History Main / HallwayFight

* The climax in ''Film/RogueOne'' involves [[spoiler: Darth Vader himself]] killing his way through a corridor of a Rebel spaceship in order to obtain plans for the Death Star.

*** In the hotel, a hallway fight/stairwell chase happens as Frank overpowers several cops and Anvil security operatives to go after a PTSD-afflicted soldier-turned-MadBomber who has taken Karen hostage.

*** In "[[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E2CutMan Cut Man]]", Matt Murdock [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B66feInucFY fights his way through a hallway full of Russian mobsters to rescue a kidnapped boy]]. What makes this scene memorable is that [[TheOner it's all done in one take with no cuts]].

** ''Series/ThePunisher2017'': Frank Castle has a moment kinda like this when he's chased by cops down a stairwell.

*** A few episodes later, Colleen Wing and [[spoiler: Davos]] rescue Danny from Bakuto and his men. The three of them dispatch Bakuto's men in the lobby of the General Electric Building, then chase down and fight off Bakuto in Central Park.
** ''Series/TheDefenders2017'': Matt Murdock, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Danny Rand have all found themselves infiltrating Midland Circle Financials, a front company for the activities of the Hand. They soon find themselves cornered in a hallway with Elektra Natchios boxing them in from one end and a squad of assassins from the other, and have to fight their way to an elevator to make their escape.

** ''Series/TheDefenders2017'': Matt Murdock, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Danny Rand have all found themselves infiltrating Midland Circle Financials, an institution that is laundering money for the Hand. They soon find themselves cornered in a hallway with Elektra Natchios boxing them in from one end and a squad of assassins from the other, and have to fight their way to an elevator to make their escape.

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*** In [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E2CutMan "Cut Man"]], Matt Murdock [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B66feInucFY&t=1s fights his way through a hallway full of Russian mobsters to rescue a kidnapped boy]]. What makes this scene memorable is that [[TheOner it's all done in one take with no cuts]].
*** In [[Recap/Daredevil2015S2E3NewYorksFinest "New York's Finest"]], after freeing himself from Frank Castle, Matt fights off Dogs of Hell bikers in the hallway of an apartment building, which eventually leads to a stairwell fight. This is an homage to ''The Raid''.
*** In [[Recap/Daredevil2015S2E9SevenMinutesInHeaven "Seven Minutes in Heaven"]]. Wilson Fisk needs to get rid of Dutton, the guy who runs the prison's underground economy. So he tricks Frank Castle into entering Dutton's cellblock. After Frank kills Dutton, Fisk locks him in, and releases all the prisoners who are quick to get revenge on him for killing their boss. He ends up having to go down a corridor, stabbing his way out with a shiv.

** ''Series/LukeCage2016'': In [[Recap/LukeCage2016S1E3WhosGonnaTakeTheWeight "Who's Gonna Take The Weight"]], Luke Cage attacks Crispus Attucks, the location of Cottonmouth's main stash, using his SuperStrength to bulldoze his way through Cottonmouth's henchmen in three different hallways before finding the vault where all of the money is stashed.

** ''Series/TheDefenders2017'':
*** Matt Murdock, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Danny Rand have all found themselves infiltrating Midland Circle Financials, an institution that is laundering money for the Hand. They soon find themselves under attack from Elektra Natchios and a bunch of Alexandra's henchmen in the narrow corridors, and have to fight their way to an elevator to make their escape.
*** The group later have a fight with Madame Gao and some of her henchmen in an underground passageway.

* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':

* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'':
** Matt Murdock, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Danny Rand have all found themselves infiltrating Midland Circle Financials, an institution that is laundering money for the Hand. They soon find themselves under attack from Elektra Natchios and a bunch of Alexandra's henchmen in the narrow corridors, and have to fight their way to an elevator to make their escape.
** The group later have a fight with Madame Gao and some of her henchmen in an underground passageway
* Apparently, in the writer's room for the four Netflix shows leading into ''Series/TheDefenders2017'', there's a creed that goes "[[OnceaSeason the hero is required to have at least one hallway fight scene during their individual show]]".

*** A non-Matt example happens in [[Recap/Daredevil2015S2E9SevenMinutesInHeaven "Seven Minutes in Heaven"]]. Wilson Fisk needs to get rid of Dutton, the guy who runs the prison's underground economy. So he tricks Frank Castle into entering Dutton's cellblock. After Frank kills Dutton, Fisk locks him in, and releases all the prisoners who are quick to get revenge on him for killing their boss. He ends up having to go down a corridor, stabbing his way out with a shiv.

* In ''Film/TheMatrix'', the FinalBattle between Neo and Agent Smith takes place in a building's hallway inside the matrix.

* Apparently, in the writer's room for the four Netflix shows leading into ''Series/TheDefenders2017'', there's a creed that goes "[[OncePerSeason the hero is required to have at least one hallway fight scene during their individual show]]".

