Is the street fight in "They Live" the longest clocked street fight in a film?
Now discounting satires or films that are specifically about fighting...
Is the brawl between Nada and Frank in "They Live" the longest non-stop fight in a film? It's clocked at around 5 minutes of (well, really silly) brawling.
(The fight in its entirety can be found on YouTube)
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Added examples, all over 5:05 - hopefully will lose the downvote.
I would say no, principally because of Jackie Chan. His movies like Supercop and Rumble in the Bronx are basically 90-minute street fights punctuated with bursts of dialogue.
A few excerpts from the master of the running non-stop fight:
- Who Am I as an example clocks in at over 5:05.
- Wheels on Meals - 9 min+
Also the final act of Kill Bill Pt. 1 is pretty much a non-stop fight:
- Bride vs. B-squad Crazy 88s and O-Ren Ishii with The Bride versus the Crazy 88s clocks in at over 6:30 (1:15 to 7:45)- warning: includes blood, gore and a gratitutious sword-spanking. She does pause a few seconds between some kills.
Both together would clock in at almost 20 mins but there is a breather after she finishes off Gogo.
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They Live was shot in eight weeks during March and April 1988, principally on location in downtown Los Angeles, with a budget only slightly greater than $3 million. One of the highlights of the film is a five-and-a-half-minute alley fight between Nada and Frank over a pair of the special sunglasses.What Happens If You Fall Into Quicksand?
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Answer 2
It's a great scene in a great film but the fights in Eastwood's "Every Which Way But Loose" and "Any Which Way You Can" were clearly longer, as was John Wayne's excellent "The Quiet Man".
Answer 3
Thirteen Assassins has got to top the list. The final battle is over 45 minutes of nonstop fighting. No dialogue breaks, no plot twists, just thirteen badasses against two hundred hired goons.
Answer 4
I do not have measurements to hand but wasn't the sword fight which ended up in the wheels in the pirates of the Caribbean sequel longer than 5 minutes?
Also, do battle scenes count? The dday sequence of saving private Ryan is longer than 5 minutes.
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