Travis Meacham from Twitchguru highlighted his top movie fights. Not fight scenes, like the "destroy something beautiful" scene in Fight Club, which was context-sensitive. Meachem is talking about the fighting itself, like fights in the original Drunken Master. His rationale is good , though I do not necessarily agree with his selection; the list follows:
10. Jason Bourne Vs Castel (The Bourne Identity)
9. The Bride Vs Elle Driver (Kill Bill Vol. 2)
8. L.T. Bonham Vs Aaron Hallam (The Hunted)
7. Hector Vs Achilles (Troy)
6. Johnny Cage Vs Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
5. Gandalf Vs The Balrog Of Moria (The Two Towers)
4. Spider-Man Vs Doctor Octopus (Spider-Man 2)
3. Yu Shu Lien Vs Jen Yu (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
2. Wong Fei-Hung Vs Henry And His Gang (The Legend of Drunken Master)
1. Obi-Wan Kenobi And Qui-Gon Jinn Vs Darth Maul (Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace)
Honorable Mentions
Kiss of the Dragon
The other five Star Wars films
They Live
Lethal Weapon
Sleepy Hollow
Equilibrium
Kill Bill: vol 1
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Fight Club
Blade
Blade 2
Superman 2
The Princess Bride
The Matrix Films
Gladiator
Under Siege
Rapid Fire
True Romance
Transporter
Enter the Dragon
Grosse Point Blank
Personally, I think he missed out on a great scene in a crappy movie: The finale fight in The One between Jet Li and... Jet Li. Two distinct types of martial arts are displayed in a great matchup that was really entertaining. Fearless also had some excellent (and visceral) fights.
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 What are your favorite one-on-one fight scenes?
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