
Last updated: Tuesday, May 30, 2006
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN has topped a poll for boasting the best battle scenes in cinematic history.
A scene from ' Saving Private Ryan '
The gripping World War II movie beat off competition from fight-laden ALEXANDER and ZULU, which reached second and third place respectively in the chart, compiled by British movie magazine EMPIRE.
A spokesman for Empire says, "These 23 minutes provide jolt after jolt, leaving the viewer with an aural as well a visual sense of shell-shock."
The top five battle movies are as follows:
1. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
2. ALEXANDER
3. ZULU
4. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
5. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
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