20 Awesome Final Action Scenes (Because It’s Time to Kick Some Butt)
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Our hero has been beaten down, they have hit rock bottom, and the third act is in full gear, so you know what’s coming. That’s right: a giant portal opens up, and then enters one of our favorite tropes of the action genre: the final fight scene. The final moment in which the turntables will table, and our hero will show their true power level and finally kick some ass. Well, that’s one variant of the trope, at least. A more basic version is just the massive final brawl, that sticking point the MCU still isn’t able to overcome.
In any case, this Pictofact takes a look at 20 awesome final action scenes. Most of them are from the action genre, although some horror movies might have slipped in. Some of the examples are classics, and of course our first instinct was to put Terminator 2, Endgame, Predator, and, well, all the gold standards from your Woos and Camerons out there. And we still kinda did, but other movies might be a tad more obscure, good recommendations for you action fans to really step up your game. Oh, by the way, it goes without saying, but this also means spoiler alert. Did we forget any awesome final action scenes? Rhetorical question, of course we did, that’s how the human mind works. On to the list!
The Terminator
![Final Action Scenes 1984 THE TERMINATOR All these years later, we still gotta love the fact Kyle and Sarah manage to blow up the Terminator in a giant ball of gas and fire - only to see it's still going like nothing happened. What ensues is a claustrophobic chase inside a factory, some creepily dodgy stop-motion, and Sarah Connor becoming the badass she was meant to be. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/8/867478.jpg)
X2: X-Men United
![Final Action Scenes 2003 X2: X-MEN UNITED Remember when the X-Men movies were so fresh, so full of potential? X2 has tons of sweet action scenes, and the final fight between Wolverine and Lady Deathstrike remains a classic. Remember: the first X-Men movie had no truly great Wolverine action, so this was it. The fight is violent and creative, and the kinetic camerawork is just wild. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/1/867481.jpg)
Mission: Impossible -- Fallout
![Final Action Scenes 2018 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE- FALLOUT The Mission: Impossible movies are not known for their good third-act fights, but Fallout does deliver on that front. The movie is cool, and the thrilling final action scene has great choreography reminiscent of Stallone's underrated Cliffhanger, and topped it all with a violent villain death. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/9/867469.jpg)
Léon: The Professional
![Final Action Scenes 1994 LÉON: THE PROFESSIONAL Léon is a slow-burning action movie with very ittle action - until all hell breaks loose. The final confrontation between Léon and the SWAT team is a wonderful mix of '90s Die Hard-style action with some clever John Woo-like gunplay, all with an artsy French sensibility. Add Gary Oldman going full psycho, and it's a great final action scene. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/5/867475.jpg)
Jurassic Park
![Final Action Scenes TH 1993 JURASSIC PARK NURS RULED Not a conventional action movie, but imagine this: you're 11 in 1993. Your brain has already been melted for two hours, and now the protagonists are about to get eaten by raptors. One of the raptors jumps, but out of nowhere it's caught in mid-air by the T. rex- and a friggin' dino battle ensues. Now you get it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/8/867468.jpg)
A Better Tomorrow II
![Final Action Scenes 1987 A BETTER TOMORROW II By the end of this sequel to John Woo's 1986 masterpiece, a whole mansion is turned into a battle ground full of axes, katanas, machine guns, fiery explosions, elegantly-suited gangsters, and white walls splattered with blood. Plus, it proves that Chow Yun-fat is truly too cool for this planet. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/9/867479.jpg)
Who Am I?
