quick duck and cover
if the Derka Derka stan ‘yes have
weapons of mass destruction i’m afraid
it could be 9/11 times a thousand
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for another top
ten city destruction scenes in movies
if you’ve seen our first list then you
know the drill for this list we’re
looking at the massive destruction that
befall x’ the grandest cities of the
world and reduces them to mere ash
we’re also throwing fictional cities
into the mix if there’s an entry you
think should be on here be sure to check
out our original list of the top ten
city destruction scenes in movies
also be warned because there will
probably be some spoilers ahead number
10
New York Watchmen
this is a blow that had been building
since the start of the movie as dr.
Manhattan was unknowingly helping to
build a doomsday weapon to level the
landmark city using a special device
designed to frame dr. Manhattan the
closest thing to a living God in the
Watchmen world
Ozymandias sets off a blue blast that
completely bombards New York City
the build-up to this epic disaster is
felt across the movies entire runtime as
Cold War fears start to affect the
audience and all for the sake of
creating world peace sometimes the cure
is worse than the disease
number nine Los Angeles battle Los
Angeles
from climactic disasters to opening
scenes it’s clear that city destruction
can happen at any time this is a
textbook military invasion in the
opening minutes of this 2011 hit the
United States Army is caught in the
midst of an epic war with an unknown
alien species and no earthly means of
getting the win what appears has been a
coordinated attack by unknown enemy what
we see is a chaotic opening image that
sets up the tone and travesty that comes
with the movie and certainly sticks in
your mind number 8
Rome the core everyone loves to watch a
good old city being destroyed at least
on the big screen but we love an older
historical landmark being taken out even
more
with the earth falling in on itself the
planet experiences a series of monstrous
events that take one or two famous
landmarks with them most notably the
Colosseum
standing since the Year 80 ad it took
the world thousands of years before it
unleashed a series of terrifying
lightning bolts to finish it off for
good
we guess the earth as depicted in the
core wasn’t a fan of gladiator movies
number seven Tokyo Godzilla 1985 forgot
about this movie dunya the history of
cinema has no shortage of cities being
destroyed by Godzilla as the gigantic
monster even has an explosive go at San
Francisco in the 2014 reboot
in this re-edited American adaptation of
the Japanese sequel to the original 1954
classic the Japanese creature makes this
force known across Tokyo once again in a
tirade of epic grandeur Titanic in his
approach and the end result godzilla
proves why he’s the king of monsters
with every building he takes down and
this is all accompanied by a fantastic
display of organic special-effects
number six Laketown The Hobbit the
Battle of five armies Oh
seems like Godzilla isn’t the only giant
monster that seems to make a habit of
destroying cities and this middle-earth
gem is no exception
setting his sights on the community of
Oskar dot also known as Lake town
smelled unleashes wave after wave of
fire to rain down on his helpless
victims the sweet and humble town is now
set completely ablaze with more passes
from the vicious dragon engulfing the
screen with an orange glow though we’re
captivated by fear we loved the scene
simply for how easy the deadly smog
makes it look to burn cities
number five Cairo Team America world
police yes of course
pull over let that passes and when they
turn around we charge them all right
love your balls a terrifying dragon is
one thing a terrible rescue force is
another surprise cock bags following a
heated chase with plenty of laughs
cursing and explosions team America
sends the terrorist attackers rocketing
straight into the neck of Egypt’s most
prominent landmark
the scene is hilarious as it has the
triumphant majesty of the world-famous
rescue force completely overlap the
obvious tragedy for the Egyptian people
all right it’s one of many disasters
caused by the infamous scheme America
but we’re thinking even the Sphinx
itself would consider it mind-blowing
great job team head back to base for
debriefing and cocktails number four Los
Angeles Terminator 2 Judgment Day one of
the most emotional cases of destruction
on this list comes from a blockbusting
action movie starring Arnold
Schwarzenegger never thought you’d hear
that didja in the most frightening dream
of her life Sarah Connor imagines how
the world might come to be on Judgment
