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welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
continuous uninterrupted shots in action
movies
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for this list we'll be looking at the
best long takes found in action films we
won't be including scenes that seem like
uninterrupted shots but have well hidden
cuts like in kingsman which of these
continuous shots impressed you the most
did we leave off your favorite let us
know in the comments below
number 10 day of the dead
spectre
spectre may not be anyone's favorite
bond film but it does have a terrific
opening we follow bond through a day of
the dead celebration in mexico city as
he tracks an assassin for a little over
four minutes the beautiful tracking shot
leads us through the festivities up a
hotel and out on the roof as bond stalks
his prey
where are you going
come be low director sam mendes and his
team used 1500 extras many extravagantly
dressed and had to close down the city's
main avenue adding a 50-foot crane to
the mix for the rooftop shots must have
made things exceedingly complex but the
result is one of the best openings in
any bond film
bottoms up
number nine opening scene breaking news
an uninterrupted tracking shot can be
just as impressive without the
theatricality of spectre
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although buckets of bullets being
sprayed everywhere also help this hong
kong action film opens with undercover
police officers staking out a group of
bank robbers at first calm and
unassuming the scene erupts into an
all-out fire fight when two uniformed
officers blow the sting america
despite multiple gunmen the scene
doesn't cut we glide from innocent
bystanders to the officers to the
robbers all while bullets shred through
the set the entire sequence is nearly
seven minutes long and it's an
absolutely thrilling way to kick off a
film
a great show
number eight katana bike fight the
villain s
there are several memorable action
scenes that earned this revenge thriller
a standing ovation at the cannes film
festival
one of them sees our heroine chased down
by bikers with katanas in a close
quarters tunnel although the shot is
only about a minute long it's one of the
most riveting minutes ever seen in an
action film the camera moves at
breakneck speed through the wheels as
the bikers get ever closer our jaws were
already on the floor before they pulled
out their weapons the sound design is
incredible every sword clang rings out
clearly
but the real hero is the camera operator
because this is genuinely remarkable
number seven the subway fight hannah if
a father trains his only daughter to be
an assassin from the age of two you
better believe he's got some seriously
deadly moves
what's wrong
are you hurt
you are half asleep
you must always be ready
some find out just how deadly in this
short but sweet fight in a subway
station building tension is the name of
the game here eric played by eric banna
immediately notices he's being followed
and leads his pursuers to a secluded
place to dispose of them the fight makes
great use of the space a pillar hides
eric from the viewer before he lashes
out at his attackers alongside a killer
electronic soundtrack
although the scene is only about two and
a half minutes long it uses its time
incredibly well is that what
creed versus the lion creed as adonis
creed begins to rise in the boxing world
he faces his first major challenger in
leo the lion spurrino all right it's
about you
yep it's all about you
now you wanted this let's go cool i want
you to make it happen as the fight is
vital to the character's arc director
ryan coogler and cinematographer maurice
alberti made it stand out the four and a
half minute long uninterrupted bout puts
the viewer up close and personal with
the fighters
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let's go boy let's go boy the cameraman
purposefully rotates around them
showcasing every important blow as the
fighters go at it it's a tense sequence
that makes us feel like our hearts are
in our throats we're grateful for the
crew's hard work it reportedly took them
13 takes to get it right with only two
actually being usable for editing
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number five
a long way down
mission impossible fallout there are
many moments that make fallout one of
the best entries in the franchise his
reputation precedes
you use a scalpel
i prefer a hammer sitting near the top
is the undeniably awesome halo jump
standing for high altitude low open the
jump requires opening your parachute at
a low altitude it's difficult to pull
off even when you're not trying to film
it
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it took more effort than many other
scenes in the movie not only did it take
extensive planning and training in a
wind tunnel but it could also only be
attempted once per day due to shooting
right at sunset special helmets were
created and everyone had to breathe
straight oxygen for 20 minutes so as to
not get decompression sickness but the
jaw dropping shot was more than worth
the effort
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number four beat him up
old boy
this south korean action thriller
features one of the most awe-inspiring
long takes in all of film oldboy follows
a man in prison for 15 years seeking
vengeance on his mysterious captors once
he's free
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it's standout scene iconic even to those
who have never seen the film is a nearly
three minute long corridor brawl
requiring 17 takes over the course of
three days it pits protagonist odesu
against a horde of goons with only a
hammer to defend himself with though it
doesn't have any flashy moves the
commitment is certainly stunning the
actors breathlessly fall over each other
as the fight continues and our hero's
refusal to give up despite their numbers
makes us root for him even more
number three hospital shootout
hard-boiled director john wu is an
action legend and he's got films like
hard-boiled to thank for that legacy
the entire film is a non-stop cops vs
gun smugglers thrill ride at the peak of
its thrilling scenes is the roughly
three minute long hospital shootout we
follow two officers through two floors
and a whole lot of goons with bullets
blasting chunks from the scenery and a
seemingly endless supply of stuntmen the
scene is a magnificent feat but it took
more effort than standard planning and
practicing
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some cast and crew members stayed in the
studio for days on end leaving them
feeling drained the sequence was clearly
very difficult to get right but it's a
study in groundbreaking stunts and
effects work
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number two
going up
the protector
tony jaw is one of the most breathtaking
modern martial arts film stars
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one of the best examples of his skill
comes in the four minute long steadicam
sequence from the protector set an
entire restaurant with multiple floors
jaws character com fights his way up a
whining staircase as the fight kicks
into high gear the cameraman chases calm
and pulls us along with it the scene
required an abundance of extras a
multitude of stuntmen and features more
than a few broken pieces of scenery we
struggle to catch our breath just
watching it so it's hard to imagine what
the crew and actors went through to film
it
tackle you die
number one the war zone children of men
alfonso corone's children of men feature
several extraordinary long takes
courtesy of cinematographer emmanuel
lubezki i haven't seen you for nearly 20
years and you've gone asking me for the
transit papers can you do it
i don't see how but the absolute best in
our book is the six minute long war zone
sequence during the film's climax with
kia and her child in danger theo braves
the dangerous landscape with no weapon
to defend himself you put their lives at
risk just let it go you don't know what
you're doing no
look around you
it's the uprising surrounded by gunfire
and explosions we move from the peril
ridden streets to the bombed out buses
to an immigrant-filled apartment
building all without cutting once it's
entirely visceral the viewer is
positioned with the hero as bodies
rapidly drop and blood and glass spray
the camera few scenes simulate the chaos
and sorrow of war zone as successfully
as children of men
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