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[OricWindstar]

Hopefully this will be slightly more positive than the other female thread today...

Been looking up fight scenes for something I'm animating and, in revisiting Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I forgot how amazing this fight scene between Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziti is.

I don't want to gif the actual fight, because it's too good for that. But seeing this scene again also reminded me how rarely proper fight scene are done with women, much less multiple women without a man in sight.

So, what are some of your favorite action scenes involving badass ladies? Doesn't need to exclusively have females, but it should at least have most of the focus on them.

 

[Trouble]

That fight immediately came to mind. I'm guessing pretty much all the best fight scenes involve Michelle Yeoh because she's a total badass.

 

[Lightning Count]

Total Recall is the first western production to get it right, the fight between Melina and Lori really set the standard.

 

[kunonabi]

You should watch yes, madam.

 

[Volimar]

What the fuck is going on in OT today?


Edit: Oh well. You guys should check out Into The Badlands.

 

[SpaceWolf]

 

[bjork]

They don't get much more badass than Lady Snowblood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XHjechNzMo

 

[ItIsOkBro]

Gina Carano vs. Fassbender

 

[mollipen]

Kill Bill is the name that instantly comes to mind. Four fantastic woman vs woman fights across the two films, where every one of them is a badass that can more than hold their own.

Edit: Bumping that up to four, because I really should have included Gogo in that count.

 

[sturgboski]

Milla Jovovich in the Resident Evil series? Look that series is a guilty pleasure and she kicks some ass.

 

[Spinluck]

Kill Bill had some nice ones.

 

[Reptars Revenge]

Kill Bill!!!!!!!

 

[sixteen-bit]

Was Rodriguez vs Roussey in Furious 7 any good?

 

[Manu]

Anything involving Hammer Girl in The Raid 2.

 

[BigAT]

Best Lactation Scenes With Women



Not for me, asking for a friend.

 

[Toxi]

Well damn, you said my choice. I loved seeing weapons like the club get some limelight.

 

[studyguy]

That scene from Torque where the two women fought with bikes.
Literally.

 

[OricWindstar]

You should watch yes, madam.

Seen it! Almost made this an exclusive Michelle Yeoh thread, because:

I'm guessing pretty much all the best fight scenes involve Michelle Yeoh because she's a total badass.

 

[Reg]

Gina Carano in Haywire. Though I think she just beats up men,lol.

 

[Data West]

Outlaw Brothers

I recommend Yukari Oshima in general

 

[AdaWong]

Ada and Svetlana from Resident Evil Damnation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TNeZM4Ixfo

 

[guek]

Hopefully this will be slightly more positive than the other female thread today...

Been looking up fight scenes for something I'm animating and, in revisiting Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I forgot how amazing this fight scene between Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziti is.

I don't want to gif the actual fight, because it's too good for that. But seeing this scene again also reminded me how rarely proper fight scene are done with women, much less multiple women without a man in sight.

So, what are some of your favorite action scenes involving badass ladies? Doesn't need to exclusively have females, but it should at least have most of the focus on them.

This fight is straight up one of the GOAT fights put to film and quite possibly the best weapon combat scene ever made.

 

[Hindenblewp]

You should watch yes, madam.

Honestly just about any Cynthia Rothrock fight scene is just extremely fun to watch.

 

[MutFox]

Gina Carano vs. Fassbender

She makes the motions look believable cause of her background.
Especially the kicks.
I really wanted her to take off as an action star.

 

[John Kowalski]

Don't know if it counts but asuka and the mass evas.

 

[Zeta Oni]

Thai film, called "Chocolate" in English. You might like what you see.

 

[zeemumu]

That scene from Torque where the two women fought with bikes.
Literally.

This film had the gall to crack a joke at Fast and the Furious for being dumb and then pull shit like this.

 

[Mr. X]

The Bride vs Elle Driver

 

[FairyD]

That scene from Torque where the two women fought with bikes.
Literally.

