In honour of John Wick's return to the big screen in the spin-off film Ballerina, Greg and César are trading words for fists, falling through cinema’s saloon doors and giving their eye witness accounts of the most bone-crunching, chair-smashing fight scenes of all time.
From the elegance of Chinese Wuxia to the grit of an old school brawl, the power of martial arts legends to the visual timing of a comedy icon, they explore how the on-screen punch up has evolved and what makes great big screen fisticuffs.
Tighten your kung-fu pyjamas, it's gonna get messy.
"Before we get started, does anyone wanna get out?" - Steve Rogers
Links to watch all featured fights:
Captain America - Elevator Fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYATf2A5GCQ&t=1s
Game of Death - Bruce Lee vs Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT-RfY2H23o
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Jen vs. Shu Lien Sword Fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzkhVVFRIIg&t=15s
They Live - Really Long Fight - Rowdy Roddy Piper vs Keith David
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhr3TzEknzY
City Lights - Boxing Match - Charlie Chaplin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9NfXIXzgnA&t=5s
Undefeatable - Final Fight Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqvuGqr-u2Y&t=28s
Nobody - Bus Fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2un1aU7mT0&t=7s
Top Secret! - Underwater Barfight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfRi-a8hPh0&t=1s
The Raid 2 - The Kitchen Fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rp86b3CUMU&t=24s
Police Story - Mall fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B215g-Evv0U&t=2s
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