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Top 10 Fight to the Death Movies


select your weapon and prepare for
battle
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
fight to the death movies for this list
we’re looking for films in which
characters either willingly or by force
fight to the death in arena style combat
the arenas themselves must have some
form of spectatorship and the fighting
must be the main aspect of the movie
I’ll study dual moves a movie like
gladiator failed to qualify because the
scope of the film goes far beyond the
carnage of the arena why are you not
entertained with that set let the battle
commence
number ten Mortal Kombat pretty soon
with a plot that echoes that of Bruce
Lee’s Enter the Dragon
Mortal Kombat follows an unlikely group
of heroes that includes the Shaolin monk
Liu Kang the egotistical actor Johnny
Cage and several other fighters as they
travel to a mysterious island to
participate in a brutal fighting
tournament Oh give me a break okay
there they must fight the forces of
Outworld to the death to protect the
earth realm from certain doom fun visual
effects combined with fantastic fight
sequences to create this blast of a
movie
it’s the kind of blend of violence and
happiness that only the best video game
adaptations can deliver all this victory
nothing else to say except get over here
get over here number 9 the human race
you have any idea where we are
purgatory purgatory this dark and
twisted film starts as a horror flick
but eventually becomes a study of human
psychology
heaven or hell a group of people wakes
up in a strange place
and comes to a racetrack where a voice
explains to them the rules of the Warped
game they’re now stuck playing follow
the arrows or you will die
stay on the path or you will die what
the audience is treated to is a
delicious look at the extent to which
human beings will go in order to survive
because before long the participants
resort to brutal violence just to stay
ahead
so much for a civilized race
number eight the 10th victims
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you avoid Wars easy just let innately
violent people kill each other on TV
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para Connery lucky boy kiss copy Sparta
Farah to let citizens vent their violent
inclinations the more savage of mankind
are given a chance to participate in a
twisted entertainment show known as the
big hunt if you can survive 10 rounds 5
is the hunter and 5 as the hunted you
are granted freedom fame and fortune
what this film does right is create
vibrant Rama between the hunter and
hunted in the final rounds as one has
fallen in love and the other is just
waiting for the right time to kill this
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series 7 the contenders previously on
the contender is all I can allow myself
to think about is my baby there’s
nothing that I won’t do for my baby it’s
that simple a satire of reality TV this
movie acts as the seventh season of a
series in which six contestants chosen
at random are given a gun and told to
hunt and kill the others shit I’m gonna
jet to Connie but instead of telling the
story from the perspective of
protagonist dawn the series current
champion the film is shown as if it were
in fact a reality show allowing the
audience to play the part of the home
viewers coming up who sent these
mysterious messages and what do they
want
complete with talking head interviews
viewers are given a glimpse of what
happens when TV violence goes way too
far if you don’t bring me my baby in
half an hour
a lot of innocent people are gonna get
hurt here tonight
that means you assholes number six Mad
Max Beyond Thunderdome the Challenger
direct from out of the wasteland he’s
bad is beautiful is crazy
it’s some man with no name
director George Miller knows better than
anyone that a post-apocalyptic wasteland
is a great arena to tell just about any
story especially if you like your
stories to feature death battles welcome
to another edition of
while wandering the wasteland our hero
max comes to a makeshift town in search
of his stolen supplies and is tasked
with fighting an adversary in the feared
Thunderdome in exchange for his goods
directed as only George Miller could
Thunderdome explodes off the screen with
his trademark grit style and brutal
violence
number five death race 2000 carry combs
machine gun Joe love 5000 hated 5
million its the distant future of the
year 2000 in this sci-fi classic and
racers are competing on a world stage
for fame fortune and glory in the
Transcontinental Road race
of course the objective upset race is to
kill each other and everyone else in
their path for points so it’s a little
tougher than most reality competitions
euthanasia day in the geriatric tested
do it every year a critical failure that
has since become a cult classic this
movies popularity is undoubtedly owed to
its over-the-top action and satirical
violence which we still can’t get enough
of even today ensign scored number four
the most dangerous game
based on the short story of the same
name this 1932 film explores the lowest
depths of humanity’s predatory instinct
this world’s divided into two kinds of
people the hunter and the hunted
luckily I’m honoured nothing can ever
change that
after being marooned on a jungle island
following a shipwreck Bob Rainsford
meets a man who claims to have found
what he calls the most dangerous game
turns out this hunter prefers prey that
walks on two legs not four as killing
humans gives him the better thrill humor
during right I’m a hunter not must
fasten what follows is an almost literal
cat-and-mouse game that quickly became a
classic in the horror genre
and is still remembered today for its
chilling tone and gritty themes
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number three the running man by the life
TV competitions fights to the death
Arnold Schwarzenegger the 80s what a
hothead sound like a recipe for
awesomeness nor at least good TV the
running man of America’s plate retain
show
it’s the future the United States have
fallen into chaos after the economy goes
down the toilet and all things cultural
are banned contract with the government
they sent me the convicts I put them on
so this tyrannical society has set up
game shows where convicted criminals
fight to the death on TV to appease the
dissatisfied population one of these is
the running man where people called
runners are chased around a stadium by
armed stalkers to win their freedom
delivering on every level this Stephen
King adaptation is a hugely entertaining
romp that cannot be missed by any
serious arnie fan i live to see you eat
that contract but i hope you live in a
room for my fist because i’m going to
ram it into your stomach I break you
Gotham’s fine
number two The Hunger Games
based on suzanne collins popular book
series of the same name
this film borrowed several elements from
other dystopian future settings
namely citizens are separated into
different districts and as penance for
having revolted against the government
in the past members of each sect battled
to the death once every year in exchange
for additional resources to their
community and so it was decreed that
each year the various districts of Panem
would also have in tribute one young man
and woman to fight to the death
Katniss Everdeen enters the games to
save her young sister from a gruesome
fate and so begins this story of coming
of age in a time of rebellion the second
entry was an equally strong film but the
first focused primarily on the games
themselves and he couldn’t get enough
before we step into the arena with our
top pick here are some honorable
mentions
you’re pulling all the strings right
here which makes my next move neglected
to mention my smart boys reverse that
crack the humans work for you
number one Battle Royale look yes what
is it you wanna go hide famous Julian
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up at any money buddy buddy man Herrera
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at the turn of the millennium this
Japanese films stormed onto screens and
took no prisoners
a class of teenagers wakes up after
being gassed to find they’re trapped on
an island and are being forced to fight
until only one survives on another large
cannot do more together you gotta aim it
dad they’re equipped with various
weapons food and a map and are fitted
with an electronic collar that will
explode if the student misbehaves as you
can imagine this story attracted no
shortage of controversy that criticism
was shouted down however by those who
understood the film was bringing to
light the very real issue of crime and
violence among youth
becoming a classic practically overnight
battle royale fights its way to the top
spot on our list dive in with a sketch
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can’t stay on – salut
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to the death movie did we miss I think
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