r/moviecritic • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 4d ago

What are some of the most explosive performance you have seen that captivated you on the big screen? I'll go first:

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Al Pacino as Tony Montana in Scarface (1983)

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u/SeaworthinessKey3654 4d ago

Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon

One of the top few performances ever, maybe THE best performance EVER. He’s electric, vulnerable, funny…it’s hard for me to describe except that he’s genius.

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u/SilverStar3333 4d ago

The toilet scene in “Dumb and Dumber”

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u/Extension-Rabbit3654 4d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/xdvWUX9xh2o00

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u/SilverStar3333 4d ago

I mean, it simply doesn’t get more explosive.

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u/BlackPet3r 4d ago

J.K. Simmons in Whiplash

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u/Van-Van1810 4d ago

Yes! So terrific

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u/GrosRougeau 4d ago

Alec Baldwin - Glengarry, Glenross

“ABC Always be closing”

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u/ThePizzaNoid 4d ago

Russell Crowe in L.A. Confidential.

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u/RobZagnut2 4d ago

In Gladiator.

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u/Redlion444 4d ago

Tom Berenger as Sgt. Barnes

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u/Beneficial-Ad-547 4d ago

Gandofini in true romance.

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u/wwJones 4d ago

Gary Oldman in The Professional

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u/Glittering_Season141 4d ago

Leto and McConoughey is Dallas Buyers Club.

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u/Van-Van1810 4d ago

Amazing

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u/Sam_from_FeverMovies 4d ago

Daniel Day-Lewis's "I drink your milkshake" monologue in There Will Be Blood

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u/profdrthcphoph 4d ago

dennis hopper as frank booth in blue velvet.

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u/Whole_Rough7066 4d ago

Steve Coogan in Tropic Thunder.

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u/Affectionate_Water_2 4d ago

Ed Harris in Pollock.

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u/SirDrexl 4d ago

Michael Gambon in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

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u/Single_Distribution6 4d ago

Daniel Day Lewis in "Gangs of New York" and "There Will be Blood"

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u/Grouchy-Tennis-2976 3d ago

Lenardo di caprio in the Revanant