Day and her tragic powerlessness to stop
it from happening
in the blink of an eye the bombs go off
and Los Angeles is engulfed by towering
flames and radiation from nuclear blasts
it’s a short scene but one piece of
destruction that certainly made a
lasting impression
number three New York Armageddon
with a title like that you would have to
expect that at least a few cities would
be destroyed on the big screen
not satisfied with just destroying Paris
in this sci-fi disaster thriller Michael
Bay takes to America bringing the fires
of heaven down on New York City
literally having a meteor storm strike
down serves as a great taster for the
devastation to come from the
action-packed blockbuster
this early scene shows the potential
fate of the world
if the heroes don’t win and brings a new
level of drama to the epic movie
number two Los Angeles and San Francisco
San Andreas sweeping across your screens
now is the earthquake disaster movie
that we simply cannot deny a spot on our
list what we’re shown is a tirade of
impact surrounding the Californian
cities as they’re engulfed by terrifying
tsunamis and cataclysmic earthquakes
caused by the shifting San Andreas Fault
the devastation shown gives new meaning
to the term earth-shattering with Dwayne
Johnson in the eye of the storm it’s
fair to say this particular Rock
probably felt like he was crumbling to
this whole chunk of land will be
decimated before we unveil our number
one pick here are a few honorable
mentions the Martians burn peels and
polished some great cities fell before
number one London GI Joe retaliation
none of the fallout all over by now
you’ve probably got the taste of what
makes an epic city destruction scene in
GI Joe retaliation the film piles on
many layers of desolation and drama to
create this shocking scene 3 2 1 drop by
casually ordering a sci-fi super weapon
strike on the English capital Cobra
sends the entire city into smoking
disarray within seconds taking out
numerous landmarks in the process of
course the scene would not be complete
without an ultra super villainy
one-liner from Cobra Commander himself
what is it you want do you agree with
our list
affirmative what movie city destruction
scene is your favorite
for more terrifying top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you
if the Derka Derka stan ‘yes have
weapons of mass destruction i’m afraid
it could be 9/11 times a thousand
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for another top
ten city destruction scenes in movies
if you’ve seen our first list then you
know the drill for this list we’re
looking at the massive destruction that
befall x’ the grandest cities of the
world and reduces them to mere ash
we’re also throwing fictional cities
into the mix if there’s an entry you
think should be on here be sure to check
out our original list of the top ten
city destruction scenes in movies
also be warned because there will
probably be some spoilers ahead number
10
New York Watchmen
this is a blow that had been building
since the start of the movie as dr.
Manhattan was unknowingly helping to
build a doomsday weapon to level the
landmark city using a special device
designed to frame dr. Manhattan the
closest thing to a living God in the
Watchmen world
Ozymandias sets off a blue blast that
completely bombards New York City
the build-up to this epic disaster is
felt across the movies entire runtime as
Cold War fears start to affect the
audience and all for the sake of
creating world peace sometimes the cure
is worse than the disease
number nine Los Angeles battle Los
Angeles
from climactic disasters to opening
scenes it’s clear that city destruction
can happen at any time this is a
textbook military invasion in the
opening minutes of this 2011 hit the
United States Army is caught in the
midst of an epic war with an unknown
alien species and no earthly means of
getting the win what appears has been a
coordinated attack by unknown enemy what
we see is a chaotic opening image that
sets up the tone and travesty that comes
with the movie and certainly sticks in
your mind number 8
Rome the core everyone loves to watch a
good old city being destroyed at least
on the big screen but we love an older
historical landmark being taken out even
more
with the earth falling in on itself the
planet experiences a series of monstrous
events that take one or two famous
landmarks with them most notably the
Colosseum
standing since the Year 80 ad it took
the world thousands of years before it
unleashed a series of terrifying
lightning bolts to finish it off for
good
we guess the earth as depicted in the
core wasn’t a fan of gladiator movies
