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  • Hey, your heads up displays built in guidance system following to the target.

  • Open your chute with the system says not before and definitely not after.

  • The last thing that goes through your mind will be your kneecaps.

  • Is that clear.

  • Welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 continuous uninterrupted shots in action movies.

  • Yeah, we got one that's because of you.

  • Come on man for this list will be looking at the best long takes found in action films.

  • We won't be including scenes that seem like uninterrupted shots but have well hidden cuts like in Kingsman which of these continuous shots impressed you the most.

  • Did we leave off your favorite?

  • Let us know in the comments below.

  • Number 10.

  • Day of the Dead Specter, Specter may not be anyone's favorite Bond film, but it does have a terrific opening.

  • We follow Bond through a day of the dead celebration in Mexico city as he tracks an assassin for a little over four minutes.

  • The beautiful tracking shot leads us through the festivities up a hotel and out on the roof as Bond stalks his prey.

  • Where are you going?

  • Director Sam Mendez and his team used 1500 extras.

  • Many extravagantly dressed and had to close down the city's main avenue adding a 50-foot crane to the mix for the rooftop shots must have made things exceedingly complex, but the result is one of the best openings in any bond film.

  • No more.

  • bottoms up, number nine, opening scene, Breaking News.

  • An uninterrupted tracking shot can be just as impressive without the theatricality of specter.

  • Although buckets of bullets being sprayed everywhere also help.

  • This Hong kong action film opens with undercover police officers staking out a group of bank robbers.

  • At first calm and unassuming.

  • The scene erupts into an all out firefight when two uniformed officers blow the sting America despite multiple gunmen, the scene doesn't cut.

  • We glide from innocent bystanders to the officers to the robbers all while bullets shred through the set.

  • The entire sequence is nearly seven minutes long and it's an absolutely thrilling way to kick off a film more than you'll find a great show.

  • Number eight katana bike fight the villain.

  • S there are several memorable action scenes that earned this revenge thriller, a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival.

  • One of them sees our heroine chased down by bikers with katanas in a close quarters tunnel.

  • Although the shot is only about a minute long, it's one of the most riveting minutes ever seen in an action film.

  • The camera moves at breakneck speed through the wheels as the bikers get ever closer.

  • Our jaws were already on the floor before they pulled out their weapons.

  • The sound design is incredible.

  • Every sword clang rings out clearly.

  • Yeah, yeah, But the real hero is the camera operator because this is genuinely remarkable.

  • # seven the subway fight Hannah, if a father trains his only daughter to be an assassin from the age of two, you better believe he's got some seriously deadly moves.

  • What's wrong?

  • Are you hurt?

  • You were half asleep, you must always be ready.

  • Some find out just how deadly in this short but sweet fight in a subway station building tension is the name of the game here.

  • Eric played by eric Bana immediately notices he's being followed and leads his pursuers to a secluded place to dispose of them.

  • The fight makes great use of the space.

  • A pillar hides eric from the viewer before he lashes out at his Attackers alongside a killer electronic soundtrack picking up now, although the scene is only about 2.5 minutes long, it uses its time incredibly well.

  • Is that what she said is confirmed with her two minutes ago.

  • Damn it.

  • Number six Creed versus the lion creed.

  • As Adonis creed begins to rise in the boxing world, he faces his first major challenger in leo the lion Sperry.

  • No, it's about you.

  • It's all about you now.

  • He wanted this.

  • I want you to make it happen as the fight is vital to the character's arc.

  • Director Ryan Coogler and cinematographer Marie's Alberti made it stand out the 4.5 minute long.

  • Uninterrupted about puts the viewer up close and personal with the fighters.

  • Let's go boy let's go boy.

  • The cameraman purposefully rotates around them showcasing every important blow as the fighters go at it.

  • It's a tense sequence that makes us feel like our hearts are in our throats.

  • We're grateful for the crew's hard work.

  • It reportedly took them 13 tanks to get it right with only two actually being usable for editing.

  • Don't get some.

  • We got one run 78 No five.

  • A long way down.

  • Mission impossible fallout.

  • There are many moments that make fallout.

  • One of the best entries in the franchise.

  • His reputation precedes you use a scalpel.

  • I prefer a hammer.

  • Sitting near the top is the undeniably awesome halo jump.

  • Standing for high altitude, low open the jump requires opening your parachute at a low altitude.

  • It's difficult to pull off even when you're not trying to film it, It took more effort than many other scenes in the movie.

  • Not only did it take extensive planning and training in a wind tunnel, but it could also only be attempted once per day due to shooting right at Sunset.

  • Special helmets were created and everyone had to breathe straight oxygen for 20 minutes so as to not get decompression sickness but the jaw dropping shot was more than worth the effort.

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  • Number four beat him up old boy.

  • This South Korean action thriller features one of the most awe inspiring long takes in all of film.

  • Old boy follows a man in prison for 15 years seeking vengeance on his mysterious captors.

  • Once he's free.

  • Its standout scene iconic even to those who have never seen the film is a nearly three minute long corridor brawl requiring 17 takes of the course of three days, it pits protagonist oh dae su against a horde of goons with only a hammer to defend himself with though it doesn't have any flashy moves, the commitment is certainly stunning, the actors breathlessly fall over each other as the fight continues and our heroes refusal to give up despite their numbers makes us root for him even more.

  • Number three hospital shootout, hard boiled director John Woo is an action legend and he's got films like hard boiled to thank for that legacy.

  • The entire film is a nonstop cops versus gun smugglers thrill ride at the peak of its thrilling scenes is the roughly three minute long hospital shootout.

  • We follow two officers through two floors and a whole lot of goons with bullets blasting chunks from the scenery and a seemingly endless supply of stuntmen.

  • The scene is a magnificent feat, but it took more effort than standard planning and practicing.

  • Bye!

  • Some cast and crew members stayed in the studio for days on end, leaving them feeling drained.

  • The sequence was clearly very difficult to get right, but it's a study in groundbreaking stunts and effects work.

  • # two going up the protector, Tony jah is one of the most breathtaking modern martial arts film stars.

  • Sacrament.

  • One of the best examples of his skill comes in the four minute long steadicam sequence from the protector.

  • Set in a thai restaurant with multiple floors, joe's character com fights his way up a winding staircase.

  • As the fight kicks into high gear, the cameraman chases calm and pulls us along with it.

  • The scene required an abundance of extras, a multitude of stuntmen and features more than a few broken pieces of scenery.

  • We struggle to catch our breath just watching it.

  • So it's hard to imagine what the crew and actors went through to film it.

  • Tackle you die Number one, the war zone Children of men, Alfonso Cuaron's Children of men features several extraordinary long takes, courtesy of cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki.

  • Haven't seen you for nearly 20 years and you come asking me for transit papers, can you do it?

  • But the absolute best in our book is the six minute long war zone sequence during the film's climax, with Key and her child in danger.

  • Theo braves the dangerous landscape with no weapon to defend himself.

  • He put their lives at risk.

  • Just let it go.

  • You don't know what you're doing.

  • Look around you, it's the uprising surrounded by gunfire and explosions.

  • We moved from the peril ridden streets to the bombed out busses to an immigrant filled apartment building all without cutting once it's entirely visceral.

  • The viewer's position with the hero as bodies rapidly drop and blood and glass spray the camera.

  • Few scenes simulate the chaos and sorrow of war zone.

  • As successfully as Children of men.

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