I agree with CNB.

There are some scenes with almost a comical display of horror/violence. That wasn't what was so much intended in this thread. I found it personally uncomfortable to watch Rocky III. Unfortunately, for me, kung-fu movies don't do much for me in the way of terror or violence. While I realize it's all Hollywood behind these movie scenes, it's like comparing backyard wrestling with WWF wrestling.

Possibly for another thread, would be sadistic bad guys. For that, I would vote Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List, as the Nazi officer who stands on his roof picking off the working Jewish population below, Peter Stormare in almost everything he's been in, or Jason Issacs in The Patriot.