Pop Rocks: Don't Worry Longhorns, There Have Been Worse Beatdowns

​It was ugly, brutal and painful to watch. As a movie fan of some 40 years, I could be describing any number of lopsided fight scenes. But as a UT fan, I'm of course referring to the horrific pounding Oklahoma put on my Longhorns last Saturday.

The Sooners dominated every aspect of the game, trouncing a Texas team that maybe, possibly can see a silver lining in their relative youth (QB Case McCoy is a sophomore, QB David Ash and RB Malcolm Brown are freshmen). But there's no denying OU administered a good, old-fashioned hippie ass-whomping, as Chief Wiggum might have said.

Seeking solace in the two things that have given me solace in my darkest hours -- Jack Daniels and movie trivia -- I tried to frame my despair in such a way as to make the most sense to me. So here are several grotesque cinematic ass-kickings.

5. Donnie Yen Is A Metric Badass -- Ip Man (2008)
Take famed martial arts actor/choreographer Donnie Yen and cast him in the true story of Wing Chun master Yip Man, who was one of Bruce Lee's early teachers, and the awesomeness just sort of happens. As it does here, when Ip Man -- enraged at the execution of a fellow master by Japanese invaders -- takes on ten black belts at once. I have to play this in slow-mo just to see his hands move.

4. The Whole Movie -- Taken (2008)
It's impossible to narrow it down to one scene. And I admit, it's like a big-screen 24, but after Nazis and radical Muslims, Eurotrash are the new, hip villains. And Liam Neeson might just kill every single one of them.

Needless to say, if you haven't seen Taken yet, don't watch this clip.

3. Henry Teaches That 'Nice Boy' A Lesson -- Goodfellas (1990)
For all his other faults -- borderline intellect, serial infidelity, possible sociopathy -- Henry Hill knew how to send a message. I doubt the neighbors across the street ever sent any Hanukah cards to the Freidmans after that.