Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)
Before we tell you about this one, we feel we should warn you that it’s the most unexpectedly violent film ever made and if YouTube bothered to police itself properly, the below clip would probably come with some sort of age restriction.
Because there is genuinely a moment in the clip when one of the fighters cuts open his own stomach, pulls out his intestines and uses them to try to strangle our hero. Absolute genius. Please don’t try that at home.
It’s one of many insanely brilliant brawl scenes, which include Riki-Oh punching his fist through someone’s jaw only to pull his hand back out through the subsequent messed-up mouth (with no cutaway).
Oh, and a knuckle clash that causes one fist to go through the other, leading to a pile of fingers on the floor, topped with a splash of blood ketchup.
Basically, every single punch in this thing turns the screen into a slaughterhouse floor. It’s incredible.
The Stupidly Awesome Awesomely Stupid Fight:
We could pretty much have chosen any random two-minute section from this film and we’d have accidentally picked a stupidly awesome awesomely stupid fight scene, but we’ve carefully chosen this moment, partly because it contains the line: “You’ve got a lot of guts Oscar.”
But mainly because it features someone killing themselves in order to win a fight, but then still losing the fight. Doesn’t get much more stupidly awesome than that.
Oh, and before we go, here’s the moment where Riki-Oh’s girlfriend (spoiler alert) dies in the film.
See if you can spot the bit where the director cleverly switches the actress for a stunt doll. Absolutely seamless.
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TheSunshineHobo
Aug 10th 2009, 13:12
While all of these fights are stupidly awesome I want to add one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvGH3nM08iI&feature=related This is the final fight scene from the film Versus. This is not the best fight in the movie, but it is the only one I could find. My favourite fight involves the main character sporting a massive sniper rifle that shoots exploding bullets and a psychotic japanese detective that spouts out the greatest one liners known to man. Alas this fight will have to do.
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ChrisWootton
Aug 10th 2009, 13:50
Thats the best feature i've seen in years.
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Desperation
Aug 10th 2009, 14:10
I agree with ChrisWootton completely. Best TF feature ever. However, i know it's not a movie, but i do think http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBnflnDArlk should get an honourable mention.
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dalebiskit
Aug 14th 2009, 16:32
I think this trumps them all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da3Xun-yGCQ
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daveordid
Aug 23rd 2009, 16:38
Great list, but I have to say surely Drunken Master is the original and best 'Drunken fighting style' movie and not Snake in the Monkey's Shadow. Although Drunken Master is actually pretty damn good so maybe not silly enough to be in the list!
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