Mumbai, April 13 (IANS): Bollywood blockbusters “Kick” and “Bang Bang!” have been nominated in Taurus World Stunt Awards alongside Hollywood biggies like “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction”.

Salman Khan-starrer “Kick” is up against “The Expendables 3”, “22 Jump Street” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction” for Best High Work Award, read taurusworldstuntawards.com.

It is also nominated in Best Stunt Rigging category along with “22 Jump Street”, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”, “Transformers: Age of Extinction” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past”.

Hrithik Roshan-starrer “Bang Bang!”, which has several death-defying stunts, may bag the Best Fight award if it manages to defeat “300: Rise of an Empire”, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and “John Wick”.

It has even won nomination for Best Work With a Vehicle. Other nominees are “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”, “Need for Speed” and “Nightcrawler”.

The Hindi movie with power-packed action scenes is also nominated for Best Specialty Stunt award. It will vie against “Dumb & Dumber To”, “Fury”, “Need for Speed” and “Pompeii”.

“Bang Bang!”, which also stars Katrina Kaif, may get honoured with Best Overall Stunt By a Stunt Woman at a ceremony to be held in California on May 9. Other contenders are “Need for Speed”, “Pompeii”, “The Sacrament” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past”.

Taurus World Stunt Awards in the form of a Taurus statuette is given annually to members of the Taurus World Stunt Academy for outstanding stunt and stunt-related achievements in eligible, theatrically released motion pictures.