2017/3/8
The 27 Best Fight Scenes of the 21st Century
So Far, Ranked
COLLIDER by Haleigh Foutch February 8, 2017
- Kill Bill Vol. 1 - The Bride vs.
Choreographed by:: Kayla Yuen Woo-ping and Tetsuro Shimaguchi
Directed by:: Kay Quentin Tarantino
Technically, I'm pretty sure these are considered two separate fight scenes, but since one leads directly into the other, I'm going to be indulgent and slap 'em together. Because truly, they are both remarkable, but they are best when seen together. This ain't just one of the greats of the 21st century; it's one of the best fight scenes of all time. Quentin Tarantino is an impossible filmmaker to pigeonhole, but it would certainly be a stretch to say he's an action director, and yet with his Kill Bill films, he channeled a lifetime's worth of love for Kung Fu into a loving homage that samples so liberally, it earns a flavor all it 's own.
Every single fight in Kill Bill Vol. 1 Tarantino recruited legendary martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping and sword fight choreographer Tetsuro ShimaguchiThe Bride vs. Vernita Green is a pulverizing punch-fest. But the fight with Gogo Yubari and the subsequent battle with the Crazy 88 is so iconic, it's probably the The sequences are vicious and wildly violent, with spurts of blood and bone shattering contact, but they are also incredibly playful. The sequences are vicious and wildly violent, with spurts of blood and bone shattering contact, but they are also incredibly playful. Uma Thurman, who sells ever dramatic beat trough the madness, and her stunt double Zoe Bell, who makes her look like a superhuman force of nature, deliver each moment to perfection.
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