* Apparently, in the writer's room for the four Netflix shows leading into ''Series/TheDefenders2017'', there's a creed that goes "[[OncePerEpisode the hero is required to have at least one hallway fight scene during their individual show]]".

* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'': Matt Murdock, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Danny Rand have all found themselves infiltrating Midland Circle Financials, an institution that is laundering money for the Hand. They soon find themselves under attack from Elektra Natchios and a bunch of Alexandra's henchmen in the narrow corridors, and have to fight their way to an elevator to make their escape.

* The Marvel Netflix shows leading into ''Series/TheDefenders2017'' have an unwritten rule that [[OncePerEpisode each hero must have at least one hallway fight during their individual show]].

* In ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', young John Connor is trapped in the narrow gallery of a corridor when T-1000 comes around the corner and starts shooting at him. Luckily for John, T-800 is around and [[TuckAndCover shields]] the boy from the bullets. Then T-800 pushes John into an adjacent room and a shoot-out between the two terminators unfolds in the corridor.

* The four protagonists of ''Series/TheDefenders2017'' each have at least one fight in a hallway during their individual shows. And in the team-up show, the four meet up while fighting off Elektra Natchios and a bunch of Alexandra's henchmen in a corridor of Midland Circle.

*** In [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E2CutMan "Cut Man"]], Matt Murdock fights his way through a hallway full of Russian mobsters, the defining case of TheOner, as well as an homage to the aforementioned ''Old Boy''.

*** A group of Triads armed with [[InsistentTerminology hatchets]] show up at Danny Rand's hotel suite and try to kidnap Joy Meachum in retaliation for a pier deal she reversed. Danny fights his way down a corridor full of their men until he gets to the elevator, [[ElevatorActionSequence where he dispatches the last two]], before fleeing with Joy to Colleen Wing's dojo.

*** A few episodes later, Colleen Wing and [[spoiler: Davos]] rescue Danny from Bakuto and his men. The three of them dispatch Bakuto's men in the lobby of Harold's building, then chase down and fight off Bakuto in a nearby park.

*** A few episodes later, Colleen Wing and [[spoiler: Davos]] rescue Danny from Bakuto and his men. The three of them dispatch Bakuto's men, then chase down and fight off Bakuto in a nearby park.

* The four protagonists of ''Series/TheDefenders2017'' each have at least one fight in a hallway during their individual shows. And in the team-up show, the four meet up while fighting off Elektra Natchios and a bunch of Hand members in a corridor of Midland Circle.

*** When a group of Triads armed with [[InsistentTerminology hatchets]] try to kidnap Joy Meachum, Danny Rand fights his way down a corridor full of their men until he gets to the elevator, [[ElevatorActionSequence where he dispatches of the rest of them]].

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[[folder:''Marvel's The Defenders'']]

[[folder:Marvel Cinematic Universe]]
* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'': The four protagonists of each of Franchise/{{Marvel}}'s Creator/{{Netflix}} shows each have at least one fight in a hallway. And in the team-up show, the four meet up while fighting off Elektra Natchios and a bunch of Hand members through a corridor of Midland Circle.

*** In [[Recap/Daredevil2015S2E9SevenMinutesInHeaven "Seven Minutes in Heaven"]], Wilson Fisk needs to get rid of Dutton, the guy who runs the prison's underground economy. So he tricks Frank Castle into entering Dutton's cellblock. After Frank kills Dutton, Fisk locks him in, and releases all the prisoners who are quick to get revenge on him for killing their boss. He ends up having to go down a corridor, stabbing his way out with a shiv.

* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'': The four protagonists of each of Franchise/{{Marvel}}'s Creator/{{Netflix}} shows each have at least one fight in a hallway. And in the team-up show, they meet up in the middle of a huge battle through a corridor of Midland Circle.

*** In [[Recap/Daredevil2015S2E9SevenMinutesInHeaven "Seven Minutes in Heaven"]], Wilson Fisk tricks Frank Castle into entering Dutton's cellblock. After Frank kills Dutton, Fisk locks him in, and releases all the prisoners who are quick to get revenge on him for killing their boss. He ends up having to go down a corridor, stabbing his way out with a shiv.

** ''Series/LukeCage2016'': In [[Recap/LukeCage2016S1E3WhosGonnaTakeTheWeight "Who's Gonna Take The Weight"]]: Luke Cage attacks Crispus Attucks, the location of Cottonmouth's main stash, using his SuperStrength to bulldoze his way through Cottonmouth's henchmen in three different hallways before finding the vault where all of the money is stashed.

*** Danny Rand fights his way through a hallway filled with gangsters armed with [[InsistentTerminology hatchets]] and it eventually carries into an ElevatorActionSequence.
*** Later in the same season, he and [[spoiler: Davos]] fight a group of Hand members in a narrow passage and almost get overwhelmed due to the cramped quarters.
*** A few episodes later, Colleen Wing and [[spoiler: Davos]] rescue Danny as he is being held by The Hand and led through a hallway. The three of them dispatch the mooks and fight off the BigBad after that.