The Action Movie Scene Draft with Chris Ryan | The Big Picture | Ringer Movies 

This was my favorite draft y'all have ever done. Do more scene drafts! Or maybe a character draft or best monologue draft (you can talk A Few Good Men)

I’m loyal to the podcast but actually watching Amanda playing den mother to CR and SF is even funnier than I imagined it.

Opening scene Saving Private Ryan.

I am the collective audience pulling it's hair out waiting for Saving Private Ryan to be mentioned. Just unbelievable

Two striking omissions are: Saving Private Ryan - Omaha Beach Landing, and Zero Dark Thirty - Bin Laden Raid

Some unmentioned ones - Omaha Beach - Saving Private Ryan Neo v Agent Smith - The Matrix Finale Showdown - Predator 'Inside the Room' scene - Aliens Chariot race - Ben Hur Car Chase - The French Connection Destroyer attack - Das Boot Chariot battle - Gladiator Train Fight - Spider Man 2 Ninja Attack - The Last Samurai King Kong vs T-Rexes - King Kong Highway fight - Cap America: Winter Soldier Mansion fight/Highway chase extended sequence - Matrix Reloaded Motorbike sequence - Mad Max: Fury Road Nightclub fight - Collateral

Stunned CR did not mention the Sorcerer bridge scene

It’s more than just the tunnel sequence in the fugitive. Set piece starts when he steals the ambulance and ends with the jump. Thrilling 5-8 minutes of film.

You could organize the Best Kills Draft by genre: best horror kill, best dramatic kill, best comedic kill, best time kill (death by old age) and so on and so forth. Surprised Sean didn’t pick the oil derrick explosion from There Will Be Blood for action set piece!

100% keep the video content coming, loving it thus far! my favorite pod has gotten even better.

The opening and ending of Police Story are so good

Bad boys 2 “they throwing cars”

The French Connection train chase not getting mentioned is an unforgivable oversight

Multiple set pieces from Gladiator. The final sprint in 1917. Storming the beach in Saving Private Ryan.

Some of my favorite action scenes that they forgot to mention: Interstellar Docking Scene, No Country For Old Men Street Shootout, Dark Knight Rises Plane Hijack, and Gladiator Colosseum Battle

0:54 ‘Not-movies’ has indeed been done before. The David Fincher draft included advertisements/music videos (Vogue - Madonna, Leave Nothing Commercial), scenes/sequences (Ending scene of TGWTDT, Ending of Fight Club) and wildcard (Ben Affleck interviewing Fincher, Mindhunter S1).

“I think what we’re talking about is big action set pieces” saying this after why he didn’t pick anything from Fury Road makes my head spin

25:09 As a Finn, this section hurt deeply. My dreams of randomly bumping into CR in a Finnish sauna are destroyed now... Also, technically Finland isn't part of Scandinavia, so that might be the reason why it was omitted from the book.

How do i live in a world where Titanic gets drafted in an action set piece draft before the church scene from Kingsmen or anything featuring Jet Li?

Great ep, love it. Thank you guys so much.

Been listening for years. Big CR Head. The Northman pick was unreal. Idk if youtube will ever be my preferred method of big pic intake but man this was fun to watch with the clips.

Best podcast ever. Love you all.

Much love from Trinidad 🇹🇹 Great podcast.

Major shoutout to CR for including the Wind River shootout. Also I was waiting for someone to mention the shower room massacre from The Rock, but it was not to be 😢

I love love lovee all the video content coming out for the pod, keep up the good work!

having the clips, excellent, thank you

love having these on video

Thought for sure Amanda would take The Thomas Crown Affair bowler hat end of movie sequence. Not your typical action scene but still thrilling.

Isnt the highway chase/knife fight from winter soldier THE standout sequence from that movie? I haven’t watched it but I feel like that’s the scene everyone points to. The elevator fight looks cool but that one kinda seems to pale in comparison to the other one. Also, Chris picking Oldboy in the 2003 draft and now here makes me happy.

