1) The Battle of Minas Tirith – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
All of the previous entries on this list deserve their spot; every single one of them is great – all in their own way. But when it comes to creating something epic, there’s one man who seems to do it better than everyone else. And that is the fat Stanley Kubrick (he said that himself, so technically this doesn’t count as bullying).
To be honest, though, Peter Jackson has really made some good-looking movies in his career. Yes, you could argue that it’s because most of his career consists of LOTR. But in the end it doesn’t really matter, does it?
The original Lord of the Rings trilogy was an astounding piece of moving art throughout all the three films, and though there practically are endless amount of moments to choose from, it ultimately ends up being the battle of Minas Tirith that takes the cake.
There’s the siege by the orc army: the catapults, the chaos; there’s the Nazgûl with the flying beasts… And it doesn’t end there. Oh no. Then the fight carries on to the Pelennor Fields. It’s useless for me to try to put it in words. Just go watch it, I’m sure you can find it somewhere. And besides, the odds are you’ve already seen it.
But be that the hundredth or even the thousandth time you’re watching it, your eyes just can’t get enough. And that’s why it’s the numero uno epic action sequence that you can rewatch over and over again.
As always, the sad thing with these list-based articles is that there’s a limit to how many different choices you can feature. There’s undoubtedly an infinite number of great epic action sequences left out there to choose from, so if your favourites were blatantly omitted, let us know about them in the comments section below!