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Cardiac161 09-28-11 09:08 PM

Best rescue-action scenes
 
Just re-watched Donner's Superman and I still find the helicopter scene where Superman rescues Lois Lane riveting.

Can you name action scenes from past movies which involve rescuing that you still find an absolute thrill?

Bryan Singer's Superman Returns where Superman saves the plane and True Lies where Schwarzenegger saves Jamie Lee Curtis in that car chase comes to mind.

Rockmjd23 09-28-11 09:14 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 
Morpheus' rescue in The Matrix was the first I thought of.

Numanoid 09-28-11 09:31 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 
Star Trek (2009)
Spoiler:
when Spock is about to eat a hundred missiles and the Enterprise warps in.

Fist of Doom 09-28-11 10:13 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 
Another great rescue scene from True Lies
Spoiler:
When Arnold rescues his daughter

PopcornTreeCt 09-28-11 10:53 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 
Leon

Spoiler:
When Mathilda is held at the police station. Short, sweet and bold.


Taxi Driver -- you know the scene.

Solid Snake 09-28-11 11:06 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 

Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt (Post 10943229)
Leon

Spoiler:
When Mathilda is held at the police station. Short, sweet and bold.


Taxi Driver -- you know the scene.

Yeah..that was what I first thought of as well.

Mondo Kane 09-28-11 11:10 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 
Lethal Weapon 2-Saving Joe Pesci

SuckaMC 09-28-11 11:54 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 
Beginning of Cliffhanger.

whoopdido 09-28-11 11:55 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 
Helicopter rescue scene in Perfect Storm.

ruddiger_718 09-29-11 12:34 AM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 
Kick-Ass (2010)

Spoiler:
Hit Girl trying to save Big Daddy and Kick-Ass

wm lopez 09-29-11 02:17 AM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 
RAMBO 2 where Rambo rescues the p.o.w s.

gmanca 09-29-11 02:51 AM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 
Big Trouble in Little China, it's got three of em!

Ash Ketchum 09-29-11 10:22 AM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 
"Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue" was full of such scenes.

From movies, I'd choose Hayao Miyazaki's LAPUTA: CASTLE IN THE SKY (aka CASTLE IN THEY SKY, 1986) and the scene where Pazu makes that daring rescue of Sheeta from the burning fortress. And let's not forget Kiki's flying broomstick rescue of Tombo in Miyazaki's next film, KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (1989).

Meglos 09-29-11 10:28 AM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 
Black Hawk Down.

Even though the rescue failed.

Mr. Cinema 09-29-11 12:59 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 
Luke rescuing Han, Leia, and Chewie in JEDI.

Troy Stiffler 09-29-11 01:06 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 

Originally Posted by Fist of Doom (Post 10943143)
Another great rescue scene from True Lies
Spoiler:
When Arnold rescues his daughter

Yup'. First one I thought of. The Florida Keys scene was good too.

devilshalo 09-29-11 01:37 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 

Well.. it does lead up to saving the babies. ;)

superdeluxe 09-29-11 01:57 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 

Originally Posted by Cardiac161 (Post 10943015)
Just re-watched Donner's Superman and I still find the helicopter scene where Superman rescues Lois Lane riveting.

Can you name action scenes from past movies which involve rescuing that you still find an absolute thrill?

Bryan Singer's Superman Returns where Superman saves the plane and True Lies where Schwarzenegger saves Jamie Lee Curtis in that car chase comes to mind.

Blackhawk down.

And it was True Story.

superdeluxe 09-29-11 01:59 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 

Originally Posted by Meglos (Post 10943747)
Black Hawk Down.

Even though the rescue failed.

Well there were several rescues, only one of them failed..but even the one that failed..did it really fail?

jfoobar 09-29-11 03:21 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 

Originally Posted by whoopdido (Post 10943364)
Helicopter rescue scene in Perfect Storm.

Agreed.

Solid Snake 09-29-11 05:37 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 

Originally Posted by devilshalo (Post 10944045)

Well.. it does lead up to saving the babies. ;)

yes...yes it does. If only we'd get a great US BD of it. Not even DVD had that. One day...we'll get a damn fine version of that great film. One day.

devilshalo 09-29-11 05:57 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 

Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC (Post 10944392)
yes...yes it does. If only we'd get a great US BD of it. Not even DVD had that. One day...we'll get a damn fine version of that great film. One day.

I remember being so lucky as to order the Criterion DVD when it first came out.

Cellar Door 09-29-11 07:45 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 
The elevator rescue scene at the beginning of Speed is great.

The ending of The Last of the Mohicans, when Hawkeye and his brother and father race up the mountainside to rescue Cora from Magua.

Solid Snake 09-29-11 07:56 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 

Originally Posted by Cellar Door (Post 10944504)
The ending of The Last of the Mohicans, when Hawkeye and his brother and father race up the mountainside to rescue Cora from Magua.

Fucking music makes that sequence. Love that whole section.

islandclaws 09-29-11 08:14 PM

Re: Best rescue-action scenes
 
Russell Means will fuck you up.


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