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[DanMan]

My choices...

1. Aston Martin vs. Jaguar (Die Another Day, 2002)
2. Neo Vs. Merovingian's Castle Guards (The Matrix Reloaded, 2003)
3. St. Petersburg Tank Chase (Goldeneye, 1995)
4. Commando's Finale (Commando, 1985)
5. Thames Boat Chase (The World Is Not Enough, 1999)

[doublenoughtspy]

1. Escape from Piz Gloria (OHMSS, 1969)
2. Gibraltar Pre-Credit Sequence (The Living Daylights, 1987)
3. Sardinia Lotus Chase (TSWLM, 1977)
4. Terminator 2, entire movie (Terminator 2, 1991)
5. Final Death Star attack (Star Wars, 1977)

[Johnboy007]

1. Car sequence in Bulitt
2.AM v. Jag -DAD
3.Assault on Chateau-Dirty Dozen
4.Underwater assault-Thunderball
5. Tank Chase-Goldeneye

[Qwerty]

These are *NOT* in a specific order, as I find my ranking of them always changes. I'm not even sure if these are my top five, but they are one's that I like a lot.

-GoldenEye Tank Chase =Chaos!
-LOTR:2 Final Assault
-Thames Boat Chase in TWINE
-Death Star Attack in ROTJ and ANH (1983 and 1977 respectively) -that was always fun to watch, as I used to a lot more often.
-Car Garage Chase/Seqeunce in TND, once Arnold's music starts, you know you're in for a ride, and I like that scene a lot!

-Well, those aren't my top 5, but they're one's I like a LOT!

[JackChase007]

Like most other peoples', these are in no specific order...:

[Double-Oh-Zero]

Wow, so many to choose from. I'll list the ones that don't include Bond films, in no particular order:

-any action sequence from the Die Hard films
-Schwarzenegger vs. Predator from Predator
-Nazi truck chase and barfight from Raiders of the Lost Ark
-pretty much any action sequence in The Rock, but the end battle and the chase through San Francisco stand out ("I hope you're inshured!")
-car chase in Ronin

[Sensualist]

Bond:

Chronologically:

* Bond and Aqua-paras vs SPECTRE Frogmen - Underwater Mayhem
* Escape From Piz Gloria
* Free Fall Fight - Moonraker Pre-titles
* BMW 750i in Hamburg
* Aston vs Jag In Iceland

...And Beyond:


* Battle Of Helm's Deep - The Two Towers
* Bike Chase/Tanker Truck Pursuit - Terminator 2
* BMW Crushes The Mercedes Benzs - The Peacemaker
* BMW Chase - Ronin
* Attack On The Death Star - Star Wars

[Genrewriter]

In no particular order and just off the top of my head since the list is endless for me:

1. Truck chase from Raiders of the Lost Ark

2. Showdown between Riggs and Mr. Joshua from Lethal Weapon

3. Asteroid chase from Empire Strikes Back

4. Freeway chase from Lethal Weapon 4

5. Opening battle in Saving Private Ryan

[jwheels]

In no particular order:
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[*]Any part of the Lethal Weapon movies
[*]Car chase in Bad Boys 2
[*]Bond and Trevelian fight in GoldenEye
[*]Fencing scene in DAD
[*]Entire Die Hard movies
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other mentions
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[*]Ambush scene in The Rock
[*]Lightsaber duel at end of Phantom Mennace
[*]The lobby gunfight in The Matrix
[*]Hanger gunfight in Bad Boys
[*]gunfight at Nick Cage's hidout in Face/Off
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These can change on a daily basis though.

[Stuart]

Some of mine have already been mentioned.

Here they are....

-the two car chases in 'Ronin'
-storming the beach in 'Saving Private Ryan'
-the ski escape from Piz Gloria in 'OHMSS'
-the chariot sequence in 'Ben Hur'
-the entire last half of 'Aliens'

[Tarl_Cabot]

tie:
[-Matrix:lobby gunfight
-Matrix Reloaded:freeway chase
-Matrix revolutions: Zion assault]
-Licence to kill:tanker chase
-Raiders:Truck chase
-Samurai 1:Epic battle vs. 79 samurai on rice patties

[BondNumber7]

1. Raiders Truck Chase
2. French Connection chase
3. Hoth battle scene in TESB
4. Rollercoaster Chase in TOD
5. Boat chase in TWINE

[Matt O'S oo4]

French Connection Car Chase

Motor cycle (Steve McQueen) chase fleeing Nazi's across countyside in The Great Escape.

Car chase sequence in Ronin (driving wrong way through traffic.)

Beach Deployment in Saving Private Ryan

Attack behind enemy lines - Kelly's Heroes.

(Must mention also the attack on the Chateau in Dirty Dozen and the great fun of the War Games sequence of the same film.)

Special mention I would like to make also for The Longest Yard.

Nuff said.

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[Loomis]

DAYLIGHT - Stallone making his way through the giant exhaust fans. The explosion in the tunnel is also pretty amazing. Definitely a film to catch on the big screen if the opportunity arises.

[Jimbo007]

Here's an impressive few:

-Matrix Reloaded: Highway Chase
-From Russia With Love: Red Grant- vs. James Bond
-Raiders of the Lost Ark: Nazi Truck Chase
-Seabiscuit: Seabiscuit Race (to me this is an action sequence)

I can't think of anything of any more right this minute that has not been mentioned on this thread.

