Professional weapons experts rate combat scenes from movies to judge how real they are.

Archery expert Grizzly Jim rates 10 bow-and-arrow scenes from popular TV shows and movies, such as "The Hunger Games" starring Jennifer Lawrence.

Professional swordsman Dave Rawlings looks at 10 fight scenes featuring longswords and daggers, such as "The Witcher" starring Henry Cavill, and rates them based on their historical and technical accuracy.

Tobias Capwell is the curator of arms and armor at The Wallace Collection in London and looks at medieval weapons and armor scenes from movies, such as "The Lord of the Rings," and rates them based on their historical accuracy.

Nunchuck expert and stuntwoman Thekla Hutyrova rates 11 nunchuck scenes in movies and television for realism, such as "Enter the Dragon" starring Bruce Lee.

Pole weapons expert Matt Easton rates nine polearm fight scenes in movies and TV, such as "Troy," for realism.

Jousting world champion Shane Adams rates eight horseback fight scenes in movies and television, such as "Game of Thrones," for realism. Jinichi Kawakami is an expert practitioner of Kōka-ryū ninjutsu and rates nine ninja scenes, such as "Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles," for accuracy.

Kali weapons expert Jamie Yancovitz reacts to 11 fight scenes featuring traditional Filipino knives and stick weapons, such as "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" starring Chris Evans, and rates them based on their technical accuracy.

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