The most frustrating thing about this category is that nearly all of these fights had the potential for greatness. They could have been contenders, but instead, they're all pretty bunk. Sometimes in movies the final showdowns are rushed, or they're escalated to intolerably ridiculous heights. It's always a shame when a movie builds up to a great fight and then it fails to deliver.
Lamest Fight Nominees:
Godzilla vs M.u.t.o. | in Godzilla |
 | Godzilla battles two monsters throughout his latest film, culminating in what should be an epic three-way showdown. After teasing us throughout the film, we finally get to see the monsters duke it out in all their massive glory. Regrettably, the fight feels more comical than cool, and Godzilla makes short work of them both with his atomic breath, leaving us to wonder why he didn't just use it from the get-go. |
Barney Ross vs Conrad Stonebanks | in The Expendables 3 |
 | Sylvester Stallone vs. Mel Gibson. Two of my Hollywood heroes battling it out to the death. I was so excited for this climactic battle in The Expendables 3 and it fell pretty far short of what I had hoped for. It ended far too quickly. By the time the two of them get to fight, Gibson's menacing Stonebanks is overshadowed by a greater threat, the explosives set to blow up the building, and Stallone's Ross quickly eliminates him. |
Robert McCall vs Teddy | in The Equalizer |
 | Throughout The Equalizer, Denzel Washington's character Robert McCall remains two steps ahead of everyone, with the exception of the film's excellent villain Teddy. While we don't know all that much about Teddy, he's a ruthless and intimidating presence that is made all the more compelling by his ability to impede McCall. I expected their face-off to be full-blown tactical warfare, but instead Teddy was just target practice. |
Legolas vs Bolg | in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies |
 | The Lord of the Rings trilogy had so many incredible, epic battles, but sadly, the final entry of The Hobbit wasn't able to capture that same level of intensity or excitement. The film's Battle of the Five Armies was dissatisfying, to say the least, with the worst part of it being the battle between Legolas and Bolg. It goes to great lengths to be try to be epic, but the end result is a fight that is laughably over-the-top and dumb. |
Schmidt vs Mercedes | in 22 Jump Street |
 | When the villain of 22 Jump Street is finally revealed to be Mercedes, the daughter of the drug dealer known as Ghost, she attacks Schmidt and the two of them engage in a fist fight. Despite Schmidt's initial reluctance to hit a girl, the two of them begin exchanging blows in a scene that is totally awkward and uncomfortable. It's made even more unsettling by Mercedes' sexual advances during the scene. |
and the Winner Is...
Schmidt vs Mercedes
(22 Jump Street)
Lamest Fight
Since when is it okay to hit a girl? It's not. Not even in a movie. I am disgusted by this scene, and even moreso by the fact that him punching her is emphasized and even glorified in the trailer. Personally, I have a huge problem with this, and I'm disappointed that Jonah Hill didn't have the balls to refuse to do it. Of course, it's just a movie, and he didn't really hit her, but that is besides the point. 22 Jump Street is supporting male violent against women, and that's flat-out unacceptable. It even goes so far as to try to make the fight sexual, which makes this scene even more repulsive. Congratulations, 22 Jump Street, you just rightfully earned the Lamest Fight of 2014 award! I hope you're ashamed of yourself!
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