Knife Expert Reacts to Our Favorite Knife Fights From The Movies!

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Adam Boyce from Spartan mode sat down with us to watch some of the most iconic knife fight scenes from the movies and to see if any of them apply to real world self defense applications.
0:00 Intro
0:40 John Wick 2
3:52 Commando
7:00 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
11:12 Under Siege
16:37 The Punisher
22:08 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
25:06 The Hunted
32:36 The Long Riders
35:08 Favorite Knife Scene

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  • @mikeflesher4457
    @mikeflesher4457 Жыл бұрын

    How did seagal convince ppl he was ever legit. That scene was hilarious

  • @zacinthewild

    @zacinthewild

    Жыл бұрын

    He definitely choreographed that🤣

  • @AmericanPOVshow

    @AmericanPOVshow

    Жыл бұрын

    He’s totally legit, or was. He was a master of Akido and made it popular.

  • @shrooman777

    @shrooman777

    Жыл бұрын

    How dare you.

  • @shrooman777

    @shrooman777

    Жыл бұрын

    Have you seen what he does to coffee tables??

  • @nomad753

    @nomad753

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't you dare disrespect the king like that. Blastomy! Ok ok. Him versus John Claud Van Dam . Let's have a civilized discussion

  • @WilliacLHA5
    @WilliacLHA5 Жыл бұрын

    I watched an interview with Schwarzenegger, and that's exactly what he said. He and Stallone went back and forth bigger gun, bigger knife.

  • @gravitysnegative1962
    @gravitysnegative1962 Жыл бұрын

    The Stallone and Arnold rivalry is 100% real. Not to long ago Stallone auctioned a signed Rambo knife for charity. Arnold made a video poking fun at Stallone by doing the same with an even bigger knife from Predator.

  • @zacinthewild

    @zacinthewild

    Жыл бұрын

    Love it!

  • @dertodesking8379

    @dertodesking8379

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s true but Arnold was just teasing him. They were big rivals back then, but they’re friends now.

  • @ergezinger
    @ergezinger Жыл бұрын

    So happy you included 'The Hunted', that knife was definitely the hero of the movie. No joke, i watched that scene where del toro just makes a knife out of some random steel, and my first thought was: "Ok, now i have a hobby"

  • @zacinthewild

    @zacinthewild

    Жыл бұрын

    Same 🤣

  • @bennyc409

    @bennyc409

    Жыл бұрын

    Definitely an underrated film mate.

  • @debacofzomb9889

    @debacofzomb9889

    Жыл бұрын

    I came here to say this 😂 👍😁

  • @erikwilliams1562

    @erikwilliams1562

    Жыл бұрын

    If The Hunted wasn't included I'd click off immediately

  • @justindearmond1

    @justindearmond1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zacinthewild yeah but watch Nutnfancy's take down of that knife....i agree with him, its Hollywood fantasy, not even that cool looking of a knife....the Rambo knife was way cooler in my opinion. born in 1980 so the 80s blades were part of my growing up. Even dressed up as Arnold from Commando when i was 8/9 for Halloween, knife, machine gun, vest, cammo, and everything!

  • @sircassie891
    @sircassie891 Жыл бұрын

    The fight at the end of both Raid 2 and the end of the Revenant are brutal fights.

  • @dertodesking8379

    @dertodesking8379

    Жыл бұрын

    Truth!

  • @spartanmodellc

    @spartanmodellc

    Жыл бұрын

    Someone else mentioned Raid 2. I’ll have to check it out!

  • @dertodesking8379

    @dertodesking8379

    Жыл бұрын

    @@spartanmodellc Check out both The Raid 1&2, you won’t be disappointed!

  • @flaksight
    @flaksight Жыл бұрын

    The bus scene from Nobody (2019) tops it all for me, one hell of a scrap between a bunch of hoodlums and an old badass who hadn't fought in ages. Same people from John Wick worked on it and it's a blast, seeing that knife fight with my friends was awesome, even had us cheering. Not only does the MC end up using a seatbelt to protect his palm to catch a knife, but he even bludgeoned someone's teeth out using his watch. He also unloads and drops his revolver at the start, and what happens with the gun later in the fight was solid.

  • @brandonpetersen5710

    @brandonpetersen5710

    Жыл бұрын

    Nobody was awesome I've never seen an action flick like that. It had John Wick vibes but it definitely is more grounded in reality.

  • @MovieGuy666

    @MovieGuy666

    Жыл бұрын

    when he kicks the knife through the leg was nasty.

