Random Awesome Action Scenes That Prove Slow Motion Is More Than Just A Cheap Trick (21 items)

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  (#17) The One

  • Jason Statham, Carla Gugino, Jet Li, Ashlyn Gere, Dean Norris, Delroy Lindo, Archie Kao, James Morrison, Doug Savant, Harriet Sansom Harris, Cynthia Pinot, Dylan Bruno, Scott L. Schwartz, Matt Birman, Clement Blake, Tucker Smallwood, Mark Borchardt, Richard Steinmetz, Darin Morgan, Steve Rankin, Boots Southerland, Teddy Lane Jr., Denney Pierce, Edward James Gage, Alan D. Purwin, Joel Stoffer, Ken Kerman, Bill Dunnam, Darrell Geer, Karl J. Martin, Kevin Indio Copeland, Ron Zimmerman, Peter McKernan, Ramsey Luke, B.T. Taylor, Thanh T. Tran, David Keats, Narinder Samra, Marco Verdier

  The story sees a renegade ex-multiverse officer travel through multiple universes, offing alternate versions of himself to gain their strength, speed, and intelligence. 

  We get our first glimpse of our protagonist, Yu Law (Li), and his abilities simultaneously. Moving at a pace so fast, not only is he quick enough to dodge bullets, but he actually has the time after shots were fired to pick up the body of one of his fallen victims and use it as a shield.
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  (#18) Blade

  • Kris Kristofferson, Wesley Snipes, Traci Lords, Sanaa Lathan, Stephen Dorff, N'Bushe Wright, Donal Logue, Udo Kier, Gerald Okamura, Tim Guinee, Arly Jover, Shannon Lee, John Enos III, Ted King, Kenny Johnson, Matt Schulze, Jeff Imada, Sidney S. Liufau, Judson Scott, Frankie Ray, Levan Uchaneishvili, Stephen Norrington, Lennox Brown, Keith Leon Williams, Ryan Glorioso, Marcus Aurelius, Jenya Lano, D.V. DeVincentis, Eric Edwards, Andray Johnson, Carmen Thomas, Kevin Patrick Walls, Clint Curtis, Richard 'Dr.' Baily, Lyle Conway, Irena Stepic, Stephen R. Peluso, Freeman White, Marcus Salgado, Esau McKnight Jr., Nikki DiSanto, Beth Theriac, Erl Van Douglas, Yvette Ocampo, Eboni 'Chrystal' Adams, Elliott James, Carrie Seeley

  Not only does this scene show just how fast these vamps can be when our main bloodsucker (Frost) avoids our hero's (Blade) oncoming fire, but because it has been slowed down to such a pace that we can appreciate it in its entirety, it has been argued that this movie technically created the famous "bullet time" effect later made famous by The Matrix.
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  (#13) Spider-Man

  • Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris, J. K. Simmons, Joe Manganiello, Elizabeth Banks

  At the dawn of the new century, so came the dawn of a new Spider-Man, and thanks to the special effects that came with the 21st century, it was like we’d never seen him before. 

  Throughout the movie, we’re able to see the effectiveness of Pete’s Spidey Sense, but the move that tops the rest is when he’s able to dodge a barrage of the Green Goblin’s razor grenades - and thanks to slow-mo, we can see just how close he came to biting it. 
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  (#11) V for Vendetta

