10 Most Awesome Fistfights In Movie History

10. Mission Impossible: Fallout - Hunt And Walker Vs. "John Lark"

Let's start with some espionage elbow exchanges in the Mission Impossible franchise. CIA operative Walker (Henry Cavill) and our favourite IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) have tracked a suspected arms dealer to a Paris nightclub. After Walker takes him out with surprising ease, the mission seems to be going surprisingly well. However, since Hunt lost the anaesthetic to keep Lark subdued in the initial scuffle, he wakes up to wreak havoc on his kidnappers and the bathroom's drywall.

It turns out Lark is more than capable of holding his own once on his feet. Despite coming back from consciousness and being thrown through a mirror, Lark manages to keep both Walker and Hunt at bay with some impressive martial arts and inventive use of a sink pipe.

The star power alone makes this scene iconic. Cruise's elbows strikes are as quick as they are devastating, while Cavill's iconic pumping fist motion preface a whirlwind of destructive punches.

It's almost a shame that Lark is unceremoniously executed by former MI6 agent Isla Faust. Stuntman Liang Yang has had his fair share of action in Skyfall, Kingsman, and the Star Wars sequels, so it would have been great to see him return as a regular antagonist for the Mission Impossible series.