Sci-Fi
Most Badass Action Scenes
Clock in with In Time with a look at some of the best action scenes from The Rush library, including Justin Timberlake's daring grab-and-go moment from Andrew Niccol's new sci-fi thriller.
by
Bryan Enk
January 24, 2012
Justin Timberlake is an action star? You better believe it. Your jaw will hit the floor when you see Justin punch, kick, jump off staircases and get into high-speed car chases like he was Bruce Willis or somebody in In Time. Get in the mood for this blood-pumping sci-fi thriller with a look at some of the best action scenes from the archives of The Rush.
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"I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake." We love how OCP executive Dick Jones has no qualms about unleashing ED-209 to completely make a mess of the OCP offices as the beastly machine goes after Officer Alex Murphy. Robo gets his ass handed to him by ED for a little while, but EDs weren't exactly designed for stairs.
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What a way to introduce Nightcrawler! X2 is far and away a better film than it's predecessor, X-Men (which actually isn't too shabby itself), and it opens with an adrenaline-pumping (and shamelessly crowd-pleasing) sequence in which Nightcrawler infiltrates the White House and tries to whack the President. We wonder if the Secret Service has to deal with this kind of mutant mayhem more often than we think.
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Jason Statham kicks ass (and burns rubber) all over the place in Transporter 2. We love the scene where he manages to get rid of a bomb that's been planted underneath his beloved BMW, but our first choice for true STATHAM action is the garage fight, where he makes short work of about three dozen thugs. Man, this guy's got some moves.
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James Cameron's True Lies is one of the best action movies of the '90s but, surprisingly enough, our favorite action scene from it doesn't involve Arnold Schwarzenegger. Well, he definitely reacts -- along with everyone else in the immediate vicinity -- to the runaway machine gun that's firing away as it tumbles down a staircase, but really this scene is all about the physics-defying Uzi and Jamie Lee Curtis, reminding us that she's the Scream Queen from Halloween as she freaks out over the dumb-luck mayhem.
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Still haven't seen The Warrior's Way? Cowboys with machine guns fight samurai warriors in this movie -- and sometimes in the dark. Yeah, you need to see The Warrior's Way.
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