  • @ryanthro332
    @ryanthro332 Жыл бұрын

    Years ago I read a book called "Of Wolf and Iron" that has the best rules for knife fighting ever collected. To summarize... 1. Don't be the first to pull a knife, anyone who responds by pulling their own probably knows how to use it. 2. Anyone who pulls a knife on you is likely to have made that choice from experience. 3. The environment you're fighting in is trying to kill you. Chairs, stairs, bystanders and beehives will defeat your reflexes every time. 4. The best blade ever created is useless against a thrown rock, bottle, bat or a bullet. 5. The most important rule of knife fighting is FUCKING DON'T. Talk, run, grab anything else available to add range and space to disengage or get better weapons (or friends)

  • @mcpheonixx

    @mcpheonixx

    Жыл бұрын

    My dad had experience in real world situations and he told me " If a knife is involved, you will get cut! If your cut, your compromised, so eliminate the knife! " Sound advice in my opinion!

  • @joshvrooman750

    @joshvrooman750

    Жыл бұрын

    Everyone gets cut in a knife fight.

  • @ryanthro332

    @ryanthro332

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mcpheonixx A very wise old Polish man I knew used to say the perfect way to carry your fighting knife is clipped onto the bayonet lug of your M1 while it was fully loaded next to your seat in a tank while you operated the .50

  • @Veldtian1

    @Veldtian1

    Жыл бұрын

    A 6 to 9" fixed blade sheath knife has been the close range PDW of choice of humans for 3,000 years now for very good reasons but I'll just ignore all that practical history and defer to some *ucking contemporary moronic received wisdom based on what??

  • @panan7777

    @panan7777

    Жыл бұрын

    The best knife in 2' long, 1,2" brass or rebar rod. Anywhere you hit, the muscles are not working and possibly bone(s) are broken or shattered. Would say it works as a cold weapon shotgun.

  • @pluck8913
    @pluck8913 Жыл бұрын

    In the John Wick clip, he didn't use the gun because he wanted to kill John wick with the knife. He was pissed at John for actions earlier in the movie, and it was personal.

  • @pmgodin
    @pmgodin Жыл бұрын

    Being an 80's kid, the Comando one is for sure THE knife scene that stuck in my head all my life.

  • @disturbedlife5691

    @disturbedlife5691

    Жыл бұрын

    That's a Jack Crain LSS. He also did the knives for Predator

  • @jdee8407

    @jdee8407

    Жыл бұрын

    Let's parsy.

  • @KikoTheLumberjack
    @KikoTheLumberjack Жыл бұрын

    The Hunted was the movie that inspired me to start making blades, mostly cause I wanted a knife like that and wanted to make it myself. When I got around to it, some 12 years later, I was totally shocked to find out just how far from reality the knife making in the movie was, the fighting was a documentary compared to the "bladesmithing" :))))) Anyway inspiration doesn't need to come from reality, been making blades for 7 years now and loving it :)

  • @dj1NM3

    @dj1NM3

    Жыл бұрын

    The title sequence of "Conan the Barbarian" and the open-mould casting of a steel sword, surely beats that for accuracy? 😉

  • @robdeskrd

    @robdeskrd

    Жыл бұрын

    Really how did you expect Aaron to make his knife in those circumstances? I like them trying to make it look like he found a good piece of scrap steel improvised a rough blade from it but they should of had him knap out a stone knife like LT did. God Jones & del Toro knocked that shit out the park didn't they?

  • @shawntailor5485

    @shawntailor5485

    Жыл бұрын

    I still have my directors cut . My friend Chino took me to the directors viewing ,Ben and Tommy did some training for the movie here , Got to meet Tuhan and several others that I now know I was honored to meet . I wish I knew where Chino was as we lost track of each other . We went up to the Elwa to find some chert and stood in the tree that Ben stands on in the movie .

  • @shawntailor5485

    @shawntailor5485

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@robdeskrd well ... the class actually did both , if you watch the bonus material on the CD you will see some of the rangers from striker brigade and some of the class sitting in a circle practicing knapping . But the steel blade segment was unfilmed and fewer students . Many masters were here in that time frame and there is a (reality) story preceding the UFC and this movie , also here in washington we have woods like yew and goats beard that are both heavy ,dense and weapon capable , a yew wood froe will chop and split ceder . It was used by natives forever.

  • @Exxeron-ob3tv

    @Exxeron-ob3tv

    Жыл бұрын

    Yah, The Hunted was pretty garbage.

