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down our picks for the top 10 movie
mugging scenes for this list we’re
taking a look at the most iconic
cinematic moments where a character is
mugged
whether it’s played for laughs or drama
also a spoiler alert maybe in order I
realize of course that times are tough
for some of these days but this isn’t
the answer
number 10 don’t worry I’ll get him mr.
deeds oh he said he liked ladies and
distressed not men who wear too much
clothes boys sometimes the best mugging
scenes are the ones where it’s the
mugger who ends up suffering okay yeah
hidden cameras are ready to go melissa’s
as part of a ruse to meet Longfellow
Dee’s tabloid reporter babe stages a
fake street robbery with one of her
co-workers playing the part of the
robber the small-town boy takes the bait
and retrieves the purse but he isn’t
about to let the fake mugger get off
easy
he gives Marty the most savage beating
of his life oh shit a scene like this
probably wouldn’t have made it into the
Frank Capra classic but it’s right at
home in an Adam Sandler picture number 9
subway The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
you do not mess with Lisbeth Salander
when a mugger snatches her bag in a
subway station The Girl with the Dragon
Tattoo does not stand around and yell
for help she charges right after the
mugger who calmly rides the escalator as
if he’s already gotten away with the
crime Lisbeth takes back what’s hers and
gives him a piece of her mind loud
sounds effectively mute what Lisbeth
says but we imagine she used many
four-letter words making a kick-ass exit
she has just enough time to catch her
train
number eight Sam’s deaf ghost
unfortunately not every person walks
away from a mugging victorious and safe
when Sam and Molly find themselves
cornered by an armed thugs there’s a
struggle and a gun is fired at first it
looks like Sam has gotten through the
ordeal unscathed but he’s quickly faced
with a grim reality upon discovering his
dead body in Molly’s arms
seeing as how the movie is called ghosts
we probably should have seen this twist
coming yet the weight of the moment
allows the tragedy to come as a genuine
shock number seven more subway muggings
Deathwish there’s nothing like a good
old-fashioned subway fight this scene
from death wish slowly builds tensions
as a couple of lowlifes planned to mug
Charles Bronson’s Paul on a train little
do they know they’ve messed with the
wrong fella cuz Paul’s out four
vigilante vengeance after his wife and
daughter were randomly attacked we know
what’s coming and so does Paul who has a
gun ready to fire hidden right behind
his newspaper like the subway mugging
from the girl with a dragon tattoo this
scene is only made more thrilling by the
absence of dialogues the music and
sounds capture all the intensity of the
situation as Paul slips past the
authorities
number six the briefcase falling down
we’re getting off on the wrong foot here
after his string of bad luck we don’t
blame Michael Douglas’s William for
losing it and falling down listen
fellows I’ve had a really rare morning
I’m not in the mood we should be big
about that briefcase man trespassing in
the wrong place at the wrong time
William is confronted by some gang
members who don’t like the look of the
nerdy guy in their neighborhood give us
your briefcase man tired of being pushed
around he prepares to do something
drastic but gives the hooligans a chance
to walk away peacefully of course they’d
rather take his briefcase at knifepoint
give us your mother pin briefcase little
do they know that William came armed
with a bat and isn’t afraid to swing it
got my briefcase I’ll get it for you all
right you can have my briefcase here’s
my briefcase adding a switchblade to his
arsenal this unraveling madman prepares
to go home
how’d they do that number five faster
than a speeding bullet
Superman it’s finally quittin time after
Clark Kent’s first day at the Daily
Planet and he and Lois Lane are walking
the streets of Metropolis when they’re
beckoned into an alley by a gun-wielding
stranger come on Clark of course is a
god among men and cannot be harmed by
guns but he plays along to keep up the
mild-mannered reporter charade by
attempting to talk their way out of the
mugging Lois goes a different way what
are you doing that pisses off the
trigger-happy mugger
but luckily Lois’s companion is faster
than a speeding bullet as is always the
way Lois misses the entire thing and
thinks Clark just passed out from fear I
guess I must have fainted fainted you
fainted sorry but that’s light look
Clark gives us at the end is just swell
number four Max is mugged collateral I’m
in the cab then I’m stuck
thank you thank you max simply cannot
catch a break in collateral Sun Islands
but uh look I’m caught up in hit he’s
got tied me up but he’s up in his
building after being taken hostage by
hitman Vincent
the cab driver thinks he saved when four
guys hear his shouts for help
Max’s saviors turn out to be anything
but however as they take his wallet and
Vincent’s briefcase what fortunately for
max not the muggers Vincent returns just
in time to confront them homey
my briefcase your briefcase yeah it is
why you want it back what even though it
looks like the muggers have the upper
hand
Vincent is faster and won’t hesitate to
shoot
it’s a terrific spin on the mugging
cliche that also injects some dark
comedy into the scene number three ever
dance with the devil by the pale
moonlight Batman the death of Bruce
Wayne’s parents is one of the most
