The 10 Raddest Movie Mall Scenes in Nerd-dom

Is there a better symbol of widespread American consumerism than the shopping mall? For the purposes of this list, let’s say “no.” With that in mind, it goes to show that, any time a movie involves a person or group tearing through a mall, that it’s some kind of metaphor for destroying our reliance on goods and things instead of people, right? Either that or it’s just cool to destroy so many things.

Ever since their modern day inception, malls have served as important locales for films. We’ve learned that they make for excellent places to hide out during a zombie apocalypse, ambush your unawares and even take your time-traveling friends to show them what modern days are like. Scenes in malls tend to either be of the “kids talking about stuff” variety or the “let’s make an action set piece” kind. Since the former’s pretty boring, we’ll focus on the latter, which is usually the type of mall scenes found in nerd-friendly movies anyways.

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