Action scenes are a huge part of these Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s draw, but some of them are so absurd that it’s hard to believe that the series ever greenlit them in the first place. There is no doubt that the best action scenes of the MCU use the full extent of Marvel Studios’ resources in terms of choreography, editing and special effects. But sometimes, the very concept of a given battle may seem completely unbelievable.
There are several ways in which the MCU’s various battles can be completely ridiculous. The sheer spectacle of some fights is simply arresting in their concept, with bold exchanges of unique or strange weapons and power that could not exist anywhere else than a superhero story. The arena in which the battle takes place can also have a huge impact on the absurdity of a given fight scene. Some of the best battles in the MCU’s massive film library are also easily extreme, but other times, their strangeness can be a detractor from the overall quality.
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Cassandra Nova vs The Human Torch
Deadpool & Wolverine
Admittedly, Cassandra Nova’s brief face-off against the Human Torch is more of an execution than a standard trial-by-combat. However, the bombastic and bloody end of the confrontation still easily qualifies it for a ranking among the most ridiculous battles of the MCU. The stand-off begins when Deadpool snitches on the Human Torch, telling Cassandra Nova every nasty detail of Johnny Storm’s long, colorful rant about the supervillain in private.
In retaliation, before Johnny Storm can even say “Flame on!”, Cassandra Nova instantly flays him alive, leaving an agonizing skinless mass of muscles straight out of an anatomy and physiology textbook. Thus creates one of the most R-rated moments in deadpool and wolverine, The MCU’s first R-rated film, Get a lot of mileage out of the series’ new capacity for Gore. Calling the scene a fight might be a bit generous, but it’s simply too spectacular to ignore.
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Doctor Strange vs. Dormammu
Doctor Strange
Sometimes, it’s not overwhelming power that wins a fight in the MCU, but raw perseverance. No scene vindicates the theory better than Doctor Strange’s eventual confrontation with the Lord of the Dark Dimension, Dormammu, in the Sorcerer Supreme’s self-titled debut film. A blatant misstep in power, There is little the rookie wizard can do against Dormammu’s unfathomable powerBeing instantly killed by the dark lord’s overwhelming eldritch power.
Doctor Strange simply repeats the famous line “Darmama, I came for a bargain“
However, Strange has one trick up his sleeve – the trusty Eye of Agomoto, with the Time Stone. With the powerful artifact, Strange is able to lock himself and Dormammu in a never-ending time loop, causing the frustrated Outer God to kill him over and over again in increasingly creative ways. Doctor Strange simply repeats the famous line “Darmama, I came for a bargain“, eventually striking a deal with the being in order to free him from the chronological prison.
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Captain Carter and Kahori vs. Highly Funny
What if…? Season 3, Episode 9
One of the worse episodes of What if…? Season 2, Episode 9, titled What if… strange highly intervened?Could have used just a little more time in the proverbial oven before releasing in its current state. The anthology series entry, which depicts an evil version of Doctor Strange who endangers innocent lives in an effort to revive his love interest, struggles to make sense of a convoluted premise. with that said, This episode at least gave MCU fans one of What if…?’s epic action scenes.
Unfortunately, the final battle in question is the victim of poor pacing, introducing and killing off a coterie of iconic Marvel characters one after another at a breakneck pace. While the animation is easy on the eyes, throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks psychology of the crossover battle quickly becomes confusing and overwhelming. The sheer number of moving parts and power-ups in play, from Mjolnir to the Ten Rings to the Infinity Stones themselves, makes The Last Stone of the Supreme Strange a hilarious thing to watch.
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Deadpool Vs TVA Agents
Deadpool & Wolverine
It seems fitting that the loose logic of a Deadpool movie would give the MCU not one, but two of the most unbelievable action scenes of all time. Deadpool & Wolverine Proves that nothing is safe from his sarcastic perview in the opening minutes, as Deadpool digs up the adamantium skeleton of LoganWolverine’s heroic sacrifice. When a horde of TWA agents approach him in an attempt to prevent his timeline from interfering, the Merc with a Mouth gets creative in his choice of weapons.
Deadpool proceeds to utterly slaughter scores of the hapless TVA agents using Wolverine’s rock-hard adamantium bones, taking out his targets in increasingly hysterical and creative ways. From using Logan’s ribs as throwing knives, his limbs as nunchaku, or strapping on his iconic clawsDeadpool eviscerates every last agent, all to the tune of NYSNC bye bye bye. As if all that wasn’t wild enough, the battle is intercut with choreography that showcases Deadpool’s impressive dancing skills.
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Scarlet Witch vs. The Illuminati
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
If there is one area in which Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Improved on its predecessor, this is the increased magical potential of the spells in play, especially when it comes to the reality-warping powers of Scarlet Witch. In her quest to reunite with her lost children, Wanda Maximoff faces down every member of an alternate Earth’s main superhero team, the Illuminati, including the likes of the then recently acquired Fox characters Professor X and Mister Fantastic. The action that ensues makes the most of Scarlet Witch’s overwhelming magical potential.
