13. The Opera House Assassin - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) attends the opera in Vienna to try and smoke out a series of assassins attempting to kill the the Austrian Chancellor. While investigating in the rafters of the building, he sees one setting up their shot, at which point a fight breaks out, with Hunt being considerably outmatched by his gigantic adversary (resulting in a hilarious sight gag about Cruise's diminutive height). The two continue to battle across various narrow walkways high above the opera, until the assassin locks Ethan in a chokehold, and it all seems to be over. However, Ethan manages to brace his feet off a piece of moving walkway, flip over his assailant and deliver a swift dropkick, sending the bad guy flying into a sharp piece of the set, presumably impaling him (though because it's a PG-13 movie, of course, this is only implied). The whole scene is awesome, but this fight in particular is ridiculously enjoyable.
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