Winners and Nominees 2002

Unique fight in New York apartment with Robert De Niro’s character is tied to a chair as he battles his two captors.

Martial arts fight scene with kidnappers including weapons and wire work.

Women fight in Sai palace with daggers, axes and spears using a series of martial arts and gymnastic inspired moves.

Finale fight scene. Two gorillas attack each and fight to the death. Scene includes a fullbody, mid-air collision.

Sword/Axe Fight … 40 pages of storyboards detailed every step, sword stroke, shield movement, ax blow and coordinated camera move. The entire sequence was rehearsed every day for 3 weeks prior to shooting.

Two stunt performers do a 75 ft. high fall from the bamboo tower into the river.

Stuntman leaps off of the roof and grabs onto a rope dangling from hot air balloon. Is then hanging from above and jumps over cars, hits the front of a bus and is thrown into the deflating balloon.

After long fight, stuntman is kicked and flies out of high rise hotel room window, down approximately 170′ onto the top of a taxi at street level.

Stunt performers scale down bamboo scaffolding, the bamboo stalk cracks and falls halfway leaving performers suspended in mid air. They then drop into vendor tent at street level.

During Charlie’s Point Battle car goes off of bridge during attack, driver and passengers are thrown from car off bridge and into water.

Stunt performer transfers from sports car to the side of the semi truck to save second stuntman who is tied to the truck. Jumper unties second performer and they both jump back into the still-moving sports car.

Stuntman jumps off of the roof and grabs onto a rope dangling from hot air balloon. Is then hanging from above and jumps over cars, sometimes the length of the car, other times crashing into the vehicles and then balloon lifts them away.

Stuntman jumps from roof of apartment building onto the hood of the car, car spins forward and backwards and hits another car in attempt to throw performer. Scene ends with stuntman propelling off the hood of the car through the rear window of another car.

Stunt performer jumps from train roof, pendulums down on a chain and runs along wall of train while shooting at windows behind him.

Water tower falls on town hall- stunt performers are swept away with the water chaos.

Three stuntmen are in foot chase through neighborhood that leads to a hillside where they jump off and tumble down hillside. Chase ends with a car hit at the bottom of the hill.

Opening blow up scene at bank. Explosion sequence is done in “bullet time” with several stunt performers thrown on ratchets and wires.

Van chase with a car through the amusement park. The car hits the cement barrier on one side with the van on the other side. The car and van keep hitting each other until the van t-bones the car.

Gymnastic bungee cord sequence in opening segment of fight sequence.

Women fight in Sai palace with daggers, axes and spears using a series of martial arts and gymnastic inspired moves.

Flames scare the horse and the stuntwoman does a back-over dismount.

Stuntman is clotheslined off of running horse by tree branch.

Performer crashes through third story window, hits second story roof and falls to the ground.

Stuntman climbs from car to the grill of the semi then swings from front of semi around to the side of semi.

Stuntman is hit by police car while firing weapon.

Bum lights arm and then body on fire in police training exercise.

Helicopter blows up in schoolyard engulfing 4 stuntmen in flames

Explosion throws stunt performers through a wall of flames.

Two stunt performers in full ape costume, harness on wires are set on fire by an explosion in the final fight scene of the film.

Stuntman climbs up a tree, does a series of jumps from one branch to the next, then slides
down the tree, jumps to the next tree and is ratcheted out.

To escape from hotel casino blowing up stuntmen leap from 16th floor window, grab electrical cord, slide down it and hit light pole doing a live 360 degree loop around the light pole.

After long fight, stuntman is kicked and flies out of high rise hotel room window, down approximately 170′ onto the top of a taxi at street level.

Car rear ends truck with camper shell on it – camper shell does an endo-cannon into the air and crashes down next to the truck.

Van chase with a car through an amusement park the car hits the cement barrier on one side with the van on the other side. The car and van keep hitting each other until the van t-bones the car.

Blue SUV forces black sedan to spin out of control. Sedan is then t-boned by a miled truck sending it down a highway embankment.

High-speed car chase between a Ferrari and Jaguar, through a windy canyon that ends with a violent crash.

Green sports car is chased by SUVs through city traffic at high speeds. One SUV barrels into several parked cars. The chase ends with the second SUV flipping over into a restaurant.

Water tower falls on town hall. Stuntmen are swept away with the water chaos.

Stuntman air rams into pond to save Mayor’s son from drowning.

Two stunt performers surf through the explosions at the Battle at Charlie’s Point.

Fight scene with stuntman falling off of the back of the boat into the wash of the moving propellers.

Opening scene at Battle at Charlie’s Point. Helicopters enter scene in formation as they launch their attack on the enemy below.

Helicopter lowers into prison yard and is taken over by an inmate. It then flies through the yard and throws its tail into a guard tower.

Attacking fighter pilots make their approach on Pearl Harbor in opening battle sequence.

Helicopter chases Ford Truck at nearly ground level weaving through cars and heavy traffic.

Stuntman jumps horse over wagon in opening battle scene.

Stuntman jumps horse through a window of the saloon while pulling another riderless horse behind him.

Stunt performer rears and falls horse amidst shoot-out between train robbers and soldiers.

Final jousting sequence where black knight is hit by the lance does back over onto the ground.

Finale gun battle.

Battle at Charlie’s Point

Final prison yard battle sequence.

Opening bank robbery sequence.