[DLibrasnow]

- Pretitles sequence to Moonraker
- Truck chase in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
- The escape from the castle in "Where Eagles Dare"
- The car chases in "Ronin"
- The car chase in "To Live and Die in L.A."

[urhash]

1) Bruce Lee's fight in the caverns in Enter the Dragon.
2) Black Hawk Down. Period.
3) Car chase in Bourne Identity
4) Truck/Motorcycle chase in Terminator 2
5) Invading Omaha Beach in Saving Private Ryan

[jwheels]

Originally posted by DLibrasnow
- The car chase in "To Live and Die in L.A."

That is a great scene. But I noticed that when they goes the wrong way on the freeway, they are actually on the right way, and all the other cars or going the wrong way. If you remember, They turn to the left to get on the right side of the road, when they should have gone to the right.

[Sensualist]

Originally posted by Stuart


-the chariot sequence in 'Ben Hur'

Ohhh....now THAT was mega! And the score before the chariot race started was epic!

Alas a poor stuntman lost his life after being horrifyingly crushed and trampled under one of the chariots and by its four horses and perhaps even four other horses from another chariot. (You can see the sequence I'm refering to...The director left the brutal shot in the final cut.):eek:

Did'nt "Ben Hur" win something like 9 or 11 Oscars?

One of the ALL TIME greats!

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by jwheels57


That is a great scene. But I noticed that when they goes the wrong way on the freeway, they are actually on the right way, and all the other cars or going the wrong way. If you remember, They turn to the left to get on the right side of the road, when they should have gone to the right.

Yes, this is pointed out on the DVD documentary...I only recently saw this when MGM sent out the review copies of the DVD and in the documentary they mention this "blooper"...I was blown away. I guess it's no coincidence that the movie has the same director as "The French Connection"

[jwheels]

I did not see the documentary, did they give any explaination why that happened? it is pretty obvious, at least to me.

[MoonGraves]

Here's my top 5:

the truck chase in "raiders"
the clock tower and lightbolt sequence in "back to the future"
the monaco and monza f1 races in "grand prix" (1967)
Cary Grant versus the plane in "North by Northwest"
and the chariot race in "Ben Hur"

by the way, i've read somewhere that the stuntman death thing in "Ben Hur" is a kind of urban legend; that no one really died and that are only dummies getting "killed". Can anyone confirm this?

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by jwheels57
I did not see the documentary, did they give any explaination why that happened? it is pretty obvious, at least to me.

Yes it is extremely obvious...I will have to go back and check the doc again to see if they have any explanation.

[007luvchild2]

Well this is difficult but if you don't mind I have to put them in sub categories.

Top 5 Action Scenes (Automotive Chases)
1. Motorcycle chase from the Great Escape
2. Maverick and Goose v. Jester and Viper from Top Gun
3. Truck ride from Twister
4. Truck Chase from Terminator 2
5. Homvey v. the Sports Car from the Rock

Top 5 Action Sequences (Martial Arts)
1. Any Bruce Lee movie: but I prefer Bruce Lee v. Bolo Yeung
2. Neo v. Morpheus in the simulation from the Matrix
3. Any scene from Hidden Tiger Crouching Dragon
4. Steven Segal in the Bar scene from Out For Justice(I don't like Steven Segal)
5. Riggs v. Mr. Joshua from Lethal Weapon 1

Top 5 Action Scene (Gunfight)
1. the Shoot out at the train station from the Untouchables
2. Trinity and Neo rescue of Morpheus in the Matrix
3. Mira Sorvino and chow yun fat gunfight from the Replacement Killers
4. Any of the Clint Eastwood's Spaghetti Westerns
5. Sharon Stone v. Gene Hackman in the Quick and the Dead

Top 5 Action (Action scene based on Comic book characters)
1. Superman rescue of Lois Lane from the helicopter
2. Batman rescue of Vickie Vale from the museum
3. Nightcrawler infiltrating the white house
4. Wolverine vs. Mystique
5. Football fight scene from Flash Gordon

Top 5 Action scene (Sci - fi)
1. the last confrontation b/n Dutch and Predator
2. the confrontation b/n Ripley in the Robo suit and the Alien
3. The air attack on the aliens from Independence Day
4. Gizmo v. the Spider Gremlin from Gremlins 2 (it just so funny in that scene where something that adorable could look so p*ssed.)
5. Kevin Bacon v. Giant Earthworms in the first Tremors.

[urhash]

1. Any Bruce Lee movie: but I prefer Bruce Lee v. Bolo Yeung

I don't recall Bruce fighting Bolo in any of the movies. Don't you mean John Saxon vs. Bolo? (which wasn't a good fight)

[007luvchild2]

Originally posted by urhash


I don't recall Bruce fighting Bolo in any of the movies.  Don't you mean John Saxon vs. Bolo?  (which wasn't a good fight)

I should clarify, it's the Action Sequence that would have been the best if that was the case.
(John Saxon vs. Bolo wasn't my favorite either, though I love Bolo Yeung would have been great as a henchmen during the Moore era. He's that deadly and silent type.)

[urhash]

Dude that physique is just ridiculously cool.

[urhash]

One of my favorites...

[Genrewriter]

Ever seen Bloodsport? Bolo is a seriously cool bad guy in that one.

[IndyB007]

In no particular order....

Bond vs Red Grant in From Russia With Love
Nazi Truck Chase in Raiders of the Lost Ark
Tanker Truck Chase in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Connor MacLeod vs The Kurgan in Highlander
Opening Bank Robber Scene in Dirty Harry