Post by bicks on Jan 25, 2018 7:52:16 GMT
Seems that MANY films have a KNIFE as an important plot element.
Open ended thread - short details encouraged
01. The Magnificent Seven (James Coburn throws)
02. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (Will Scarlet throws)
03. Psycho (Norman Bates ... 'nuff said)
04. West Side Story
05. Viridiana (crucifix becomes a switchblade)
06. Blackmail (1929) Hitchcock - Knife clip : www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvlyQaJbJgs
07. Crocodile Dundee ... "That's not a knife..."
08. Under Siege - Steven Seagal and Tommy Lee Jones have a knife fight
09. Twelve Angry Men - is that knife so rare ?
10. Predator - After throwing a knife into someone, Arnold says "Stick around."
11. Rebel Without a Cause - Those kids just cannot get along.
12. Jagged Edge
13. Murder on the Orient Express - whodunit ? Indeed !
14. Wolf Creek
15. Secret Agent (1936) - Peter Lorre is keen with a knife.
16. Not as a Stranger - Student surgeons
17. Carry on Nurse - Hospitalised patients would-be surgeons
18. It Happened One Night - peeling the carrot
19. The Iron Mistress - Jim Bowie
20. The Alamo - ditto
21. Jack the Ripper movies. Do I need to individualise?
22. From Here to Eternity - fights with knives
23. Eastern Promises - knife fight in the sauna
24. Commando - Matrix (Schwarzenegger) has knife fight with Bennett (Vernon Wells)
25. Sling Blade
26. Force 10 from Navarone - knife fight in the latter part of the movie.
27. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993) = While trying to decide what Gregor Samsa wakes up as, Kafka's constantly being interrupted by knife-selling strangers
28. The Sea Wolves - Mrs Cromwell's method of murder.
29. Knife in the Water - valued pocket knife
30. The Omen - The seven mystical daggers from Megiddo.
31. The Golden Child - The Ajanti Dagger, a mystical weapon capable of killing The Golden Child
32. Calling Dr. Death - Reading a book for the first time, the Doctor has to cut the pages with a knife.
33. Madame Butterfly (1932)
34. Halloween (1978)- Michael Myers kills his sister with a butcher knife
35. Face/Off - Castor Troy, while impersonating Sean Archer, gives Archer's daughter a butterfly knife and teachers her how to use it to defend herself... later she uses it on him after his true identity is revealed.
36. The Outsiders - Johnny stabs a Soc to death
37. The Last Samurai - knife throwing
38. The Expendables Part 2 - Sylvester Stallone kills Jean-Claude Van Damme with a knife.
39. Jaws - Quint stabs the shark repeatedly while it eats him
40. Witness for the Prosecution -only a bread knife nothing important
41. The Lion in Winter
42. The Loved Ones
43. Where the River Bends (a stealth foray on Indian warparty)
44. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Wes Mantooth pulls a switchblade during the brawl)
45. The Dark Knight - (About The Joker - "Clothing is custom, no labels. Nothing in his pockets but knives and lint. No name, no other alias.")
46. Apache
47. Stand By Me (Ace threatens the boys with a knife)
48. The Odessa File (Peter examines an SS dagger in an antique shop)
49. Friday the 13th (memorable death scene with Kevin Bacon and a knife)
50. John Wick: Chapter 2 - Common attacks Keanu Reeves with a knife on a subway car
51. The Grey - Liam Neeson has only a knife to defend himself from the wolves
52. The Driftless Area - a "butterfly knife" is brought into play
53. Dressed To Kill (1980) - Stabbing in an Elevator
Open ended thread - short details encouraged
01. The Magnificent Seven (James Coburn throws)
02. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (Will Scarlet throws)
03. Psycho (Norman Bates ... 'nuff said)
04. West Side Story
05. Viridiana (crucifix becomes a switchblade)
06. Blackmail (1929) Hitchcock - Knife clip : www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvlyQaJbJgs
07. Crocodile Dundee ... "That's not a knife..."
08. Under Siege - Steven Seagal and Tommy Lee Jones have a knife fight
09. Twelve Angry Men - is that knife so rare ?
10. Predator - After throwing a knife into someone, Arnold says "Stick around."
11. Rebel Without a Cause - Those kids just cannot get along.
12. Jagged Edge
13. Murder on the Orient Express - whodunit ? Indeed !
14. Wolf Creek
15. Secret Agent (1936) - Peter Lorre is keen with a knife.
16. Not as a Stranger - Student surgeons
17. Carry on Nurse - Hospitalised patients would-be surgeons
18. It Happened One Night - peeling the carrot
19. The Iron Mistress - Jim Bowie
20. The Alamo - ditto
21. Jack the Ripper movies. Do I need to individualise?
22. From Here to Eternity - fights with knives
23. Eastern Promises - knife fight in the sauna
24. Commando - Matrix (Schwarzenegger) has knife fight with Bennett (Vernon Wells)
25. Sling Blade
26. Force 10 from Navarone - knife fight in the latter part of the movie.
27. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993) = While trying to decide what Gregor Samsa wakes up as, Kafka's constantly being interrupted by knife-selling strangers
28. The Sea Wolves - Mrs Cromwell's method of murder.
29. Knife in the Water - valued pocket knife
30. The Omen - The seven mystical daggers from Megiddo.
31. The Golden Child - The Ajanti Dagger, a mystical weapon capable of killing The Golden Child
32. Calling Dr. Death - Reading a book for the first time, the Doctor has to cut the pages with a knife.
33. Madame Butterfly (1932)
34. Halloween (1978)- Michael Myers kills his sister with a butcher knife
35. Face/Off - Castor Troy, while impersonating Sean Archer, gives Archer's daughter a butterfly knife and teachers her how to use it to defend herself... later she uses it on him after his true identity is revealed.
36. The Outsiders - Johnny stabs a Soc to death
37. The Last Samurai - knife throwing
38. The Expendables Part 2 - Sylvester Stallone kills Jean-Claude Van Damme with a knife.
39. Jaws - Quint stabs the shark repeatedly while it eats him
40. Witness for the Prosecution -only a bread knife nothing important
41. The Lion in Winter
42. The Loved Ones
43. Where the River Bends (a stealth foray on Indian warparty)
44. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Wes Mantooth pulls a switchblade during the brawl)
45. The Dark Knight - (About The Joker - "Clothing is custom, no labels. Nothing in his pockets but knives and lint. No name, no other alias.")
46. Apache
47. Stand By Me (Ace threatens the boys with a knife)
48. The Odessa File (Peter examines an SS dagger in an antique shop)
49. Friday the 13th (memorable death scene with Kevin Bacon and a knife)
50. John Wick: Chapter 2 - Common attacks Keanu Reeves with a knife on a subway car
51. The Grey - Liam Neeson has only a knife to defend himself from the wolves
52. The Driftless Area - a "butterfly knife" is brought into play
53. Dressed To Kill (1980) - Stabbing in an Elevator