welcome to watch mojo
and today we'll be counting down our
picks for the top 10 best movie fights
by non-professionals
before we get started does anyone want
to get out
for this list we'll be looking at actors
who went that extra mile to convince the
audience that they knew what they were
doing
all along this includes actors who
underwent drastic body transformations
and or those who mastered the
choreography necessary
to make their particular fights look
both believable and totally badass
oh yeah and beware of spoilers ahead
which movie fights by non-professional
fighters impressed you the most
be sure to leave a comment below with
your favorites
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number 10 maximus versus tigress
of gaul gladiator my name is maximus
desmos meridius
commander of the armies of the north
general of the felix legions
loyal servant to the true emperor marcus
aurelius
claiming our 10th spot is this epic
sword fight between the imposing
tigress of gaul and russell crowe's
maximus
for his oscar-winning performance as the
roman general turned reluctant gladiator
crowe lost an astounding 40 pounds while
honing his sword fighting skills
and working on a farm and it shows in
this nearly four minute long bout where
he manages to fend off tigers and man
alike
the clanking of heavy metal swords
combined with the emotions from the
coliseum crowd
ravenous for blood make this battle a
feast for
the senses
given its crucial timing and importance
in the story
this fight turns out to be one of the
most memorable moments in a film filled
with them
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number nine train fight from russia with
love
the fact that this fight scene barely
looks dated after roughly
60 years is a testament to bond's
timelessness
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of course this was back when james bond
could break a sweat
shed a little blood and kill a man yet
still look fashionable and suave as hell
adjusting his ties seconds later
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having said that the fight is as real as
they come
with both men desperately grappling with
each other in the tight quarters of the
train cabin
the intensity of the fight the dynamic
and connery's calm coolness both before
and after
make this an iconic standoff between
hero and villain
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number eight bull fight raging bull
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from de niro's dramatic body
transformation to the beautiful camera
movement
to the use of silence right on down
through the fast-paced artful editing
this fight scene has it all never has
having
the literal snot beaten out of you looks
so good
so poetic
well certainly that was one of the most
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it's a scene that perfectly captures
jake's disintegration throughout the
rest of the film
we watch as de niro's jake lamata
descends into darkness and oblivion and
all we're left to wonder is how did this
movie lose best picture to ordinary
people
because i don't know if i love you
anymore
and i don't know what i'm going to do
without that okay we're only kidding
ordinary people had us in tears but any
other year
it would have been a crime number seven
jason bourne is born to fight the born
ultimatum
it's rare to have fight scenes that
don't need music to amp up the intensity
but in some scenes masterful
choreography and adept actors
sparkle all on their own
that's precisely the case with our
seventh entry from 2007's the bourne
ultimatum
though it only lasts about two minutes
jason bourne's fight with desh is so
fast
and so well orchestrated that it becomes
immediately engrossing
the use of household items as dangerous
weapons just
adds to the cool factor but it's the
pure undoctored sound that makes this
scene
so visceral
and to think that matt damon wasn't even
the first choice to play the role
number six elevator ass kicking
captain america the winter soldier
what's more badass than single-handedly
taking out a pack of hydra agents in a
glassed-in
elevator
well apparently five more things but
still this fight from 2014's captain
america winter soldier
is pretty awesome before we get started
does anyone want to get out from chris
evans self-assurance
to great sound effects and high-tech
gadgets
this fight pulls no punches and hits all
the right notes
evans had to pack on about 30 pounds of
muscle for the roll
training twice daily for months and
we're glad he did
because legend has it that dane cook at
one point auditioned for the part and
john krasinski was also seriously
considered
and let's face it chris evans embodied
the role like no one else could
it kind of feels personal
number five the bride versus crazy 88s
kill bill volume one what do you get
when you cross kung fu with uma thurman
kung fuma yeah we couldn't help
ourselves tarantino's homage to martial
arts movies was a blood-soaked bonanza
that wowed critics and audiences
alike but on that day four years ago
she made one big mistake
she should have killed 10. and much of
the film's success is thanks to this
scene
where the bride faces off against hench
girl go-go then takes on every member of
the crazy 88 in a spectacularly bloody
fashion
sure there might not actually be 88 of
them but a lot of fake blood was shed on
set that day
and uma thurman looks pretty boss
wielding a hattori hanzo blade
number four out for revenge old boy
old boy is a strange mind-bending trip
through one man's journey from utter
despair to bittersweet vengeance
no scene encapsulates the dark almost
surreal tone of the film
like the infamous hammer fight
messy bloody yet rhythmic and smooth in
its choreography
the scene plays as if in slow motion who
knows how many takes ended up on the
cutting room floor
but for what it's worth a lone man
murdering a group of
so many thugs with a freaking hammer in
some dingy corridor
never looks so artful
number three this is for my dog john
wick
we already knew keanu reeves looks good
fighting but until
john wick came around we didn't fully
understand just how good
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the final fight seen in this film proves
that sometimes
nailing the colors and fight
choreography is enough to push a simple
story
to great heights
of course it helps that director chad
stahelsky is a former stuntman and
martial arts fighter
the deliberate movements the very human
stakes the pouring rain
it all comes together in a way that
we're pretty sure even keanu reeves must
have been pleasantly surprised by
number two dojo fight the matrix
then hit me if you can
it should be no surprise that reeves
appears twice on this list
there's just something about the
soft-spoken canadian actor that makes
him a believable ass kicking force
morpheus versus neo change cinema fight
scenes for better
and for always
in fact the entire matrix movie
practically wrote a new road map
for this pick it all comes down to the
camera and the combatants
who were trained by none other than
martial arts master
yuen won ping watching the dojo fight is
like watching
two figure skaters at the height of
their game there's a flow to the fight
that borders on dance
i don't believe it before we unveil our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions from some other non-pros
who could do some pretty good ass
kicking and deserve some honorable
mention
bathroom fight mission impossible
fallout
i need your permission to operate
independently
thank you
line brawl slap shot
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and there's no one to stop it because
there are no officials on the ice
lopsided tussle neighbors
fight at red's house pineapple express
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number one church brawl kingsman the
secret service
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man british actor colin firth is best
known as a romantic lead
and for playing men of quiet dignity
waiting for me to
commence a conversation one can wait was
or a long wait
well turns out all that calm reserve hit
quite the action hero
this frenetic fight scene pits firth's
character harry hart
a kingsman agent against an enraged
mind-controlled mob
to the leonard skinnered anthem free
bird and we get the added benefit of
wiping out the kingdom
not yet
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the consecutive long takes have to be
seen to be believed
as heart weaves through the crowd
shooting and turning ordinary objects
into lethal weapons
even though hart has also been affected
by the evil valentine's
neurological wave he still retains all
his training
and destroys his opponents firth trained
extensively for the scene and it really
shows in his impeccable timing
making this an easy number one
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