Honestly, there’s really nothing better than when a movie character goes full beast mode. Watching your favorite character take on hordes of enemies and slay them in creative and brutal ways will always get your blood racing. Fortunately, movies have given us many breathtaking and thrilling moments where movie characters go on a completely unrestrained outburst. To that end, here are the 10 best moments in movies where characters went full beast mode.
10 The Club – Knife (1998)
There aren’t many movie openings that offer as much awe, excitement, and natural gore as the 1998s. Sheet do. The scene is full of pulse-pounding techno music and brutal, awesome choreography, all performed by Wesley Snipes. The daywalker casually strolls into a club full of vampires for their feeding time, and begins to slash, slash, and shoot his way through the undead until none are left. What better way to start a movie?
9 God of Thunder – Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
The God of Thunder has had many moments where he showed his brute strength and divine power. He battled the Hulk on numerous occasions and helped protect Earth from his brother’s army of Chitauri soldiers. However, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) hadn’t yet received “the” shining moment where the God of Thunder could really show how immensely powerful he is. At least not until Thor: Ragnarok.
Thor: Ragnarok focused on Thor’s strength and identity, showing audiences how Thor never really needed Mjölnir or a weapon of his caliber to still be the God of Thunder, and one of the most powerful heroes in the MCU. The movie eventually reaches its crescendo and as soon as Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” kicks off for the second time, Thor unleashes his might upon an army of Hela’s (Cate Blanchett) soldiers. The god of thunder summons a barrage of lightning and strengthens his body to shoot lightning sparks through hordes of enemies. This scene is brilliant enough, but elevated by the exciting use of the “Immigrant Song” that punctuates the action.
8 Machete Fight – The Raid (2011)
The robbery has many memorable fight scenes that are easily among the best to ever hit the silver screen. Many of those see the movie’s characters go full-on beast mode, with a flurry of fast, elegant, and brutal Indonesian martial arts. But easy comes the best in the franchise when Rama (Iko Uwais) is ambushed by a group of machete-wielding gang members, who unsuccessfully attempt to hack into the deadly police officer.
Rama quickly uses the machetes against them in a commanding and brutal manner. Slicing open their throats and stomachs to reduce their numbers, before hurling one of them against a broken and sharp door frame, leaving the bastard shaking for an awkward time.
7 gang fight – oldboy (2003)
Oldboys The iconic hallway fight scene is easily one of the most influential scenes in movie history, helping to usher in a spate of other brilliant hallway fight scenes. Without it, the memorable fight scenes in the hallway by Daredevil, villain one, even The robbery maybe never made.
Oldboy is a flawless movie in its own right, but it’s this breathtaking long shot that elevates the entire movie. The cinematography is beautiful, the blocking is perfect and the choreography is exciting and brutal as Dae-Su Oh (Choi Min-Sik) rips through dozens of bad guys with a hammer. What takes this already amazing scene to the next level is the sense of realism. At many points in the scene, Dae-Su Oh is overpowered by his enemies and even at certain points, he gets tired during his blood-soaked rampage.
6 The Black Belts – Ip Man (2008)
In most of his movies, Donnie Yen is often seen taking on hordes of enemies, and his fight with the 10 Black Belts is by far his best. This battle showcases the elegance and ferocity of the legendary Ip Man as he easily defeats 10 of the deadliest martial artists in the world. Donnie Yen throws punches and kicks at the karate masters IP guy one of the best action movies ever made.
5 The Final Act – John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
We could have easily filled this whole list with John Wick moments. The club, Casablanca, the knife shop and the catacombs are other great moments when the “Baba Yaga” unleashes hell on his armies of enemies. But we had to put the whole final act of the last one John Wick: Chapter 4 on the list.
Packed with phenomenal action scenes from the last hour of John Wick: Chapter 4 is simply enchanting. To be precise, Chapter 4‘s final act contains four thrilling action sequences that surpass anything we’ve ever seen in action cinema. As John (Keanu Reeves) makes his way through Paris to the Sacre Coeur, he is bombarded by waves of enemies, forcing him to squeeze through traffic, hilariously roll down many flights of stairs and face off against a bunch of dragon breath henchmen. shotgun in the best action scene in recent history.
4 The Church – Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Matthew Vaughn’s stylish spy comedy is a ton of fun, filled with thrilling action, friendly performances, and compelling characters. But the scene that elevated king man‘s success is without a doubt the exciting church scene. Seemingly shot in one take (which is actually a scene composed of hundreds of shots), Harry (Colin Firth), fueled by rage, loads clips of bullets into the other enraged churchgoers. Similarly, Harry uses his impressive gadgets to defeat his enemies. In addition, the exciting carnage in the church is accentuated by Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird”.
3 The Bride Vs The Crazy 88 – Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
Few scenes are as brutal and gory as this iconic scene in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Vol.1. Lasting a whopping 10 minutes, the bride hacks through the Crazy 88 with ease, chopping off limbs and painting the dojo red. Tarantino paints this scene with brilliant style, switching to black and white mid-scene, before jumping to a beautiful blue neon carnage.
2 Darth Vader’s Rampage – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Darth Vader is one of them most hardcore movie villains of all time. His iconic armor, intimidating voice, red lightsaber and strength in the fighting force made for one brilliant villain. In the comics, Vader has had many moments where he went full beast mode, but the movies never really got into that. That is, until Villain One delivered one of the best scenes Star Wars history, with Darth Vader’s gang rampage.
Vader effortlessly walks down a dark hallway, with only the light of his lightsaber and blaster fire illuminating the screen. The Sith Lord slices through the Rebel Alliance, smothering them and drawing them in for some greatness Star Wars choreography.
1 The Wolverine – Logan (2017)
There’s no bigger “beast” in pop culture than The Wolverine. Fueled by berserker rage, Wolverine, more often than not, lets his Adamantium claws do the talking. The movies did a great job of portraying Logan’s anger, but it wasn’t until 2017 Logan for the public to witness his brutality.
Switching to an R rating allowed for a lot of great and brutal action sequences, with Wolverine amping up his ferocity and brutality. Still, no scene has captured Logan’s berserker rage better than when Logan mows through a plethora of goons in a forest in search of X-23. Limbs fly around as Logan screams and growls as he slices through his enemies. The scene, like many on this list, is elevated by its beautiful choreography, and being taken in in one take allows us to sit in awe and feel completely immersed in the violence.