing the same thing in a different way. There's no doubt that this film will have the same cult classic status the first one did. Look if you saw the first one then I really don't have to convince you to see this, in fact you might have already seen it, but if you're not aware of these cult classics I strongly recommend putting them in your netlflix queue because they are totally awesome, adrenaline injected, testosterone filled movies.

5 out of 5

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The Comedy Match-Up I've Been For!