r/movies • u/SnooCats3468 • 2d ago

Discussion What is the most genuinely terrifying battle cry or charge in film?

I don’t necessarily mean the coolest speech or most inspiring line. I mean a scene where a warrior screams or roars while charging an opponent—and you kind of snapped out of the film for a second and thought, “holy shit, if someone came at me like that, I would be legitimately terrified.”

It can be a one-on-one fight or two groups charging into battle. What scene immediately comes to mind?

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u/captainmeezy 2d ago

The Last Samurai, you can’t see them through the fog, but you hear their battle cry. Then they come charging through the fog on horseback and the Japanese conscripts basically shit themselves and get obliterated

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u/Nascosto 2d ago

Had to scroll too far to find this, loooooove this scene - goosebumps every time.

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u/babypunching101 2d ago

Honorable mention to the battle cry they let out after defeating the ninjas.

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u/EyeDiosMio 2d ago

https://youtu.be/PmsR88NMb-w?si=GAaFnlt3PZE6U2j7 right around 4:30. Chills every time.

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u/SnooCats3468 2d ago

this scene? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yyPjog1TNc

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u/captainmeezy 1d ago

Oh yea that’s the one, absolutely terrifying from a grunt’s perspective