  • @Fredparreira78
    @Fredparreira78 Жыл бұрын

    My fave is Crocodile Dundee's "THIS is a knife!" scene

  • @spartanmodellc

    @spartanmodellc

    Жыл бұрын

    That is a great scene! 😂👊🏼

  • @weirdmusicmixmaster
    @weirdmusicmixmaster Жыл бұрын

    NEED to see "the man from nowhere" one of the best knife fights ever put to film

  • @michoak47nfernandez25
    @michoak47nfernandez25 Жыл бұрын

    The Man from Nowhere final scene was the best knife fight.

  • @Toine005
    @Toine005 Жыл бұрын

    The Man from Nowhere. For me, the best knife in a movie I've seen.

  • @joshvrooman750
    @joshvrooman750 Жыл бұрын

    Love the Gerber M2, my Father bought one while in the Marines for his deployment to Panama back in the late 80s. I carried it in 2003 in Iraq and it served me well, still have it and still super sharp.

  • @blueeyeswhitedragon9839

    @blueeyeswhitedragon9839

    Жыл бұрын

    The Gerber Mark 1 was for me, a more EDC type fighting knife. There were so many clones of this knife back in the day.

  • @satyrosphilbrucato9140
    @satyrosphilbrucato9140 Жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised neither of you mentioned Eastern Promises. To me, that's pretty much the ultimate cinematic knife-fight.

  • @balinhumphrey-lw8tr
    @balinhumphrey-lw8tr Жыл бұрын

    Fun fact about the “Captain America vs. The Winter Soldier” fight is that is you pause any the part where he takes out the Gerber Mk2 you can see he also has a Benchmade SCOP right next to it!

  • @melissaharris3389

    @melissaharris3389

    Жыл бұрын

    He also carries two Gerber Tonto's at the small of his back and in the FATWS Disney+ show the Winter Soldier has unidentified knives in his boots.

  • @christophermetz1550
    @christophermetz1550 Жыл бұрын

    Extraction had a really long knife fight scene. I'm sort of surprised that wasn't in here.

  • @Skoora
    @Skoora Жыл бұрын

    With the Hunted, I always was amused by the probable reality of watching Benicio really struggle to get the knife back out of the tree and also Tommy Lee not being able to easily withdraw the knife from his arm as it catches on bone etc. lol…love that movie. It just has a no nonsense, adult approach that I really enjoy.

  • @Joe___R
    @Joe___R Жыл бұрын

    Big single edge fighting knives in the mid-1800s were often built to be held in conventional grip, but the sharp edge was facing up. They were used to stab someone in an upward motion in the gut and go up through the vital organs. Fighting like that was very effective up close and very difficult to block. That is one style of knife I haven't seen reproduced very often since most people would look at them and think that someone put the guard on the wrong way..

  • @gpzjeffrey7974
    @gpzjeffrey7974 Жыл бұрын

    I carried a Gerber Mk II for all my 8 years in the Infantry. Got it from Clothing Sales on post. Fantastic knife, but hard to sharpen. Worked awesome for cutting open MREs, and the saw blade worked great for cutting small saplings for camouflaging fighting positions.

  • @jamesshank7918
    @jamesshank7918 Жыл бұрын

    The knife fight in "The Hitman" should have been on the list. I loved that one.

  • @SomeGuy-hd4cn
    @SomeGuy-hd4cn Жыл бұрын

    The videos of Keanu training and practicing in real life are as awe inspiring as the movies.

  • @selviodiz9960
    @selviodiz9960 Жыл бұрын

    For me, who had a deal with knife fight, those knife fight scenes from "Gangs of New York" looks inpressive and quite realistic

  • @WolfQuantum
    @WolfQuantum Жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed Under Seige when it came out. But I have to say. Watching that scene reminds me of our two cats doing the cat-boxing thing before they launch into the zoomies.

  • @redclayscholar620
    @redclayscholar620 Жыл бұрын

    Something funny about the knife drop and catch from The Hunted, I used that move back in 2004 when my sister's boyfriend and I were having a friendly sparring match with wooden training knives. He said that was the slickest thing he ever saw and I got him hooked onto that movie too. Good times.

  • @volairn70
    @volairn70 Жыл бұрын

    Realistic or not, loved the knife/tomahawk fight scene between Uncas and Magua in the end of Last of the Mohicans.

  • @mikhailarutyunyan4126
    @mikhailarutyunyan4126 Жыл бұрын

    The teeth disarmament is just something next level. In real life it would be a self inflicted Irish smile...

  • @royalwithchz_5328
    @royalwithchz_5328 Жыл бұрын

    I love how the expert is like, “I don’t watch movies” and Zac’s routinely referencing movies like, “it’s gotta be gory… you now like an 80s Schwarzenegger movie” and that’s “how he got his scars”.

