Best ending in an action movie

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-12-15 06:33pm

Crazy_Vasey wrote:Leon! "This is from Matilda." BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Hell yes!

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-12-15 06:43pm

Tsyroc wrote:Beneath the Planet of the Apes

The Earth explodes because the wacko mutant cultists activated their "cobalt bomb".

No they didn't. It was Charlton Heston who did out of spite of getting his ass kicked by both apes and cultists

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-12-15 06:46pm

Beaker wrote:Sorry...Tony Santana is a musician who toured with various acts like Curtis Mayfield in the 70s...I often get their names mixed up...no offence meant

Perhaps you meant Carlos Santana?

Sam Or I · Post by **Sam Or I** » 2003-12-15 07:10pm

I agree with the OP, the Road Warrior, where he just walks off. (And waterworld to a lesser extent, which was the road warrior on water being alot cheezier)

Also is "Way of the Gun" as they lie there dying, they tell God to fuck off, basically.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-12-15 07:38pm

Slartibartfast wrote:
Tsyroc wrote:Beneath the Planet of the Apes

The Earth explodes because the wacko mutant cultists activated their "cobalt bomb".
No they didn't. It was Charlton Heston who did out of spite of getting his ass kicked by both apes and cultists

I said thast before you,and i`ll add he pushed the cristal down in part cause "The damn dirty apes" killed Nova

justifier · Post by **justifier** » 2003-12-15 08:50pm

After hearing so much about the Boondock Saints I couldn't pass up buying it yesterday on DVD. I would like to confirm that the ending, does infact kick ass.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-12-15 09:07pm

Best ending in an action movie: Terminator 3.

I can tell the movie is ending, and I think to myself: "Meh, it was okay. Damn, I wish the terminator theme had played somewhere." The nukes start to fall. Hmm, not too bad. Then I hear it. Real soft.

Dum dum dum da dum. Dum dum dum da dum. Holy shit, here it is! The T-850's blasted-off and partially crushed head is lying at the bottom of a river, and it's eye goes out.

Then the theme blasts over the speakers, a rich, orchestral rendition.

I'm speechless. That was the best part of the film. Awesome.

If I had seen T1 or T2 in theaters, I probably would have said one of them, but I didn't see them. Hearing Brad Fiedels track one more time, on the theatre's kick-ass sound system... woah.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2003-12-15 11:40pm

The Ending to Jin-Roh is pretty messed up("And the wolf, ate Little Red Riding Hood up."), as is Gundam 0080. Just seeing Al break down as the full weight of everything he'd seen comes crashing down on him, and his friends, teachers, and family can't do a thing about it, because he's the only person who knows what happened.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-12-15 11:51pm

Slartibartfast wrote:
Tsyroc wrote:Beneath the Planet of the Apes

The Earth explodes because the wacko mutant cultists activated their "cobalt bomb".
No they didn't. It was Charlton Heston who did out of spite of getting his ass kicked by both apes and cultists

"THE PLANET OF APES IS MADE OUT OF PEOPLE! PEOPLEEEEE!!!!!!!"

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » 2003-12-16 12:52am

Has to be Raiders of the Lost Ark.

They go through all that trouble to get the damned thing, and they lock it up in a humongous storage room where it will be "studied".

Hilarious!!!

Beaker · Post by **Beaker** » 2003-12-16 12:57am

Slartibartfast wrote:
Beaker wrote:Sorry...Tony Santana is a musician who toured with various acts like Curtis Mayfield in the 70s...I often get their names mixed up...no offence meant
Perhaps you meant Carlos Santana?

No...I meant Tony Santana...two different people...

I know who Carlos Santana is

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2003-12-16 02:14am

Beaker wrote:You are ALL wrong...

Akira Kurosawas Seven Samurai has the best ending battle and is a cinematic masterpiece...

A-MEN Brother Beaker! (And that's all the semi-religious references you're getting out of me tonight).

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-12-16 04:11am

All of Kurasawa's films qualify as semi-religious experienances.

Even "Leaves in August" where Richard Gere boinks the girl while helping her try to find her family after the war was over.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-12-16 04:55pm

I loved the ending to Resevoir Dogs. Mr Pink making a dash for it while the edjits in the warehouse shhot it out and Mr White kills Orange after being shot protecting him. I still swear Pink got away.

Meest · Post by **Meest** » 2003-12-17 02:49am

Brotherhood of the Wolf

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-12-17 03:00am

The brotherhood sucked, Manji DIED, man that was totaly sad...

Dennis Toy · Post by **Dennis Toy** » 2003-12-17 04:03am

Mine are....

T2: the t-1000 get blown up

Speed: Dennis Hopper hets his head knocked off by Keanu Reeves holding his head onto a light despite the fact the subway tunnel clearance between the trrain and the top is 3 feet

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-12-17 05:31am

The Lord of the Rings...

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-12-17 03:42pm

Snake Plisken tearing up the tape that explained nuclear fusion at the end of Escape From New York

Snake Plisken pulling the double switch and shutting down the Earth at the end of Escape From L.A.

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2003-12-17 04:22pm

Snatch. It was a slick, slick turnaround for the Pikers, and even I never saw it coming until they opened fire on Brick-Top and his thugs.

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2003-12-17 04:44pm

Hard boiled ... the gun scene in the chop shop is insane

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-12-17 05:30pm

LOTR: RoTK

Ending almost made me cry!

I Love IT

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2003-12-17 05:41pm

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. I've always been partial to "blaze of glory" endings where death is assured, but you never actually see them die.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-12-17 05:44pm

Montcalm wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:
Tsyroc wrote:Beneath the Planet of the Apes

The Earth explodes because the wacko mutant cultists activated their "cobalt bomb".
No they didn't. It was Charlton Heston who did out of spite of getting his ass kicked by both apes and cultists
I said thast before you,and i`ll add he pushed the cristal down in part cause "The damn dirty apes" killed Nova

I haven't seen the movie since the late 70's early 80's so I wasn't up with the specifics. I just remembered that they blew up the Earth at the end.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-12-17 11:37pm

Last time I saw was somewhere in the late 80's at most