The entirety of Crank

Great episode! Just to throw another out: the oil rig fire from There Will Be Blood

It was a Fiat in Dead Reckoning. Mini Coopers were in The Italian Job.

For me, notable omissions include: Children of Men (final sequence); Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Jade Fox/sword thief scene); Cabin in the Woods (shit hits the fan final sequence); Saving Private Ryan (beach sequence); Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Burj Khalifa scene); Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom ("Anything Goes" opening); The Departed (final elevator scene); Silence of the Lambs (basement finale); etc etc etc

For me: 80s: Terminator - police station assault; Robocop: ed209 in the boardroom 90s: The Martrix - Morpheus rescue (lobby shootout thru to Dodge This), Saving Pvt Ryan - Omaha Beach 00s: Ip Man - 1 vs 12; Children of Men - escaping the refugee camp 2010s: John Wick - red circle club; Mad Max Fury Road - going back to the citadel (the last act) Wildcard: Last of the Mohicans - promontory finale; Conan the Barbarian - Prayer to Crom and final battle

Love these video pods. The drafts are always great, next one of the non-movie drafts could/should have more drafters (read, Van)

I’m glad CR gave John Woo an honorable mention for Hard Boiled, but the shootout at the church from The Killer would have made my list for top scenes.

1) Matrix = Neo stopping bullets 2) The Raid: Redemption = Machete Gang Fight 3) Hero = Chess Courtyard Fight 4) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon = Jen vs Shu

Great draft again, Amanda getting Titanic so late is unreal. This draft is built for "What did we miss?" So much that could be spoken about, loved it

The first time I saw Chris was when I googled Chris and Andy & when I tell you I was surprised Chris was the guy with the hat shook me!

Revenant. When the camp was raided escaping to the boat.

SF looking more serial killer-ey than usual.

I love the Pod, long time listener first time commenter...I thought there were some amazing takes on this draft and easily one of the best overall. Thank you! Honorable mentions: Ronin car chase scene(s), Saving Private Ryan Omaha Beach Landing, Unforgiven (final set piece), Braveheart (surrender set piece after his wife is killed), Predator (old painless) Scene, Zero Dark Thirty (Final Set Piece)

Leaving out massive set pieces like the opening of SPR or helm’s deep is wild.

Love this draft. Great Amanda episode too.

Snubs: From “Back to the Future,” Marty in the DeLorean catching lightning from the clock tower, plus final act of “Mission Impossible Fallout,” from the time the crew arrives at the science camp in the mountains.

The lack of love for Ridley Scott in this draft hurts my soul.

I would like to add any sequence from the first Police Story. Justice for Jackie Chan! And the giant wheel sword fight in Pirates 2.

Other commenters mentioned Ridley Scott and I agree. My list might include the evacuation sequence near the end in Ridley’s Alien. And the German forest set piece in the beginning of Gladiator

Ones I didn't see or hear mentioned: Edge of Tomorrow - Beach Landing Gladiator - Chariot Battle at the Colosseum Eastern Promises - Sauna Fight The Last Samurai - Forest Battle Enemy at the Gates - Initial Stalingrad Charge Saving Private Ryan - D-Day Landing

This draft was made for Bill. Missed opportunity.

Sean's "Vidiots" laptop sticker is such a rad Los Angeles deep (film) cut.

Unloading all ammo on the forest in Predator. Never seen anything like it before. Still get chills.