  • @dertodesking8379
    @dertodesking8379 Жыл бұрын

    Kill Bill 1&2 & The Raid 2 had some sick blade action going on.

  • @johnnylindstedt3645
    @johnnylindstedt3645 Жыл бұрын

    "Olympus Has Fallen", the final fight scene. Even though it uses guns, knives, and fists, it's a very awesome knife fighting scene. And the finale is... brutal to say the least, albeit a bit over the top considering how the finishing move is made.

  • @asmith7876
    @asmith7876 Жыл бұрын

    Late 70’s I’m at the knife shop in the local mall, hanging out, the Cold Steel Tanto was new. Some guy and his wife comes in, he freaks out and wants to see it. He looks at me and the clerk and says “I study the killing arts.” Then proceeds to demonstrate how to stab when you’re being attacked by two people. We’re speechless. Then his wife says “Come on, Ninja breath, let’s go.” I could have died laughing. Learning how to knife fight seems like fun and good exercise but I’ll take the advice of the IDF guy that taught the first class ever took: If you can run away, run away!

  • @EskayDuro
    @EskayDuro Жыл бұрын

    Finally, a KZread expert that knows how to accurately hold a Bowie knife! Thank you Sir!

  • @jamescrawford1534
    @jamescrawford1534 Жыл бұрын

    The Debt Collector with Billy Connoly and Ken Stott has (in my memory) the most realistic knife fight ever.

  • @jj9363
    @jj9363 Жыл бұрын

    Great episode, loved Adam's commentary and insight. Appreciate that he spoke intelligently about knife fighting without glorifying knife fights and provided practical survival tips like walking away and de-escalation.

  • @spartanmodellc

    @spartanmodellc

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the kind words. 👊🏼

  • @simongilchrist3329
    @simongilchrist3329 Жыл бұрын

    Some great scenes there! I love John Wick but the Punisher was amazing. Also, hats off for including the Hunted. Another great movie. I had forgotten how stupid Under Siege was in almost every way.

  • @williambonnie-do7yz
    @williambonnie-do7yz Жыл бұрын

    'Under Siege' was the first time I heard the term Navy Seal. From then on I've been obsessed with learning all about them. No b.s., this fight scene changed my life.

  • @erikramaekers63
    @erikramaekers63 Жыл бұрын

    John Wick used a Douk Douk in part 3.The legendary knives used in the Algerian war.The Hunted is such a underrated movie

  • @sufferedlearnedchanged
    @sufferedlearnedchanged Жыл бұрын

    Commando is my favorite movie. I used to go to my grandma's house on the weekend and she would watch Commando with me. God bless her.

  • @InconvenientKingdom
    @InconvenientKingdom Жыл бұрын

    Fun video and interesting to hear the pro perspective. My personal favorite and classic knife scene in a movie is in Crocodile Dundee when he pulls the bowie vs. the auto and says "That's not a knife; that's a knife!"

  • @zacinthewild

    @zacinthewild

    Жыл бұрын

    The best type of fight in that scene because it just scared the guy away.

  • @nirfz

    @nirfz

    Жыл бұрын

    And one of the most realistic way of winning a knife fight in the movies i remember. (not the cutting up the jacket of the criminal, but the idea of scaring away the guy)

  • @spartanmodellc

    @spartanmodellc

    Жыл бұрын

    Ive actually seen that one! Great scene! 😁👊🏼

  • @ronstreet6706

    @ronstreet6706

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm not sure if it was the first or second Crocodile Dundee movie, but when he goes to the gang's hideout to get their help, one of the guys made a comment about Mick's jacket, then asks him, "What do you think your chances of getting out of here alive are?" and Mick throws his knife, which sticks in the wooden beam just above the guy's head, and says, "Pretty good!"

  • @ftniceberg874

    @ftniceberg874

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ronstreet6706 think that's part 2 when he's sneaking in the mansion to save his woman.

  • @nickmartino2839
    @nickmartino2839 Жыл бұрын

    The knife fight scene in extraction with Chris helmsworth is really good to... worth a watch

  • @spartanmodellc

    @spartanmodellc

    Жыл бұрын

    👊🏼

  • @artstrutzenberg7197
    @artstrutzenberg7197 Жыл бұрын

    LOVE it (and truer words have never been spoken): "the best use of self defense ever....when you are able to talk your way out of it"...

