Scene: Opening Fight. The Comedian VS Assassin

Actors: Jeffery Dean Morgan-The Comedian, Matthew Good-Assassin. I wasnt able to find out who did the stunts for this scene.

Scenario: Morgan is sitting on his couch in his New York City apartment watching TV when an assassin comes to kill him.

The fight is dramatic and expressionistic. The impact of each hit is well represented, with some slightly unrealistic moments. 

Morgans objective is to kill the intruder in order to stop him from either robbing or killing him. He doesn't seem very surprised that someone is out to get him considering his lengthy career and history of being one of the Watchmen. He also has a loaded gun on his coffee table so he must be a little paranoid.

He uses several tactics that fail to save him before he is beaten bloody and thrown out his window to his death. The first tactic he uses is distraction, he throws his coffee mug at the attacker and dives for his gun, but the attacker is too fast and quickly disarms him. They exchange blows for a moment until Morgan is bested and thrown across the room through his table. He then attempts to kill the attacker with knives but ends up having his smashed through his granite counter top before he is thrown out of his window.

His main obstacle that he is eventually beaten by is the assassins speed. He comes up with some good tactics to keep ahead of the game but in the end he just isn't fast enough. We later find that the assassin is Adrien Veidt one of the old Watchmen who is so fast he can catch bullets.

I love this scene because it is just an utterly one sided beat down being shown to the tune of Unforgettable by Nat King Cole. I find both the cinematography and contrast between the slow love song and the ass kicking to be just great, and it doesn't hurt that it is the intro to one of the best movies ever!