Complex sentence: Michael punches through the closet door to get to her but Laurie undoes a metal clothes hanger and sticks Michael with it in the eye; he drops his knife, and Laurie stabs him with it.
Split into simpler sentences: Michael punches through the closet door to get to her but Laurie undoes a metal clothes hanger and sticks Michael with it in the eye. He drops his knife, and Laurie stabs him with it.