  • @DarkPhoenixTSi
    @DarkPhoenixTSi Жыл бұрын

    The Hunted was one of my favorite as a more "realistic" fight. The karambit fight in the Extraction was fun too.

  • @hemmydall
    @hemmydall Жыл бұрын

    Ice pick grip is still incredibly dangerous and lethal. Just watched a video the other day of a street murder. Two guys arguing and one had a knife in ice pick grip. Unarmed guy took his eyes off him for a second and knife guy jumped on him. Stabbed him 3-4 times in a second and then backed off. Dude bled to death while the knife guy fled the scene. Even if you have your own knife, I'd always recommend just leaving instead of fighting. Its never worth it.

  • @charleswagner284
    @charleswagner284 Жыл бұрын

    The Accountant with Ben Affleck has an interesting knife fight scene.

  • @dubbayabird6680
    @dubbayabird6680 Жыл бұрын

    Commando was so great, It's probably his funnest flick. If Predator was not absolute perfection, then commando would probably be my favorite Ahhh'Nold flick. I can't remember if I ever bought it on DVD. I know it's cheesy but it's so good.

  • @proteus5
    @proteus5 Жыл бұрын

    For a great knife fighting movie you should check out "Exposure". It was filmed in Brazil in 1991 with stars Peter Coyote and Tcheky Karyo.

  • @dajo9339

    @dajo9339

    Жыл бұрын

    Damn I haven't seen that since I was a kid..I've looked for it but can't find it. I think it was a book first

  • @proteus5

    @proteus5

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dajo9339 The movie is based on the novel "High Art" by Rubem Fonseca. I bought a copy once, hoping it would have more details about the knife fights, but it didn't. Back in the 90s, "Exposure" was frequently shown on the Showtime channel, that's where I first saw it. I bought the DVD off Amazon for $20. It's a Region 2 format DVD. "Exposure" sometimes goes by the name, "A Grande Art".

  • @dajo9339

    @dajo9339

    Жыл бұрын

    @@proteus5 right on thanks for the info, yes i saw it on cable too. The fact as a 17yr old i was watching that instead of skinamax at 1am, probably a good predictor of my knife addiction.,🤔

  • @cyberspooky

    @cyberspooky

    Жыл бұрын

    High art for me has the best most accurate knife fight , the first time you see Karyo fight he is cool calm and its over in seconds.

  • @LYLEWOLD

    @LYLEWOLD

    Жыл бұрын

    That's the movie I was thinking of, too. It was the first time I ever saw knife instruction. And Tcheky Karyo was bad ass.

  • @Mako22.
    @Mako22. Жыл бұрын

    saving private Ryan probably has the most brutally honest/hardest hitting knife scene

  • @YTsux100pct._of-the-time.

    @YTsux100pct._of-the-time.

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh hell yeah I second this.

  • @maxlutz3674

    @maxlutz3674

    Жыл бұрын

    If it is the scene I recall, absolutely. That may be too brutal to be approved by KZread.

  • @williamallen7984
    @williamallen7984 Жыл бұрын

    I love The Hunted, but as a blacksmith/blacksmith, the whole forging scene is almost unforgivable lol

  • @joogleplus6244
    @joogleplus6244 Жыл бұрын

    Korean movies have pretty cool fights. The Man from Nowhere has some over the top karambit (and not only) action but as far as the most realistic ones go I would probably go with the car scene from I Saw the Devil. It's a messy, fast and brutal scene that, while a bit over the top (maybe?), illustrates well how raw an actual knife fight would be. But of course, I love me some John Wick, Punisher (especially that prison scene), Raid or that bus scene from Nobody and such.

  • @aegisprotection4969
    @aegisprotection4969 Жыл бұрын

    One of the improvised disarms I did in a real situation, from stalemate, I bit the crap out of their thumb at the base and they dropped the knife. Not something I would suggest training much on or relying on but just keep it in the back of the mind.

  • @regicide3
    @regicide3 Жыл бұрын

    Yellowstone when the character Lloyd casually flings a folding knife into the character Walker's chest. Its uh, impressive haha

  • @kennethfharkin
    @kennethfharkin Жыл бұрын

    It was damn polite of Tommy Lee Jones to let go of that knife as soon as Segal bit down on it.

  • @joshuacrummie5596
    @joshuacrummie5596 Жыл бұрын

    Fun fact commando was Arnold’s nod to the 80’s crazy movie stuff, when you watch it with this in mind the self awareness of Arnold becomes super amazing

  • @triangleman1990
    @triangleman1990 Жыл бұрын

    The ending fight from Man From Nowhere, 100%! So epic.