iconic moments in comics and Tim Burton
masterfully brought it to life in his
interpretation of Batman tell me
something my friend
ever dance with the devil in the pale
moonlight hauntingly shot from low
angles the scene builds great suspense
and packs a powerful punch as a gunman
fires from the shadows a young Jack
Napier caps the mugging off with an
immortal question
while christopher nolan’s certainly did
the moment justice in Batman Begins
Burton arguably did it with more style
tension and brutal emotion while also
adding an inspired twist
number two nice night for a walk the
Terminator if a nude man asked you for
your clothing on the streets chances are
you’d probably laugh and tell him to
take a hike wash day tomorrow nothing
clean right if the streaker is as ripped
and threatening as Arnold Schwarzenegger
in the Terminator though you’re probably
better off just stripping down this
guy’s a couple cans short of a six-pack
these three goons learn this lesson the
hard way as they pull their scrawny
knives on the unstoppable killing
machine arnie shows the boys what he’s
made of and it isn’t long until one of
them relinquishes his clothes a nice
night for a walk
indeed before we get to our top pick
here are some honorable mentions down on
the ground face down come on oh no you
don’t understand this is an Alaia know
what a important designer and I will
totally shoot you in the head even in a
world without nuclear weapons that would
still be dangerous
okay mister no more excuse you shut the
hell up
oh brother please don’t hurt me
broke my face faster number one that’s
the knife Crocodile Dundee
you got a light buddy
yeah sure there you go and your wallet
while New York City can be a dangerous
place it’s child’s play in the eyes of
somebody who spent their life in the
Australian outback poaching crocodiles
Nick give him your wallet
that’s probably why Crocodile Dundee
isn’t at all fazed when a mugger pulls a
knife on him and his lady friend when
they’re out for a nighttime stroll
Rockpool he’s got a knife using his
survival skill he shows the criminal
what a real knife looks like and how a
real man uses one
he further immortalizes this mugging
scene with a line so quotable and so
parodied that it alone practically
earned this 1986 comedy a Best Original
Screenplay Oscar nomination I call that
a knife this is a knife that’s not a
knife that’s a spoon all right all right
you in yeah
I’ll see you flied knife a spoon II
before do you agree with our list just
kids having fun what’s your favorite
movie mugging scene I think we have a
critic for more entertaining top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com you alright
I’m always alright when I’m with
watchmojo.com
you
the phone call
give us your money Punk welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 movie
mugging scenes for this list we’re
taking a look at the most iconic
cinematic moments where a character is
mugged
whether it’s played for laughs or drama
also a spoiler alert maybe in order I
realize of course that times are tough
for some of these days but this isn’t
the answer
number 10 don’t worry I’ll get him mr.
deeds oh he said he liked ladies and
distressed not men who wear too much
clothes boys sometimes the best mugging
scenes are the ones where it’s the
mugger who ends up suffering okay yeah
hidden cameras are ready to go melissa’s
as part of a ruse to meet Longfellow
Dee’s tabloid reporter babe stages a
fake street robbery with one of her
co-workers playing the part of the
robber the small-town boy takes the bait
and retrieves the purse but he isn’t
about to let the fake mugger get off
easy
he gives Marty the most savage beating
of his life oh shit a scene like this
probably wouldn’t have made it into the
Frank Capra classic but it’s right at
home in an Adam Sandler picture number 9
subway The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
you do not mess with Lisbeth Salander
when a mugger snatches her bag in a
subway station The Girl with the Dragon
Tattoo does not stand around and yell
for help she charges right after the
mugger who calmly rides the escalator as
if he’s already gotten away with the
crime Lisbeth takes back what’s hers and
gives him a piece of her mind loud
sounds effectively mute what Lisbeth
says but we imagine she used many
four-letter words making a kick-ass exit
she has just enough time to catch her
train
number eight Sam’s deaf ghost
unfortunately not every person walks
away from a mugging victorious and safe
when Sam and Molly find themselves
cornered by an armed thugs there’s a
struggle and a gun is fired at first it
looks like Sam has gotten through the
ordeal unscathed but he’s quickly faced
with a grim reality upon discovering his
dead body in Molly’s arms
seeing as how the movie is called ghosts
we probably should have seen this twist
coming yet the weight of the moment
allows the tragedy to come as a genuine
shock number seven more subway muggings
Deathwish there’s nothing like a good
old-fashioned subway fight this scene
from death wish slowly builds tensions
as a couple of lowlifes planned to mug
Charles Bronson’s Paul on a train little
do they know they’ve messed with the
wrong fella cuz Paul’s out four
vigilante vengeance after his wife and
daughter were randomly attacked we know
what’s coming and so does Paul who has a
gun ready to fire hidden right behind
his newspaper like the subway mugging
from the girl with a dragon tattoo this
scene is only made more thrilling by the
absence of dialogues the music and
