• Wolverine vs Lady Deathstrike

(X2: X-Men United, 2003)

It wouldn’t be a list of the best fight scenes without including the Wolverine!  Unfortunately for old man Logan, this fight scene featured him taking most of the punishment instead of dishing it out like usual.  The villain, Lady Deathstrike, is a mutant like Wolverine.  She has a healing factor that works much like his own and she has been endowed with similar adamantium claws.  This scene demonstrates all of her acrobatic abilities and fighting skill, but it also showcases Wolverine’s unwillingness to engage in fighting with a woman, even one who is skewering his ribcage.

This scene ends with an adamantium bath gone awry, as Wolverine fills up his enemy with the molten version of the strongest substance in the Marvel Universe.  For examining the depth of our hero’s character as well as delivering a sweet action sequence, this fight scene lands at #8 on our list.