Knife fight

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A knife fight is a fight in which each combatant is armed with a knife. It is effectively similar to a swordfight, except that knives are much shorter than swords, requiring the combatants to engage at much closer quarters.

Knife fights have often been staged for dramatic effect in action films such as Under Siege, Commando, and Gangs of New York, each of which featured knife fights as the climactic battles. A common theme in such film is for the hero to discard a gun or similarly superior weapon, in order to engage the otherwise unarmed villain in "fair" knife-to-knife combat.