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From Paul and Feyd ’s climactic knife fight inDune : Part Twoto Lucius and Macrinus ’ climactic swordfight inGladiator II , the pic of 2024 have brought a bunch of great fight scenes . A good battle scenecan really invigorate an audience . It ’s a chance for stunt choreographer to get creative , and it can be a crowd - pleasing moment when a stately grinder violently triumphs over a slimy villain .
2024 has deliver both ghastly , roue - soaked fight scenes , like the nightspot sequence inMonkey Man , and hilarious slapstick set - slice , likethe cartoonish saloon brawl inHundreds of Beavers . There were even great fighting scenes in non - action picture , like the eubstance horror opusThe Substance . From the final showdown inBoy Kills Worldto the multiversal mayhem ofDeadpool & Wolverine , 2024 ’s movies have been jam - packed with well - staged fight fit .
5Boy & Mina Vs. The Shaman
Boy Kills World
Boy Kills Worldhas some of the gnarliest on - sieve fierceness of the year . When Boy takes on a bunch of lubber in a kitchen , he use a cheese grater to scrape off their pelt . While Glen is being interrogated , he has a weight dropped on his drumhead that instantly crushes his skull into a bloody slew . This motion-picture show is wall - to - wall jar note value , but it write its most disgraceful vehemence until the last battle .
After count on out that June 27 is really his baby , Mina , and his mentor the Shaman tricked him , Boy goes after the real objective of his retaliation . Boy and Mina battle the Shaman in the underground parking lot of the Van Der Koys ’ compound . With all the ivory - breaking and rip spatter , this is one of the greatest — and most difficult - to - watch — fight scenes of 2024 .
4Lucius Vs. Macrinus
Gladiator II
For the majority ofGladiator II , Macrinus acts as comic relief , and a wise man to Lucius . But toward the terminal of the second enactment , Macrinus reveals his honest intention : to assassinate the Emperors , seize control of Rome , and decree with an branding iron fist . Inspired by his grandad ’s pipe dream of a Sion , Lucius ca n’t allow that , so he break out of the arena , trail Macrinus on horseback , and challenges him to a fight to the end in front of the regular army of Rome .
Lucius ’ climactic showdown with Macrinus is just as satisfying as Maximus ’ climactic showdown with Commodus in the first movie , but it ’s much more gruesome . The fight takes them into a river , where Rome is symbolically reborn . Just as Macrinus is getting the upper hand , Lucius chop up off his subdivision in the single most shockingly gory here and now in the film .
3Elisabeth Vs. Sue
The Substance
By the nature of its premise , Coralie Fargeat ’s body horror epicThe Substancekeeps its protagonist Elisabeth and its antagonist Sue divide for most of the flick ; when one is up and about , the other is comatose . They grow resentful of each other as Sue sop up all the youth out of Elisabeth and Elisabeth drags Sue away from the spotlight . When Elisabeth tries to terminate Sue and has last - minute doubts , they come face - to - grimace for the first time — and right away get going beating each other up .
As this fight conniption kvetch off , The Substancesuddenly call on into a Bruce Lee kung fu film . Elisabeth is launched across the flat and smash through table and mirror as a superpowered Sue exacts her revenge . Fargeat was clearly inspired by the “ wire fu ” of wuxia movies , and gave the stunt team plentifulness of opportunities to get originative .
2Paul Atreides Vs. Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen
Dune: Part Two
The second book of Denis Villeneuve ’s sci - fi epic , Dune : Part Two , culminates in a duel . Whether the Emperor ’s reign continues , whether the Great Houses invade Arrakis , and whether Paul ’s visions of an apocalyptic holy war come to pass all come down to a knife fight between Paul and the Emperor ’s wizard , Feyd - Rautha Harkonnen . Villeneuve has put the stage absolutely , introduce the stakes of the duel and how poisonous Feyd is in a battle .
The choreography is suitably barbarous ; throughout the entire duel , each type is seconds away from end . For the duration of this fight , Villeneuve bring home the bacon in making the consultation forget that Paul has secret plan armor . To anyone who has n’t read the book or seen the David Lynch interpretation , the outcome of the duel is totally irregular .
1Deadpool & Wolverine Vs. The Deadpool Corps
Deadpool & Wolverine
From their initial compeer - up in front of a cracked 20th Century Fox logotype to their brutal brawl in the back of a Honda Odyssey , the deed characters inDeadpool & Wolverinehave some really memorable fights . But arguably the greatest fight scene in the movie is when they finally team up up . On their way to stop Cassandra Nova from using the Time Ripper , Deadpool and Wolverine have to hack and toss their way throughthe Deadpool Corps .
Shawn Levy photograph the sequence with an piquant tracking jibe slowly moving down the street . It ’s meticulously choreographed — sometimes , Deadpool and Wolverine get onwards of the camera , and sometimes , they pass behind — with sight of fun Deadpool variants bring their comeupance . Madonna ’s “ Like a Prayer”is the cherry tree on top that clear this the most unforgettable fighting scene of 2024 .
