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Top Five Action Movie Scenes and the Madness of Michael Bay’s ‘Ambulance’

April 11, 2022 · 1:14:21 · ▶ Listen on Spotify

Hosts: Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey

Chapters

Intro▶ 0:00
Michael Bay and 'Ambulance', with Chris Ryan▶ 3:08
Favorite Action Movie Sequences of All Time▶ 41:35

Top picks: Favorite Action Movie Scenes/Sequences

Sean Fennessey

  1. 1. Kill Bill: Volume 1▶ 11:09
  2. 2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day▶ 10:09
  3. 3. Jurassic Park▶ 9:23
  4. 4. Oldboy▶ 8:34
  5. 5. Mission: Impossible▶ 7:58

Chris Ryan

  1. 1. The Dark Knight▶ 10:26
  2. 2. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior▶ 9:43
  3. 2. Mad Max: Fury Road▶ 9:43
  4. 3. Aliens▶ 9:04
  5. 4. The Raid 2▶ 8:18
  6. 5. Hard Boiled▶ 7:36

Movies Referenced (64)

Transformers (2007)

10 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 3:55IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Heat (1995)

6 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan▶ 9:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗

The Rock (1996)

6 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 5:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Armageddon (1998)

5 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 5:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Solo (1996)

5 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:11:39IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Aliens (1986)

4 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 54:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan▶ 1:11:04IMDb ↗Lb ↗

The Matrix (1999)

4 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 46:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Warrior (2011)

4 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 58:40IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Bad Boys (1995)

3 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 5:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Die Hard (1988)

3 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 1:10:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Hard Boiled (1992)

3 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 45:41IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Directors Referenced (16)

Michael Bay

41 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Armageddon▶ 2:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Christopher Nolan

7 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for Tenet, Interstellar, Inception▶ 4:48IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Quentin Tarantino

6 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn▶ 47:45IMDb ↗Lb ↗

George Miller

4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan▶ 59:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Clint Eastwood

3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, Unforgiven▶ 44:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Steven Spielberg

3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Schindler's List, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Saving Private Ryan▶ 58:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗

John Ford

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Quiet Man, The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley▶ 8:41IMDb ↗Lb ↗

John Woo

2 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for A Better Tomorrow, Hard Boiled▶ 45:47IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Michael Mann

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Insider, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans▶ 11:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗

David Leitch

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Bullet Train, John Wick, Atomic Blonde▶ 10:15IMDb ↗Lb ↗

John Frankenheimer

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Seven Days in May▶ 59:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Paul Bellany

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for The Bourne Ultimatum, Stardust▶ 35:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Actors Referenced (29)

Jake Gyllenhaal

11 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Nightcrawler, Brokeback Mountain, Donnie Darko▶ 5:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Peter Road

10 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 5:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Keir O'Donnell

3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Wedding Crashers▶ 32:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Rachel Kong

3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Now You See Me 2▶ 0:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Aquaman▶ 5:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Arnold Schwarzenegger

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Terminator▶ 1:01:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Caitríona Balfe

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Belfast, Ford v Ferrari▶ 19:48IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Edward Furlong

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day, American History X▶ 1:01:01IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Sonic

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Locked Down▶ 37:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Uma Thurman

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Pulp Fiction▶ 1:06:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Barry Jenkins

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Zodiac▶ 8:41IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Bayne Gibby

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Lady Bird▶ 18:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Writers Referenced (4)

Park Chan-wook

4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Handmaiden, Oldboy, No Other Choice▶ 51:49IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Andy Greenwald

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:14:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗

David Ayer

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for End of Watch, Suicide Squad▶ 30:55IMDb ↗Lb ↗

James Cameron

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Avatar, Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day▶ 1:01:29IMDb ↗Lb ↗