Scarlet Witch doesn’t just kill every member of the Illuminati – she executes them mercilessly in increasingly elaborate manners befitting their powers. From removing the mouth of Black Bolt to shredding Mister Fantastic into ribbons, there is little Scarlet Witch can not do with her full evil potential realized, which makes for an eccentric and jaw-dropping action sequence. Nowhere else in the MCU are death scenes more creativeMade for a uniquely ridiculous battle.
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Iron Man vs Whiplash
Iron Man 2
Sometimes, it’s the premise of an MCU fight scene that can turn it into nonsense, even if the actual combat itself isn’t particularly noteworthy. This is certainly the case for Whiplash and Iron Man’s first confrontation in the oft-maligned iron man 2, Make for a puppy action scene that feels more at home in a Michael Bay movie than an MCU entry. With an attempt on Tony Stark’s life, Whiplash strides onto the tarmac of the F1 race the billionaire is participating in, drawing him out by destroying cars.
As if the premise for a fight wasn’t unbelievable enough, with Tony somehow able to expertly pilot a Formula One car without training, the way Iron Man manages to suit up with the help of a mobile file suit makes it even more disconnected from even the MCU version of fact. The suitcase armor is a dramatic step up in the fantastical nature of Iron Man’s tech, a precursor to the straight-up science fiction of his nanite suit. Meanwhile, Whiplash is shirtless, with two incredibly impractical weaponss, making him hard to take seriously even as a comic book villain.
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Ant-Man vs. Yellowjacket
Ant man
With some of the most advanced technology of any MCU character, it’s no wonder that Ant-Man gets some of the funniest action scenes of the series. One of the most noteworthy for his stupidity is his final confrontation with Darren Cross’ Yellowjacket, wearing a similar size-changing suit that is better equipped with deadly laser weapons. As both combatants use their ability to shrink, a simple Thomas the Tank Engine Play set in Cassie’s room becomes a deadly arena.
As strange as it is to watch a menacing Thomas the Tank Engine barrel along a wooden track to hit Yellowjacket, only for a zoomed-out shot to comically diminish the real impact, this battle fundamentally ignores how Pym particles are explained to work. Hank previously described how shrunk objects retain their mass, meaning that the wooden toy train should not be more threatening than a weapon even to an insect-sized Ant-Man. for both Its surreal copyright-heavy visuals and its loose relationship with pre-established rules, The action leaves a puzzling impression.
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Thor and the Asgardian Kids vs Gore
Thor: Love and Thunder Thor temporarily enhances his power in various objects that the children hold
Thor: Love and Thunder was critically panned for its heightened reliance on comedy, often refusing to take itself seriously for the sake of cheap jokes. It’s hard not to feel that sentiment in one of the film’s final battles, in which Thor and a legion of kidnapped Asgardian children take on an army of shadow monsters generated by Gorr the God Butcher. Using his pious magic, Thor temporarily enhances his power in various objects the children hold, creating Mjolnirs from stuffed animals, toys and pieces of debris.
Admittedly, this is quite a creative solution to Gore’s army, although it’s hard not to imagine that Thor can simply take out the creatures in one flash of lightning with the same power. The sight of the children fighting Gorr’s minions overplays his comedy at times, making for a uniquely far-fetched action scene. Add in Thor: Love and Thunders uneven special effects, and the Asgardian children’s rampage makes for one of the strangest battles in MCU history.
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Ant-Man Vs The Hulk
What if…? Season 1, Episode 3
The third season is not the only time What if…? went wild with its action sequences, pushing similar limits as early as the third episode of the series ever released, What if… the earth lost its mightiest heroes? This episode takes place on the tight timeline of MCU phase one movies such as Thor, Iron Man 2, And The Incredible Hulk. Here, the Avengers are picked off one-by-one by a vengeful Hank Pym Ant-Man, just as Nick Fury begins forming the Avengers Initiative.
The most brutal of his kills is easily the Hulk, whom he manages to overpower by shrinking down to sub-cellular size and embedding a growth disc in his heart, increasing the pressure of his green bloodstream until he explodes in a brutal column of viscera. . Easily one of the most brutal, if brief, battles of what if…?, The confrontation may not have been much of a fight, but shows how evil Ant-Man’s technology can be in the wrong hands. It’s also the closest the MCU has come to acknowledging the grotesque Ant-Man killing Thanos theory.
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Yondu, Rocket And Groot Vs The Ravagers
Guardians of the Galaxy 2
Being wild or far-fetched isn’t always necessarily a bad thing for the MCU’s action scenes. Nowhere is this more evident than in Yondu, Rocket, and Baby Groot’s escape from Ravager internment in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. After being betrayed by his old man, Yondu manages to get his signature flying arrow. As Rocket plays a song in Star-Lord’s collection, Come a little bit Closer By Jay and the Americans, Yondu shows how he was so scared with his whistling weapon of choice.
It’s hard to believe that Yondu could kill his former comrades so remorselessly, but after their betrayal, all bets are clearly off. His arrow strikes true again and again, slaughtering scores of the Ravagers with little effort on Yondu’s behalf; Rocket and Groot also contribute in their own ways, with the overhead shot of Rocket and Yondu sniping Ravagers from the safety of the ship’s camera room being one of the film’s most impressive. Not only is this fight scene one of the most flashy and ostentatious of the MCUBut it’s also simply one of the best.