  • @NestorCaster
    @NestorCaster Жыл бұрын

    Yeooo when I saw The Hunted here I was greatly excited… it’s one of my favorite films and largely underrated-- but with that trying looking up 3 South East Asian films: The Man From Nowhere and The Raid & The Raid 2- both films have very spectacular and amazingly choreographed knife fights-- appropriately done where the “hero” gets realistic cut up--

  • @bennyc409
    @bennyc409 Жыл бұрын

    Fellas, this video was pure bloody joy. Both of your enthusiasm, and the combo of knife knowledge and knife fighting knowledge. There better be more! And as for my fave knife fight scene, the kitchen fight in The Raid 2 is exceptional.

  • @spartanmodellc

    @spartanmodellc

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I’ll checkout Raid 2.

  • @Veklim

    @Veklim

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup, was gonna say exactly this, also my favourite knife fight scene (at least of those which came to mind).

  • @williamwinder3466
    @williamwinder3466 Жыл бұрын

    Vernon Wells, the actor who played Bennett in Commando went on to play one of the best Power Rangers villain ever.

  • @hardrock1826

    @hardrock1826

    Жыл бұрын

    William Winder In the original Gibson Road Warrior. The crazy guy on the motorcycle, as far as I remember, that was also Wells.

  • @VeniVidiVid
    @VeniVidiVid Жыл бұрын

    This was great, Zac! Thanks! Loved hearing Adam’s take on these. Partway through, I posted a variation of your quote about dying in the hospital. I’d heard a version of that as well. Then you said it, and I didn’t need to. Very cool, thanks again.

  • @deadpuddle86
    @deadpuddle86 Жыл бұрын

    You guys really should have watched the part of the knife fight in Winter Soldier when he is stopped by Captain America's shield and drops the knife down into his other hand below the shield. It was one of the most amazing knife moves I've ever seen

  • @joseburgos8214
    @joseburgos8214 Жыл бұрын

    The knife fight in The Hunted and The Punisher were my favorites. I liked that in The Hunted you saw both combatants getting cut. Sure it was embellished for film but getting cut in a knife fight is probably going to happen.

  • @esporev
    @esporev Жыл бұрын

    The mark ll boot knife was my first knife as a teenager, 1991 ish, I loved that knife!!! Lost somewhere along the way of life…wish I still had that

  • @Garzinz
    @Garzinz Жыл бұрын

    I LOVE this format! Great vid man!

  • @tygre7
    @tygre7 Жыл бұрын

    Zac, you need to rewatch The Iron Mistress; you'll see the Bowie knife held the same way by Alan Ladd.

  • @adamsz715
    @adamsz715 Жыл бұрын

    Great video. I've always loved the scene from Winter Soldier. I also didn't notice until this video that the Winter Soldier is also carrying a Benchmade SOCP dagger as well.

  • @Dare_Bear
    @Dare_Bear Жыл бұрын

    We all know the best “knife” fight is in Indiana Jones Raiders.

  • @zacinthewild

    @zacinthewild

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣

  • @spartanmodellc

    @spartanmodellc

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ve actually seen that one! Great scene! 🤣👊🏼

  • @brightlord-ov7cm

    @brightlord-ov7cm

    Жыл бұрын

    I used to watch that scene religiously as a kid and laugh uncontrollably at it.

  • @kellrik66
    @kellrik66 Жыл бұрын

    my favorite knife fight quote is "Nobody wins a knife fight, you just survive, or not."

  • @enochjukie
    @enochjukie Жыл бұрын

    Man from nowhere. The finale has the best knife fight ever

  • @jlanz183
    @jlanz183 Жыл бұрын

    At the beginning when he asked why use a knife when you have a gun. I’d assume it’s because he at least started out trying to avoid drawing too much attention. You could probably stab someone and walk off the subway. Opening fire would make it a little more difficult to stay “stealth”. So it does make sense why he started out with the knife

  • @Fardawg

    @Fardawg

    Жыл бұрын

    Just before that scene, I believe they were both "stealthily" firing silenced pistols at each other out in the open in the station. I assume they are either out of bullets, don't want to draw attention shooting in a confined area like you said, or it is a ritualistic combat since they are part of an assassin society that has a lot of rules and traditions that get expanded on in each film.