Come on man..

This made it into the movie? Alright, I've been avoiding the movie for like a decade but I should sit down and watch how over the the top Torque is.

 

[MMarston]

Been looking up fight scenes for something I'm animating and, in revisiting Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I forgot how amazing this fight scene between Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziti is.

Well geez OP, what am I supposed to post now?

 

[sturgboski]

Gina Carano vs. Fassbender

She beats him down like the box office did Assassin's Creed.

 

[aBarreras]

i like the ones in sense8

 

[EXPotemkin]

My SO is a huge fan of Cynthia Rothrock.

 

[Lightning Count]

Don't know if it counts but asuka and the mass evas.

If we are including wrestling then I nominate Bayley Vs Sasha Banks from Takeover Respect.

I will see myself out. <_<

 

[Ulysses 31]

Don't know if it counts but asuka and the mass evas.

OP seems to want to see woman vs woman fights.

 

[OricWindstar]

Kill Bill is the name that instantly comes to mind. Four fantastic woman vs woman fights across the two films, where every one of them is a badass that can more than hold their own.

Edit: Bumping that up to four, because I really should have included Gogo in that count.

One of my favorite films duels of all time. The music. The build-up. That fucking locale.

All perfect.

Well geez OP, what am I supposed to post now?

Haha, I know. I kind of started too strong.

 

[studyguy]

Come on man..

This made it into the movie? Alright, I've been avoiding the movie for like a decade but I should sit down and watch how over the the top Torque is.

Don't watch Torque.
I went to the theaters to watch it and regretted every second of it.

 

[bjork]

If we are including wrestling then I nominate Bayley Vs Sasha Banks from Takeover Respect.

If we are including wrestling then let's just start at the pinnacle

Bull v. Aja Kong in a cage

 

[shadow_shogun]

Cynthia Rothrock vs. Yuen Biao in above the law

 

[digita1alchemy]

This thread is now about Cynthia Rothrock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksgKV3i_J14

Vs. Richard Norton in Magic Cystal is probably my personal fav.

 

[Akuun]

This fight is straight up one of the GOAT fights put to film and quite possibly the best weapon combat scene ever made.

It's probably the best scene in the movie. I didn't like Crouching Tiger, but that scene was really good.

Actually most stuff with Michelle Yeoh is good. She does action well.

Kill Bill has a lot of good ones. My only gripe in that series is when Lucy Liu flinched when drawing her own sword, which is incredibly out of character for someone who is supposed to be a master assassin.

 

[PantherLotus]

Since OP claimed the one I'd submit, here's one a touch more stylistic but one of my favorite moments in all of film, EVER.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9keMBIyPnA

 

[LewieP]

Gina Carano in Haywire. Though I think she just beats up men,lol.

Came to post this.

 

[Data West]

If we are including wrestling then let's just start at the pinnacle

Bull v. Aja Kong in a cage

I thought you said the pinnacle, friend

 

[Haly]

Hey look it's zhang ziyi again.

 

[The Main Event]

Cynthia Rothrock vs. Yuen Biao in above the law

Here's another one if this thread was about fights between women only https://youtu.be/4z1sBt9_zII

 

[LQX]

Chun Li vs Vega

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEQSmVNoDGE


The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hegIdmchaV8

 

[Epsilon-delta]

The one and only Cynthia Rothrock vs Karen

 

[Taramoor]

Ramona vs Roxie is a pretty great fight.

If we aren't limited to live action then Mononoke/Eboshi is short but fun.

I like the Black Mamba/Copperhead fight in Kill Bill the most, I think, because it's so damn brutal.

Sharon Stone and the female lead in Total Recall.

There's a great one on Ghost Protocol.

The second Charlie's Angels movie had a 3-on-1 with Demi Moore that was fun if I remember correctly.

 

[Lightning Count]

Chun Li vs Vega


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEQSmVNoDGE

As great as this is, I feel we should keep this discussion limited to live action only.