sounds capture all the intensity of the
situation as Paul slips past the
authorities
number six the briefcase falling down
we’re getting off on the wrong foot here
after his string of bad luck we don’t
blame Michael Douglas’s William for
losing it and falling down listen
fellows I’ve had a really rare morning
I’m not in the mood we should be big
about that briefcase man trespassing in
the wrong place at the wrong time
William is confronted by some gang
members who don’t like the look of the
nerdy guy in their neighborhood give us
your briefcase man tired of being pushed
around he prepares to do something
drastic but gives the hooligans a chance
to walk away peacefully of course they’d
rather take his briefcase at knifepoint
give us your mother pin briefcase little
do they know that William came armed
with a bat and isn’t afraid to swing it
got my briefcase I’ll get it for you all
right you can have my briefcase here’s
my briefcase adding a switchblade to his
arsenal this unraveling madman prepares
to go home
how’d they do that number five faster
than a speeding bullet
Superman it’s finally quittin time after
Clark Kent’s first day at the Daily
Planet and he and Lois Lane are walking
the streets of Metropolis when they’re
beckoned into an alley by a gun-wielding
stranger come on Clark of course is a
god among men and cannot be harmed by
guns but he plays along to keep up the
mild-mannered reporter charade by
attempting to talk their way out of the
mugging Lois goes a different way what
are you doing that pisses off the
trigger-happy mugger
but luckily Lois’s companion is faster
than a speeding bullet as is always the
way Lois misses the entire thing and
thinks Clark just passed out from fear I
guess I must have fainted fainted you
fainted sorry but that’s light look
Clark gives us at the end is just swell
number four Max is mugged collateral I’m
in the cab then I’m stuck
thank you thank you max simply cannot
catch a break in collateral Sun Islands
but uh look I’m caught up in hit he’s
got tied me up but he’s up in his
building after being taken hostage by
hitman Vincent
the cab driver thinks he saved when four
guys hear his shouts for help
Max’s saviors turn out to be anything
but however as they take his wallet and
Vincent’s briefcase what fortunately for
max not the muggers Vincent returns just
in time to confront them homey
my briefcase your briefcase yeah it is
why you want it back what even though it
looks like the muggers have the upper
hand
Vincent is faster and won’t hesitate to
shoot
it’s a terrific spin on the mugging
cliche that also injects some dark
comedy into the scene number three ever
dance with the devil by the pale
moonlight Batman the death of Bruce
Wayne’s parents is one of the most
iconic moments in comics and Tim Burton
masterfully brought it to life in his
interpretation of Batman tell me
something my friend
ever dance with the devil in the pale
moonlight hauntingly shot from low
angles the scene builds great suspense
and packs a powerful punch as a gunman
fires from the shadows a young Jack
Napier caps the mugging off with an
immortal question
while christopher nolan’s certainly did
the moment justice in Batman Begins
Burton arguably did it with more style
tension and brutal emotion while also
adding an inspired twist
number two nice night for a walk the
Terminator if a nude man asked you for
your clothing on the streets chances are
you’d probably laugh and tell him to
take a hike wash day tomorrow nothing
clean right if the streaker is as ripped
and threatening as Arnold Schwarzenegger
in the Terminator though you’re probably
better off just stripping down this
guy’s a couple cans short of a six-pack
these three goons learn this lesson the
hard way as they pull their scrawny
knives on the unstoppable killing
machine arnie shows the boys what he’s
made of and it isn’t long until one of
them relinquishes his clothes a nice
night for a walk
indeed before we get to our top pick
here are some honorable mentions down on
the ground face down come on oh no you
don’t understand this is an Alaia know
what a important designer and I will
totally shoot you in the head even in a
world without nuclear weapons that would
still be dangerous
okay mister no more excuse you shut the
hell up
oh brother please don’t hurt me
broke my face faster number one that’s
the knife Crocodile Dundee
you got a light buddy
yeah sure there you go and your wallet
while New York City can be a dangerous
place it’s child’s play in the eyes of
somebody who spent their life in the
Australian outback poaching crocodiles
Nick give him your wallet
that’s probably why Crocodile Dundee
isn’t at all fazed when a mugger pulls a
knife on him and his lady friend when
they’re out for a nighttime stroll
Rockpool he’s got a knife using his
survival skill he shows the criminal
what a real knife looks like and how a
real man uses one
he further immortalizes this mugging
scene with a line so quotable and so
parodied that it alone practically
earned this 1986 comedy a Best Original
Screenplay Oscar nomination I call that
a knife this is a knife that’s not a
knife that’s a spoon all right all right
you in yeah
I’ll see you flied knife a spoon II
before do you agree with our list just
kids having fun what’s your favorite
movie mugging scene I think we have a
critic for more entertaining top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com you alright
I’m always alright when I’m with
watchmojo.com
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