The greatest Ray scene of all time?

Is there a better Ray Liotta scene?

If there is I sure haven’t found it… Some people might say the bitch slap scene from Goodfellas, others might say the tender first kiss between Ray and Whoopie in Corrina, Corrina.   But what about the climax of No Escape, or when Ray dove out of the helicopter to free fall to save the elephant in mid air in Dumbo Drop.?  Ultimately there are way too many to mention.  The man is perhaps the greatest film, television and stage actor of our time.  I think this scene captures all that we love about Ray.

We see an incredible emotional range in just a few seconds.  Ray in his bikini undies, completely hairless, pointing a revolver and crying.  He shows intense anger and hatred with subtle undercurrents of despair, fear and hopelessness that emerge slowly as the scene is played out.  Ray cries brilliantly – (see flash back scenes in No Escape) – but in this scene he takes it to a new level.  Ray is brimming with so much emotion and grief that he his tears and spit begin to shoot out of body with such lyricism and drama that you will find yourself crying along in empathetic solidarity with Ray even though we have been trained to hate his character throughout the coarse of the movie.