![Final Action Scenes 1998 WHO AM I? Jackie Chan steals some disk, or something. Look, who cares about the plot of a late-'90s Jackie Chan movie. The only thing that matters is the final scene, in which Chan fights two guys on top of a Dutch building. The fight is fast, imaginative, violent,and long. Hell, even the weird humor lands! CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/0/867480.jpg)
SPL: Sha Po Lanh
![Final Action Scenes 2005 SPL: SHA PO LANG Long story short: Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung beat the crap out of each other. Long story a bit less short: SPL is a smarter, more layered movie than your usual Hong Kong action thriller. It's a drama dealing with grief, vengeance, and police corruption, and Yen actually plays a good cop who reluctantly gets his hands dirty. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/6/867476.jpg)
Revenge
![Final Action Scenes 2017 REVENGE This woke movie is political because it features a woman who- sorry, wait. Alright, we dislodged the crayon from our nose. This French horror thriller is just intense, trippy, and awesome. After getting revenge on the other two douchebros that left her for dead, Jennifer returns for the final revenge against Main Douchebro. Slippery buckets of blood ensue. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/1/867471.jpg)
The Perfection
![Final Action Scenes THE PERFECTION 2018 This is an interesting but messy horror movie - imperfect, if you will. However, it does have a few outstanding sequences, like the food poisoning. The final fight is also bloody fun, and we can't help but wince at the drawn-out shot of that knife going through... you know what, just watch it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/4/867474.jpg)
Fist of Legend
![Final Action Scenes 1994 FIST OF LEGEND A remake of the 1972 Bruce Lee film Fist of Fury, this is a highly respected Jet Li movie about honor, vengeance, and Japanese-Chinese tensions. Yes, sure, geopolitics are fascinating, but you know what's better? The final and brutal fight scene, choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping in the style he would later bring to The Matrix. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/7/867467.jpg)
The Hunt
![Final Action Scenes 2020 THE HUNT The movie's a mess, and its enlightened centrist politics are even worse. But then there's the final fight. Echoing Kill Bill's kitchen fight, Crystal finds Athena, and they duke it out in a creative, drawn-out, and very bloody struggle eventually encompassing the entire house. The scene is awesome, although we have one complaint: it needed way more Beethoven. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/2/867472.jpg)
Heat
![Final Action Scenes 1995 HEAT There is very little action in the final confrontation of this Michael Mann movie. Robert De Niro and Al Pacino stalk each other in the tarmac of the Los Angeles International Airport, while planes land and fill the nighttime setting with light and sound. Mann clearly knows what he's doing: by the time the deathblow arrives, it's all just mood and melancholia. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/7/867477.jpg)
Hot Fuzz
![Final Action Scenes 2007 HOT FUZZ The last third is one big action scene, but the movie still delivers one quick and unexpected final flourish. The gang is laughing like it's the end of a sitcom episode -but then one last member of the evil NWA appears, points a gun at them, and the brief struggle ends with the police station blowing up. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/3/867473.jpg)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
![Final Action Scenes SES 2006 VellSide 05-54 20500 05-86 THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT More of a martial arts movie that happens to have car tricks, it smartly introduces themes of crime and honor, and leads to a race scene with actual stakes. Justin Lin's directing was already smooth, but the final race is beautiful (even if everyone seeing it through their flip phones is the dumbest thing ever). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/0/867470.jpg)
Equilibrium
![Final Action Scenes 2002 EQUILIBRIUM This is a silly actioner that tried to follow The Matrix, strongly inspired by 1984-style dystopian sci-fi. It has two redeeming features: Christian Bale and some insanely creative fight scenes. The final one is just a treat: after mowing down a small army, Bale's character out-gun-katas the very creator of the gun kata fighting style. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/6/867466.jpg)
Die Hard 2
![Final Action Scenes 1990 DIE HARD 2 McClane fights Grant and Stuart on a plane's wing, stops it from taking off, opens its fuel valve, and finally says his catchphrase as he turns the plane into a giant ball of fire. Merry Christmas, everyone. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/5/867465.jpg)
Captain America: Civil War
![Final Action Scenes 2016 CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR The greatest enemy the Avengers ever faced was in their hearts all along. Or something like that. Tony finds out that the Winter Soldier killed his parents, so they start fighting while Cap tries to protect his friend. (Bucky, not Tony. Well, that's the point.) It's a heartbreaking fight, awesomely choreographed to their respective styles. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/4/867464.jpg)
Blade 2
![Final Action Scenes 2002 BLADE 2 Everything that shouldn't work, works wonderfully: the cartoonish early-2000s CGI, the dizzying videogame-like camera movements, the uncannyvalleyness of it all. Guillermo del Toro was way ahead of the game here. It's dated, sure, but you can also see the creativity spilling out of the scene (and the brutality doesn't hurt, either). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/3/867463.jpg)
Aliens
![Final Action Scenes 1986 ALIENS When we hear action movies, of course we immediately think of James Cameron and the fight between a mecha-suited Ripley and the Xenomorph queen. It caps an intense, perfect movie, and we don't even need to tell you Ripley's line you're already mouthing. Cameron, you literary genius. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/2/867462.jpg)