I enjoyed this conversation so much, thank you! I found myself stopping on my walk halfway through the pod to think about what I’d pick, and landed on: 80’s: Predator final battle, Temple of Doom bridge scene 90’s: The Matrix subway station fight, Goldeneye pre-credits scene all the way from bungee jump to plane jump - just the greatest!) 00’s: Gladiator first Colosseum fight, The Two Towers Helm’s Deep OR Fellowship Mines of Moria 10’s: MI Ghost Protocol Burj Khalifa, MI Fallout Helicopter chase through to clifftop fight 20’s: Tenet reverse freeway chase, Dune pt2 riding the sandworm Wild cards: Safety Last (1923) clock scene, Drunken Master (1978) final fight

Yep - heat … knew it lol

the disrespect towards Matrix and Fury Road is mind boggling

The car chase in Ronin with deNiro, any zombie chase scene in World War Z, Rocky vs Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, the massacre in the bar in Inglorious Bastards….etc.

Putting forth the bath house knife fight from Eastern Promises for consideration. Otherwise was very pleased that the Oldboy hallway fight got drafted 👏

Amanda coming in clutch with the titanic pick. That was one of the first scenes I thought of

No love for the John Doe chase scene in Se7en?! It's absolutely kinetic, inside the apartment building, through long corridors, different apartments, staircases, levels, inside/outside, fire escapes, across a busy city street, on the roof of cars and ends in a dirty alley, all while buckets of rain are coming down. Art...Cinema...Fincher!

My five favorite are 1. Spider man 2 - clocktower to train battle with Doc Ock 2. The Dark Knight - Joker vs Batman car chase/night time fight sequence. 3. Jurassic’s Park - T-Rex vs. flares and flashlights 4. Mad Max Fury Road - the opening sand storm scene 5. Inception- Joseph Gordan Levitts and random hence man zero gravity fight.

The first one I thought of was the hammer hallway scene from Oldboy. Good pull from CR!

Amanda looks SO interested when CR is defining what a set piece is haha

I’m glad Hard-Boiled got the honorable mention. The whole draft I was wondering when Asian cinema would show up. Jackie Chan’s Police Story is one I love.

This podcast is top tier, also CR as the third is S tier, indeed! *tips cowgirl hat

Can’t believe they discussed The Matrix and missed the opening! From Agent Smith saying : “Lieutenant…..your men are already dead” until the truck hitting the phone booth is an AMAZING set piece. I’d also pick The ambush from Children of Men with the 360 POV from inside the car.

A crucial action scene that's missing is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - the sword fight scene between Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi. Perfect coordination, editing, choreography.

Going by decade was such a good call…

I think the Omaha Beach set piece in Saving Private Ryan should have been picked

Some good picks. Although, I feel you left out/forgot the guy who set the tone for pretty much all 90’s action flicks. Luc Besson: ”Nikita” and/or ”Leon” Pick a set piece, any set piece.

Hope you do top monologues in movie history , you better include a Meryl one too

Loved this draft, but gotta say the 'Battle of Cathage' scene in Gladiator would have been my 1st overall pick

CR brought up eastern promises boathouse fight scene as a joke but that would legit be on my list 😂

the ending of michael mann's thief is the best ending ever

Ambulance over Den of thieves I expected more from Sean and Chris

The Neo training scene should have been drafted. Not because it’s the best ‘action’ but because it does something super rare. It’s a kick ass action scene that also is probably the most important exposition in the movie. It literally teaches you the rules of the world (which is crucial for a ‘wait what’ sci fi movie like The Matrix). It’s the fulcrum of the whole movie. Either you buy in then or you don’t. And it’s an action scene. Glad it was mentioned but should have been at min a wildcard pick. Duel of the Fates not even being mentioned is rough. I know Charles took Vader in Rouge One but objectively Duel of the Fates is a far more impressive and important scene when one considers the total package.

Pretty much any scene in Face/Off

The French Connection (1971) car chase

Whoa! Bobby! Who knew?

I agree with most of your picks! Sean's pick for Die Hard, the rooftop jump with the fire hose. But I would've picked the fight between John and Karl. I knew, Chris was going to pick the bank robbery from Heat. I don't think, anyone loves that movie more than him! LOL! Amanda's wildcard pick for Titanic. When the ship is sinking. (Nice!) I would've picked that one, too. I would've picked the fight between Maximus and Commodus in Gladiator, the shootout scene with Bud, Ed and the corrupt cops in L.A. Confidential and the Navy Seals raid at Bin Laden's house in Zero Dark Thirty.