  • Natalie Portman, John Hurt, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Fry, Imogen Poots, Stephen Rea, Eddie Marsan, Rupert Graves, Sinéad Cusack, Chris Wilson, Guy Henry, Tim Pigott-Smith, John Standing, Ben Miles, Roger Allam, Forbes KB, Malcolm Sinclair, João Costa Menezes, Martin Savage, Christopher Fosh, Wolfgang Stegemann, Laura Greenwood, Cosima Shaw, Andy Rashleigh, David Decio, John Ringham, Norman Campbell Rees, Natasha Wightman, David Leitch, Mark Longhurst, Nicolas de Pruysenaere, Michael Simkins, Lee Asquith-Coe, Alister Mazzotti, Megan Gay, Matt Wilkinson, Charles Cork, Adrian Finighan, Greg Donaldson, Mary Stockley, Mathis Landwehr, Richard Laing, Andy Callaghan, Clive Ashborn, Billie Cook, Tony Cook, William Tapley, Juliet Howland, Roderic Culver, Ben Posener, Emma Field-Rayner, Amelda Brown, Richard Campbell, Ian Burfield, Paul Antony-Barber, Dulcie Smart, Jason Griffiths, Derek Hutchinson, Madeleine Rakic-Platt, Mark Phoenix, Anna Farnworth, Chad Stahelski, Simon Newby, Jack Schouten, Gerard Gilroy, Edsel Kragg, David Hood, Keith How, Oliver Bradshaw, Rogan Grant, Jonas von Lingen, Selina Giles, Eamon Geoghegan, Grant Burgin, Joseph Rye, Ian T. Dickinson, Matthew Bates, Caoimhe Murdock, Simon Holmes, Tara Hacking, Daniel Donaldson, Antje Rau, Patricia Gannon, Bradley Steve Ford, Carsten Hayes, Gordon Gram, Jason Oettle, David Merheb, Kyra Meyer, Peter Ryder, Brin Rosser, Raife Patrick Burchell, Martin McGlade, Julie Brown, Sophia New

  In one of his final acts, V, with nothing but his “fancy knives” and “karate gimmicks,” is surrounded by a gun-wielding SWAT team. 

  When V is then told his number is up, he quips at the brag of guns stating:

  No, what you have are bullets, and the hope that when your guns are empty I'm no longer standing, because if I am you'll all be dead before you've reloaded.

  Unfortunately for them, the latter comes to fruition. And thanks to slow-mo, after delivering this line, we’re able to see V execute each and every one of them as they fumble to reload unsuccessfully. 
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  (#15) Kung Fu Hustle

  • Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Huang Shengyi, Hark-On Fung, Lam Suet, Feng Xiaogang, Leung Siu-lung, Lam Chi-chung, Danny Chan, Yu Xing, Chiu Chi-ling, Kai Man Tin, Yuen Qiu, Yuen Cheung-yan, Zhang Yibai, Oliver Wong, Dong Zhi Hua, Kang Xi Jia, Wellson Chin, Si Lu Ren, Min-hun Fung, Nang Yang, Billy Ma, Chao Xia Liu, Ming Ming Zhang, Hao Tian Yuan, David Hung, Wen Hui He, Xiao Lung Ding, Kai Shi Chen

  Up until this point, the only threat we have witnessed is the nefarious Axe Gang. So when this group of ax-wielding villains come to start trouble for the poverty stricken residents of Pig Sty alley, all seems lost for these colorful bunch of pathetic miscreants. 

  It’s clear that the antagonists may have their cut work out for them as the leader is completely paralyzed. Due to the speed in which it happened, initially, we don’t know who did it, but thanks to slow-mo, we not only get to see who our hero is (Coolie), but we also get to see him continue to take care of business with his special 12 Kicks of the Tam School technique.

  And if that wasn’t enough, he is joined by two more martial art residents who help him take out the trash with their own unique style of Eight Trigram Staff and Hung Family Wire kung fu.
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  (#19) Shaolin Soccer

  • Stephen Chow, Zhao Wei, Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Karen Mok, Vincent Kok, Ng Man-tat, Lam Chi-chung, Danny Chan, Kai Man Tin, Patrick Tse, Wong Yat-fei, Mei Lin Mo

  Combining sports and comedy with a unique martial arts approach, this is the first scene which lets us know exactly what we’re in for.

  Stephen Chow makes an example of his foes by demonstrating his Steel Leg technique through the medium of soccer. 

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