  • @Fireslayerr

    @Fireslayerr

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Fardawg I’m pretty sure they both had a few extra mags but I think it was a bit of everything mentioned here for sure

  • @zboyjason
    @zboyjason Жыл бұрын

    Just before the subway fight scene in John Wick 2, Common does run out of ammo

  • @zacinthewild

    @zacinthewild

    Жыл бұрын

    🤘

  • @Hacksaw37
    @Hacksaw37 Жыл бұрын

    J T Edson referred to the Green River Knife having the name on the blade and when you pushed the blade all the way in you had stabbed your opponent all the way up to the Green River. That made me want to buy one of those knives.

  • @SlippinSchlong
    @SlippinSchlong Жыл бұрын

    the winter soldier actor actually can do that shit with his blade. he practiced all day for months. he said he loved it and would do it on his own time

  • @proteus5
    @proteus5 Жыл бұрын

    In "Eye of the Needle", Donald Sutherland's character kills several people with his cool out-the-front switchblade. They are not necessarily knife "fight" scenes, but are memorable none the less because the knife, and the way he carries it hidden inside his sleeve, are so cool.

  • @The4cp
    @The4cp Жыл бұрын

    This was fun. The best knife fight for me is the Adventures in Babysitting toe stab. It's as realistic as it gets. Lol

  • @spartanmodellc

    @spartanmodellc

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ve actually seen that one! But it’s been decades, I don’t remember that scene. I’ll check it out. 😁👊🏼

  • @ronstreet6706
    @ronstreet6706 Жыл бұрын

    I was so happy that you included the knife fight from "The Longriders", as it was one of my favourite movies growing up!

  • @Starless85
    @Starless85 Жыл бұрын

    The belt around the forearm made me smile, in medieval dagger manuals it’s not uncommon to see a coat or jacket quickly swirled around the free arm to try to provide some protection.

  • @savagehawaii7491
    @savagehawaii7491 Жыл бұрын

    Love these types of expert reacts videos

  • @zacinthewild

    @zacinthewild

    Жыл бұрын

    Adam did a great job!

  • @jono5249
    @jono5249 Жыл бұрын

    Really liked y'alls give and take and thought you did a great job of actually letting your guest speak.

  • @spartanmodellc

    @spartanmodellc

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @carmeloramos3736
    @carmeloramos3736 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video guys you know what we want and always deliver love it

  • @kylelantan9220
    @kylelantan9220 Жыл бұрын

    The ice pick grip, (Holding it reverse) is a legitimate strategy. It's not used correctly by movies obviously but it's a historically backed style. There are manuals from teachers of medieval combat that teach techniques for it. It's by no means meant to be the primary way to fight, but it is a thing. Modern Rogue channel has a learning knife fighting video on their channel with the historical weapons guild, which goes into some of it.

  • @austincummins7712

    @austincummins7712

    Жыл бұрын

    Those rondel daggers in particular are very well suited to be held in that grip. I suppose the knife itself might dictate how effective that grip would be, but you definitely see that grip used a lot in historical treatises for large knives and daggers. I cannot stand when movies do that reverse grip with sabres and swords though- it is as if someone watching said "ohh, if that grip is cool for a knife or dagger, then it must be extra cool if I have a character fight with their longsword in a reverse grip!"

  • @justinbates2185
    @justinbates2185 Жыл бұрын

    If you have a Bowie knife or combat knife turning the knife spine towards the enemy and blade to you saves the edge of the knife if it’s slightly sharpened on the false edge you can cut or tear coming and going it’s said Jim Bowie fought that way also being shown by David Caradine

  • @jasonwalker5599
    @jasonwalker5599 Жыл бұрын

    A Grande Arte, I will never forget this movie.

  • @someidiot6545
    @someidiot6545 Жыл бұрын

    The wrapped belt reminds me of the fighting treatises from five hundred years ago. They said if you didn't have a dagger for your second hand you could wrap your cloak around that arm and be able to deflect a blow with it.

  • @enriquescott2983
    @enriquescott2983 Жыл бұрын

    You should have included the scene from the" Accountant " Ben Affleck

  • @zacinthewild

    @zacinthewild

    Жыл бұрын

    That would have been a great one! That movie is a blast.

  • @ghostwolfgarage5036
    @ghostwolfgarage5036 Жыл бұрын

    If you guys have another Movie Knife Series, I highly recommend the Hong Kong movie SPL: Sha Po Lang, in english its called Killzone. The best choreographed knife fight in cinema imho. Some of the moves were improvised as well on the fly. For me, that was peak Donnie Yen and Wu Jing. Also thank you for the amazing content.

  • @vencislavgynev8282

    @vencislavgynev8282

    Жыл бұрын

    No, just to flashy!

  • @Sigmund-Fraud
    @Sigmund-Fraud Жыл бұрын

    That fight scene in the punisher was awesome

  • @mrj3711

    @mrj3711

    Жыл бұрын

    The whole series was full of them and badass.

