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Some great melee combat scenes from films

Posted By: PanzerMeyer

Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/14/18 06:28 PM

What are some of the best war melee combat scenes you've seen?


My top 3



"300" - Historical inaccuracies aside, I think this is an amazingly well done battle scene.






"Gladiator" - What a fantastic way to open a film.





"Glory" - It's starts off ranged but turns melee rather quickly!


Posted By: Bill_Grant

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/14/18 06:52 PM

The cool thing about "300" was how they did the long "One Shot Take" fight scene (at the end of clip above) where they used a loooong stage and moved left to right....
Posted By: oldgrognard

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/14/18 07:16 PM

I hate 300 because of how it established the jumping sword swing that has been copied so much since then. The more goofy graphic style has even gotten into serious history programs.
Posted By: Dunolde

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/14/18 07:16 PM

"GLORY" is definitely among the very best. Unfortunately the movie was severely overshadowed by "TITANIC", which garnered all the attention at the time.
Posted By: PanzerMeyer

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/14/18 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by Dunolde
"GLORY" is definitely among the very best. Unfortunately the movie was severely overshadowed by "TITANIC", which garnered all the attention at the time.





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Glory came out in 1989. Titanic came out in 1997.
Posted By: Coot

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/14/18 07:18 PM

Those are good scenes Panzer. I still have yet to watch 300 all the way through.

Excalibur to me is one of those movies that makes combat truly look painful and ugly. I still have it imprinted on my mind from seeing this as a kid all the heavy armor slicked with mud and blood and guys clanking around being brutal. Speaking of armor this movie seems to capture it right. Its heavy and serves a purpose and for a short spurt men can fight but then there are periods of burnout where they lumber around slowly having expended a lot of energy. Just the sounds though of warriors inflicting wounds and contending with one another on a battlefield is captured in such a way in this movie that is all to often not matched.

Posted By: PanzerMeyer

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/14/18 07:23 PM

Outstanding pick Coot!!! "Excalibur" is one of my absolute favorite films of all time for many reasons.
Posted By: mikew

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/14/18 07:51 PM

The Normandy landing part of 'Saving Private Ryan' was outstanding. Shame the rest of it sucked.
Another vote for the 'Gladiator' opening battle...
Posted By: Master

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/14/18 08:08 PM

Most of the modern fight movies do not have very good fight scenes. I think it is mostly due to the fact that they cut at each hit vs actually filming people fighting. Some of the older movies has some really good fight scenes though.
Posted By: Crane Hunter

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/14/18 09:42 PM

Posted By: Meatsheild

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/14/18 11:05 PM

ive always like the battle scenes in the "last sumurai" .. yea its not historically accurate blah blah blah, but its was extremly well made!



Posted By: DaBBQ

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/14/18 11:18 PM

Master and Commander



Kingdom of Heaven:

Posted By: Airdrop01

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/14/18 11:38 PM

In Saving Private Ryan I think the man to man combat between the German and Mellish is one of the best I’ve seen.
Posted By: CyBerkut

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 12:34 AM

The Last Samurai had some good scenes.

Samurai vs Ninjas


This video addresses various historocity aspects of the movie, both good and not-so-good, for anyone who is interested.
https://youtu.be/-buQSp6wOMc
Posted By: rwatson

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 12:39 AM

Spot on Cy when Tom cruise and the usless grunts first encounter the Samari is great in fact a lot of great fights in the movie and I don't worry about historical accuracy they are entertainment not documentaries
Posted By: CyBerkut

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 01:08 AM

Not a "film", but rather a series... Sparticus, War of the Damned, had some entertaining melees. A lot of the jumping sword work that oldgrognard understandably dislikes, but I think it is easier to suspend disbelief when it is unconventional combatants who were trained as gladiators... they were unlikely to be constrained to limited catalog of conventional moves.
Posted By: Blade_Meister

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 02:34 AM

This one has always been rather endearing to me.


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Posted By: Lieste

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 02:42 AM

Rob Roy, duel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27M5KWI_q50

Not, from a movie, but a sample choreography, longsword duel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn36Pb8z3yI
Posted By: carrick58

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 03:25 AM

I dis agree Stylized action choreography should go to Mr. John Wick

https://youtu.be/0qGtC-JtiUU
Posted By: Coot

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 03:33 AM

Yeah Rob Roy is a good one, nasty and brutal. That clip you linked of the longsword duel Lieste is outstanding. I dislike the music choice and some of the filming tricks but that has to be some of the best, realistic looking and impactful sword fighting that I've seen. That kind of thing needs to be in the movies. I think those guys captured what a real, trained and seasoned sword fighter would have looked and fought like.
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by Crane Hunter


I so love this scene and the whole movie! Guys are brutal towards each other but when one damages the other's car, all of a sudden he's very sorry hahaha
Posted By: Ssnake

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by Master
Most of the modern fight movies do not have very good fight scenes. I think it is mostly due to the fact that they cut at each hit vs actually filming people fighting. Some of the older movies has some really good fight scenes though.