Amanda, thank you for picking a scene from The Town 🫡 “I’ll only give them your first names”

1.DH Firehose Jump...2.SW Luke's trench run...3.Temple Mine Cart Chase...4.FRWL Grant v 007 fistfight...5.John Wick 4 overhead gun melee.

26:31 48:03 Time stamps for BP quote of the year noms

Sean, please don’t shoot me, but everything spoken about why Fury Road and the Mad Max movies weren’t drafted at all is slander. Injurious slander to the George Miller school of action set pieces. Still a great draft though, and Sean and Chris showing up with twinning wardrobe colour schemes alone makes watching this on RU-vid worth it.

The Town heist over Thomas Crown Affair heist(s)?, Predator?, Smokey and the Bandit?, car chase in Bullitt?

Opening scene of The Dark Knight i always love, heists baby, and The Raid fight with the two of them against Mad Dog - maybe fight scene is a slightly different draft to action scene

OK I need to have a "Old Man get off my Lawn" moment here. Love The Ringer and listen to The Big Picture religiously each week. Heard the main picks and the fact that not a single action sequence from The Matrix Trilogy made the main list kind of invalidates this entire exercise. How can none of these make the list ?! The Dojo Fight between Morpheus and Neo. The Neo and Trinity Hallway Shootout / Rooftop Sequence with the Agents. Neo vs Agent Smith in the Subway. The Highway Chase from Reloaded. Guys :/

Point Break foot chase over Speed bus jump. By a mile… Come on CR.

I'm surprised Gladiator was not mentioned. Especially the Colosseum sequence.

So that’s what Bobby looks like.

My Top 5 Best Sex scenes are: #1 Unfaithful (their last sex scene on the doorway of his apartment) #2 Basic Instinct (first sex scene after nite-clubbing) #3 English Patient (Merry X'Mas scene) #4 Color of the Night (swimming pool scene) #5 Wild Things (threesome scene)

Carlito's Way "chase to the station"

I wish the train sequence from From Russia With Love had made it

If murder draft happens we need Van and or Russillo. Also how did the Jerry maguire RW happen without Dobbs or Mal?

There is this movie called Gladiator that has some pretty dope action scenes. You guys should check it out.

The final sub fight in the Hunt for Red October

I think they should’ve picked senses ahead of time and drafted those and not just been able to pick whatever. Wild that they didn’t mention Crouching Tiger and Matrix got an honorable mention. The Avengers 1 sequence leading to the Original 6 panorama gotta be on there. The Penguin car chase in The Batman. 1 vs 10 fight in Ip Man. The Nightcrawler opening in X2. Duel of the Fates in Episode 1.

Came here to say if you love action movies and you haven’t seen RRR, treat yourself. There are 5 or 6 action scenes that are draft-worthy, plus a dance scene that has as much energy as most action set pieces. If you’re in the US, it’s streaming on Netflix.

I thought of another good one! Miami Vice, the movie. When Sonny, Rico and the rest of the cops came to save Trudy at Paradise trailer park. And the female cop told one of the guys, I'll shoot you in the neck and only you will be dead. You believe that, sport? He started to say something and she fatally shot him! I jump every time, I watch that part. And I know, it's coming! LOL!

My 6 would have to be 80's -The movie Glory The Final Battle scene. Predator The Final Battle Arnold has with the Predator 90's Independence Day -The Final Air Battle Scene. Con Air when the plane crashes on the Vegas strip and the chase after that Wild Card Equalizer 1 when Denzel takes out the Russians in their club after they deny his money. And final wild card Tropic Thunder when they are being extracted from the village at the end

To live and die in LA car chase