10 Awesome Train Wreck Scenes In Films That Are TOTAL Train Wrecks

10. The Legend Of Zorro - The End Of Count Armand

In 1998, Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones starred in the entertaining origin story of the masked vigilante in The Mask Of Zorro. The movie was the perfect blend of action and adventure with just the right amount of comedy sprinkled on top. It was a critical and box office success grossing over $250 million off a $95 million budget.

The sequel, however, despite doing well in the box office, was a total slap in the face. With a score of 26% and 48% amongst the critics and audiences respectively, this sequel (weirdly released some 7 years after the original) was a shadow of its predecessor. The writers clearly wanted to please the younger audiences as they got rid of most of the complex character arcs and deeper emotional scenes and replaced them with more sword fights and more stabby stabby kill kill. Oh yeah, and a totally over the top, yet awesome, train wreck scene.

In the final showdown between Zorro and Count Armand (Rufus Sewell) the two engaged in a brilliantly choreographed sword fight on top of a moving train only for the Count to meet his demise as the nitro-carrying train crashes and blows up quite spectacularly.