To be perfectly blunt, most movie fight scenes make violence look fun.

Most are undeniably entertaining and spectacular but also remarkably brutal.

It probably saves its most savage fight sequence for the end, though.

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The whole scene represents action/martial arts cinema at its very best.

And what an ending it is.

It’s some of the most impressive and brutal combat seen in any 20th-century martial arts movie.

Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, and Donny Alamsyah fighting in The Raid

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The sheer number of teeth that get knocked out must be seen to be believed.

However, the fact it’s so long and repetitive may make it a hard watch for some.

It goes from entertaining to funny to tedious before looping back around and beginning the cycle again.

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It’sa classic fight scene for somebut apatience-testing sequence for others.

It contains a brutal fight scene that deserves to be ranked among the most realistic and hard-to-watch movie scenes.

The fight scene in question exceeds the brutality seen in the show’s other shocking acts of violence.

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The former triumphs in the end, even if he comes close to being beaten to death himself.

The way Turner is dispatched is particularly graphic, making for one of the hardest-to-watch scenes in TV history.

Bones are broken, skin is slashed, and an eye gets stabbed.

Jake LaMotta on the ring looking at the camera in Raging Bull

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It’s brutal, realistic, and among the hardest-to-watch fight scenes in film history.

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This is most evident inVol.

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It’s loud, claustrophobic, and wince-inducing… and that’s before getting to the fight’s ending.

Let’s say some viewers will want to avert their eyes.

The Driver (Ryan Gosling) is on the run from criminals who want him dead.

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After kissing Irene, The Driver confronts the hitman.

It sets the tone for the rest of the film well and makes for a powerfully brutal opening scene.

It’s a truly impactful way to commence one of the best action sequels in recent memory.

Uma Thurman as The Bride holding up a chair during a fight in Kill Bill Vol. 2

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A young man wielding two sticks while covered in mud in The Raid 2.

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