number seven Tokyo Godzilla 1985 forgot
about this movie dunya the history of
cinema has no shortage of cities being
destroyed by Godzilla as the gigantic
monster even has an explosive go at San
Francisco in the 2014 reboot
in this re-edited American adaptation of
the Japanese sequel to the original 1954
classic the Japanese creature makes this
force known across Tokyo once again in a
tirade of epic grandeur Titanic in his
approach and the end result godzilla
proves why he’s the king of monsters
with every building he takes down and
this is all accompanied by a fantastic
display of organic special-effects
number six Laketown The Hobbit the
Battle of five armies Oh
seems like Godzilla isn’t the only giant
monster that seems to make a habit of
destroying cities and this middle-earth
gem is no exception
setting his sights on the community of
Oskar dot also known as Lake town
smelled unleashes wave after wave of
fire to rain down on his helpless
victims the sweet and humble town is now
set completely ablaze with more passes
from the vicious dragon engulfing the
screen with an orange glow though we’re
captivated by fear we loved the scene
simply for how easy the deadly smog
makes it look to burn cities
number five Cairo Team America world
police yes of course
pull over let that passes and when they
turn around we charge them all right
love your balls a terrifying dragon is
one thing a terrible rescue force is
another surprise cock bags following a
heated chase with plenty of laughs
cursing and explosions team America
sends the terrorist attackers rocketing
straight into the neck of Egypt’s most
prominent landmark
the scene is hilarious as it has the
triumphant majesty of the world-famous
rescue force completely overlap the
obvious tragedy for the Egyptian people
all right it’s one of many disasters
caused by the infamous scheme America
but we’re thinking even the Sphinx
itself would consider it mind-blowing
great job team head back to base for
debriefing and cocktails number four Los
Angeles Terminator 2 Judgment Day one of
the most emotional cases of destruction
on this list comes from a blockbusting
action movie starring Arnold
Schwarzenegger never thought you’d hear
that didja in the most frightening dream
of her life Sarah Connor imagines how
the world might come to be on Judgment
Day and her tragic powerlessness to stop
it from happening
in the blink of an eye the bombs go off
and Los Angeles is engulfed by towering
flames and radiation from nuclear blasts
it’s a short scene but one piece of
destruction that certainly made a
lasting impression
number three New York Armageddon
with a title like that you would have to
expect that at least a few cities would
be destroyed on the big screen
not satisfied with just destroying Paris
in this sci-fi disaster thriller Michael
Bay takes to America bringing the fires
of heaven down on New York City
literally having a meteor storm strike
down serves as a great taster for the
devastation to come from the
action-packed blockbuster
this early scene shows the potential
fate of the world
if the heroes don’t win and brings a new
level of drama to the epic movie
number two Los Angeles and San Francisco
San Andreas sweeping across your screens
now is the earthquake disaster movie
that we simply cannot deny a spot on our
list what we’re shown is a tirade of
impact surrounding the Californian
cities as they’re engulfed by terrifying
tsunamis and cataclysmic earthquakes
caused by the shifting San Andreas Fault
the devastation shown gives new meaning
to the term earth-shattering with Dwayne
Johnson in the eye of the storm it’s
fair to say this particular Rock
probably felt like he was crumbling to
this whole chunk of land will be
decimated before we unveil our number
one pick here are a few honorable
mentions the Martians burn peels and
polished some great cities fell before
number one London GI Joe retaliation
none of the fallout all over by now
you’ve probably got the taste of what
makes an epic city destruction scene in
GI Joe retaliation the film piles on
many layers of desolation and drama to
create this shocking scene 3 2 1 drop by
casually ordering a sci-fi super weapon
strike on the English capital Cobra
sends the entire city into smoking
disarray within seconds taking out
numerous landmarks in the process of
course the scene would not be complete
without an ultra super villainy
one-liner from Cobra Commander himself
what is it you want do you agree with
our list
affirmative what movie city destruction
scene is your favorite
for more terrifying top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you
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