There are however exceptions; I always liked the way they did it in the Bourne films - shaky camera, but no excessive cutting. I suppose, we can dispense of the old adage that no serious fight lasts longer than 20 seconds; after all these are top killers fighting each other, so it may take a bit longer to find a chink in the defense. I especially like the improvisation, whether it's the pen in the Paris apartment (1st film), or the rolled-up news magazine as a short stick in the 2nd:

Posted By: PanzerMeyer

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 12:04 PM

The battle/fight scenes in "Last Samurai" are indeed great. What really made the film special to me was Ken Watanabe's tour de force performance. He was fantastic.
Posted By: F4UDash4

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
The battle/fight scenes in "Last Samurai" are indeed great. What really made the film special to me was Ken Watanabe's tour de force performance. He was fantastic.



Well, he did have a lot of experience playing Japanese characters. wink
Posted By: DM

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 02:15 PM

Great fight scene IMO:

Posted By: bones

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 02:33 PM

I like the final battle scene in "Platoon" but can't post it cuz of profanity.

v6,
boNes
Posted By: Ssnake

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 03:44 PM

No problem with people murdering each other, but the swearing is the problem?
Only in America...
Posted By: letterboy1

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 03:54 PM

The Hit Girl scene at Rassul's in the first Kick A$$ movie has got to be one of the most unexpected approaches to a fight scene based simply on the fact that she was a little girl.
Posted By: bones

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by Ssnake
No problem with people murdering each other, but the swearing is the problem?
Only in America...



Well, I'm following Forum rules.

And we do have problems with people murdering each other. No one likes when it happens. That's all I'll say because I don't want this thread going PWEC.

v6,
boNes
Posted By: F4UDash4

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/15/18 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by Ssnake
No problem with people murdering each other, but the swearing is the problem?
Only in America...



Well the murdering is pretend, the profanity is real.
Posted By: marko1231123

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/20/18 11:10 PM

Convoy scene in black hawk down,
Where there trying to reach the first downed black hawk
Posted By: JimK

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/21/18 03:49 AM

OMG, just watched MI Fallout and the melee scenes in it are mind blowing.
Posted By: Mr_Blastman

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/21/18 07:02 PM

One of the best melee scene in movies:



Of course, the Princess Bride itself being one of the greatest movies of all time, helps. smile
Posted By: PanzerMeyer

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/21/18 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by JimK
OMG, just watched MI Fallout and the melee scenes in it are mind blowing.



Yes, the brutal fight in the bathroom at the French nightclub was very well done.
Posted By: wormfood

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/21/18 07:19 PM

Outlaw King on Netflix, that cavalry charge at the end of the movie.
Posted By: wormfood

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/21/18 07:21 PM

And this isn't from a movie, but I'll include it anyway.
Posted By: wheelsup_cavu

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/22/18 03:34 AM

Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman
One of the best melee scene in movies:

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 [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDlZ_SXx5gA[/video]


Of course, the Princess Bride itself being one of the greatest movies of all time, helps. smile


I always found this exchange between them in that scene quite humorous.

Inigo Montoya: Who are you?
Man in Black: No one of consequence.
Inigo Montoya: I must know...
Man in Black: Get used to disappointment.


Wheels
Posted By: LB4LB

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/22/18 04:46 AM

Well there is this one:

Posted By: 462cid

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/24/18 11:40 AM

Guys, "melee" has a broad definition in general as a loud confused fight in a crowd or mob, but usually it's assumed to mean hand to hand combat

I'll take almost anything with Toshiro Mifune

Posted By: Chaz

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/24/18 11:14 PM



As much flak as the prequels got, the Darth Maul/Qui-Gon Jin/Obi-Wan lightsaber duel is epic. lightsabers And coming up on 20 years!
Posted By: BD-123

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/25/18 03:18 PM

An a few aerial melee of note:



Posted By: JimK

Re: Some great melee combat scenes from films - 11/25/18 11:55 PM

Always enjoyed this Kingsman Mele in the church.

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