If you think about it, that’s essentially three variations on the splits. He could do the splits, his high kick looks great and goes extremely vertical (like a vertical splits), and then there is his jumping roundhouse where he does the splits. Action star Jean Claude Van Damme, as good as he was early in his career is had a core limitation, he only had about three really good cinematic fighting moves. Why It's Essential: The rest of this list will be filled largely with bouts of incredibly technical accuracy and overwhelming athletic ability. Hope you enjoy, feel free to share and comment. Besides, it’s generally no fun when its not ranked right? Do take advantage of the recommendations at the end of each entry as many of them were close to making the list but had to settle for just an honorary mention. The ordering just reveals my general preferences at this moment and I reserve the right to come back and update/re-order the list as time goes by. Just making the cut as an “essential” already means it is a top tier “all-time” type sequence in its own way. The sequences are lightly ordered in favor of "most essential", but don’t hold me to it. If you ever find yourself wondering why I categorized it the way I did, it's because it allowed me to be as diverse as possible while also providing the deepest roster of sequences. I recognize that many of these sequences overlap and could be sliced up in any number of ways.
Each of the entries on the list is given an "essential category" label. If I decide, I'll give them their own list in the future. Additionally, I've decided to keep boxing fights off the list, since there are scores of them and they often are more about the drama than the kinetic/dynamic action of a boxing match. Of the 4,100 action sequences in my database approximately 1,500 of them are fights. The sequences can be one on one or between larger groups, but once groups become large enough to be organized like armies, it is considered more of a war sequence. Sequences that primarily focus on war, chases, shootouts, comedy, are animated, or other general action motifs are not considered here and will have their own lists.
This list is considering action scenes that have as their primary focus combat between people that is hand to hand or the use of non-projectile weapons. So what counts as a fight scene? Let's get technical for a moment.
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