  • @l1wolf14av
    @l1wolf14av Жыл бұрын

    In that first clip, both combatants are out of ammo, they'd spent the five minutes leading up to the fight shooting at each other.

  • @dbell1016
    @dbell1016 Жыл бұрын

    I know I'm late to the party, but has anyone ever heard of a movie called "Exposure" starring Peter Coyote? I've always considered it to be to knife fighting what "Enter the Dragon" was to hand to hand combat. The story is gritty and engaging, the cinematography is captivating, but I've never seen an analysis of the film by someone knowledgeable in knife fighting. I'd be very eager to hear commentary/analysis of the film by someone familiar with the subject.

  • @jonlee3081

    @jonlee3081

    Жыл бұрын

    That movie was based on the book, High Art, by Rubem Fonseca. The knife Peter chose was a Randall, basically a custom military K-Bar. The thug that stabbed Peter was using a Spyderco Endura with a stainless steel handle and serrated blade. The technique the thug used to open his knife is the Spyderco drop, you hold the blade by the hole and snap the handle down into your hand. I don't remember what kind of knife the teacher used, maybe a Randall?

  • @grattof
    @grattof Жыл бұрын

    I loved this video. Great fight scenes and analysis. My favorite was the Winter Soldier scene.

  • @zacinthewild

    @zacinthewild

    Жыл бұрын

    Such a good scene!

  • @grattof

    @grattof

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zacinthewild there's an awesome knife fight on the movie Extraction with Chris Hemsworth. Check it out. He uses a Karambit vs a guy with a sort of Ka Bar knife. Cool scene and great movie

  • @sorewahimitsudesu
    @sorewahimitsudesu Жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see another of these, if you ever do, my suggestions for movies would be "A Grande Arte" (1991), "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955), "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), "Eastern Promises" (2007), "Dune" (1984), "The Man from Nowhere" (2010), "SPL: Sha Po Lang" (2005) and "The Final Master" (2015).

  • @m.l.5230

    @m.l.5230

    Жыл бұрын

    Doesn't get more gangsta then James Dean putting in work during a High School field trip!!

  • @RobertBosley-wh9tl
    @RobertBosley-wh9tl11 ай бұрын

    Great job much needed vid u guys made.

  • @floydmorrison2025
    @floydmorrison2025 Жыл бұрын

    This was awesome! You should make this a regular series. You could critique axe scenes, chainsaw scenes, hammer scenes, etc. Or common EDC items used as weapons in movies like the pen/pencil stab kills in 'Casino', 'The Dark Knight, 'The Bournes Identity', 'John Wick 2', etc. I'm sure there's a para cord strangle kill scene out there somewhere lol.

  • @spartanmodellc

    @spartanmodellc

    Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant idea!

  • @nightshade7240

    @nightshade7240

    Жыл бұрын

    Not paracord but Jet Li does strangle a dude with custom prayer beads in Lethal Weapon 4 iirc.

  • @vicstanfieldshire7754
    @vicstanfieldshire7754 Жыл бұрын

    Ok I just fast forward to it and thank God you added it!

  • @Alexander210
    @Alexander210 Жыл бұрын

    Zac episodes like this are the reason why I'm a Patreon supporter and subscribed w all alerts on. 🍻

  • @ST-ue5fb
    @ST-ue5fb Жыл бұрын

    Been watching most of your videos. Informative and fun. Subscribed, Thank you, Zac!!

  • @zacinthewild

    @zacinthewild

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you’re digging them! Thanks for the sub🤘

  • @83BeachBum
    @83BeachBum Жыл бұрын

    The Hunted is my favorite. And I also love that Tom Brown knife Benicio Del Toro had.

  • @ChrisC2468
    @ChrisC2468 Жыл бұрын

    Was surprised that Rocky Handsome knife fight wasn't on this. That's a crazy knife fight.

  • @markjohnson9485
    @markjohnson94852 ай бұрын

    Great commentary on the scenes from a professional who knows what it's like in the real world

  • @thepracticalguardian
    @thepracticalguardian Жыл бұрын

    Love this video! Plus I finally get to say "I KNOW HIM!!!" seeing Adam on her showing his expertise! :)

  • @spartanmodellc

    @spartanmodellc

    Жыл бұрын

    😁👊🏼

  • @rw1557
    @rw1557 Жыл бұрын

    In John Wick, they are hit men but they try to do things discreetly. It's a theme throughout the series with ALL of the hitmen/women.

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