10 Awesome Movie Scenes Trapped In Awful Movies
10. The Fist Fight (Fist Fight)
Fist Fight is yet another passable blockbuster comedy in a seemingly endless line of them, joining the likes of Baywatch, Dirty Grandpa and Rough Night in recent years.
The idea of having two movie stars (Ice Cube and Charlie Day) beat the lights out of each other is a funny one, but it just couldn't sustain a full-length feature. That's evident by looking at the movie itself, which is pretty boring and tepid for the first 80 minutes, but contains a fun, lively final section in which the two lead actors engage in a spot of fisticuffs, absolutely battering each other for a solid ten minutes.
It's clear that the movie was pitched on this idea alone, given that it's the only good thing in it: there are some genuinely painful-looking punches and kicks, and Cube and Day do not hold back, beating each other senseless with tennis rackets, fire extinguishers, and school books.
It's hardly comedic genius, but the fight's surprising level of brutality gives the movie a much-needed jolt, and the hundreds of chanting onlookers give the showdown the vibe of a big wrestling event. Plus, the scene redeemed Day's character - who'd been a whiny pushover up until this point - since it saw him finally stand up for himself.