Into Martial Arts Flicks....

[Scubasteve]

Anybody else like Martial Arts Flicks? Have you seen any of these by Tony Jaa?

Tom Yum Goong

Ong-Bak

His fighting style is Muay Thai & he has some incredibly sick moves. The movies are over the top in true martial arts fasion, but have great cinematography and are a blast to watch. I like a good Jet Lee and Jackie Chan movie, but this is the guy I would want backing me up in a street fight.

[DavePalumbo]

saw some older ones recently. Master Killer (aka the 36th chamber of Shaolin) was awesome

I don't count it as a martial arts movie by any means, but the hallway fight scene in Old Boy practically had me in tears

[vigostar]

yeah, I saw both the Jaa flix. i thought the second one was better. He did some serious crazy shit in that movie. the water scene when he was fighting that capoeira dude was good. But, when he fought those huge dudes.. That was too far fetched but, great to watch.

Dave- I like those old school kung-fu flix too. I just saw a movie called the deciples of master killer... Was crap compared to the orginal. There are alot of decent out there but alot of junk as well. I saw one not too long ago. I believe it was called snake vs. monkey.. or something like that... that was one of the best ive seen in a long time... this one dude knew the monkey style... what a weird style but, looks great on film!

[Scubasteve]

Yeah, no doubt. That one continuious shot is my fav. The story was a little funny. "Wheres my elephant?" what a line.... I would think twice before I stole something from his village though.... I've been wanting to see Master Killer.....

[vigostar]

Master killer is my favorite kung-fu flick! Def. worth to watch!

[JERI]

I think there was another Tony Jaa film where he played one of the athletes representing Thailand and they were using their special atheletic skills to kick a bunch of bandit's arses.

Someone really need to make a "pwned" gif animation of that part where Tony does a knock-out overhead-knee-slam.

If you're into Kung Fu, be sure to check out the all time classics.
Police Story I
Drunken Master II
Young Master (maybe hard to find, one of Jackie Chan's earlier Hong Kong films)
Armor of God II: Operation Condor (not so impressive in the martial arts department, but I'll recommend it because it's one of Jackie's funniest)
Enter the Dragon
Fist of Fury (the one where Bruce Lee use a nunchaku to beat up a Japanese dojo)
Way of the Dragon (Bruce Lee vs Chuck Norris in Rome)

basically, all of Jackie Chan's Hong Kong classics are worth watching.

[vigostar]

see, im not a jackie chang fan at all.. i dont like when humor is mixed with martial arts flicks.. maybe a splash to humor relief.. but thats just personal taste. theres another one I saw a long time ago called the Three Assasins.. i think its called Marco Polo now.. that one was pretty good too.

[Onir]

Oh man I'm a huge martial arts movie fan as well, loved Ong-bak. Didn't even realize he had other movies out, gonna have to look at those. and I agree JERI the Jackie Chan Hong Kong classics are reallly good (those I've seen at least). Have any of you seen this Jackie Chan movie named Gorgeous? Had some really good fight scenes (from what I remember at least), though it was more of a romance movie

[JERI]

Oh man I'm a huge martial arts movie fan as well, loved Ong-bak. Didn't even realize he had other movies out, gonna have to look at those. and I agree JERI the Jackie Chan Hong Kong classics are reallly good (those I've seen at least). Have any of you seen this Jackie Chan movie named Gorgeous? Had some really good fight scenes (from what I remember at least), though it was more of a romance movie

Yeah, pretty good fights in there, but the silly romance really cut down on the enjoyment.

My personal taste is that chick-flick styled romance and kung fu DON'T mix.

[Scubasteve]

I like Jackie, but I don't really think of his newer movies as Kungfu movies anymore. Just plain movies.

Onir if you liked Ong-bak, you'll love Tom-Yum-Goong.

[JERI]

I like Jackie, but I don't really think of his newer movies as Kungfu movies anymore. Just plain movies.

Yeah I miss the hardcore Jackie Chan Kung-fu he used to do in his older movies.
He should do more in the style of Rumble in the Bronx.

[noshadomaster]

yeah tony is bad ass. and Im a big fan of martial arts and martial cinema. especialy the classics.
my favs
-Ong bok
-Kid with the golden arms
-Five fingers of death
-Big trouble in little china
-Dragon claws
-Hellz wind staff ( from the wutang collection)
-Enter the dragon
-Fist of legend
-( jackie chans) drunken master
-Iron monkey
-the matrix 1
-chinese connection
-the defenender
-who am I (jackie chan)
-rikki
-Crouching tiger hidden dragon
-The five venoms 1 and 2
-buddist fist
-Drunken master both the original and remake
-the defender( jet li)
-Kiss of the dragon

[0kelvin]

Although I loved Jackie Chan's older movies, you can't really blame him that his newer movies aren't so hardcore. The guy's in his 50's.

I can't believe nobody's brought up Stephen Chow yet! Kung Fu Hustle rules!



0kelvin

[cotron]

Anyone seen crippled masters? it's brilliant. one guy has no arms, the other, no legs... and they kick the shit out of everyone!

[Pixeldragoon]

Kung Fu Hustle was INSANE; Who is the guy in Bulletproof Monk? I can't recall his name.

You guys should check out this kid; His Idol is Jaa, and I think he's doing pretty good so far.
http://www.emcmonkeys.com/sarith.htm

They have some vids there, one I think is called "urban ninja". CHECK IT OUT. It's incredible. He is better than a few olympic gymnasts.

[le capitan]

Rumble in the Bronx anyone?

[Mort]

hehe yea the old jackie and jet li movies are the greatness.
and i also have a large collection of them somewhere. gonna dust off those vhs tapes one day.

and i also like those cheesy ninja movies with the white dudes that jumps around with colorful ninja stealth outfits from the 80`s .

drunken master is the greatest of the jackie chan movies i think.
was one time trying to get all of them. have all the old ones i think. the new ones isnt that cool. too hollywood.

bruce lee is ok i think, but didnt like his fighting style so much.

[Flake]

I love martial arts films, some of my recent favourites are..

Once Upon a Time in China trilogy
Ong Bak
Tom Yum Goong
Zatoichi (Takeshi Kitano version)
Azumi/Azumi 2
Bichunmoo
Fist of Legend
Kung Fu Hustle
Kiss of the Dragon
Unleashed (yeah, everyone else seems to hate it but I enjoyed it)
Hero
Crouching Tiger
Iron Monkey

and the "oldies but goodies"

Enter the Dragon (well, all of the Bruce Lee films, but this is my favourite)
Lady Snowblood
Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Shogun Assassin/Babycart/Lone Wolf and Cub series (essential viewing :D )
A Chinese Ghost Story

and some "not really martial arts films but cool as shit anyway" ones..

Old Boy
Hard Boiled
Bangkok Dangerous
Kill Bill 1&2
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Shaolin Soccer
Battle Royale

And finally the "cheesy 80's straight to video" section

No Retreat, No Surrender
American Ninja
BloodSport
Karate Kid
and pretty much anything with Chuck in it..

[Scubasteve]

No Retreat No Surrender.I remember that one, Van Dam was a Russin right? Been wanting to see unleashed. Thats a different kind of Role for Morgan Freeman. Does he do any Kung Fu innit?

[vigostar]

flake- thats a dope list you have there... I actually own... Bichinmo and Azumi i havent seen azumi 2. I also own Oldboy. Wadda flick and BattleRoyale is great a well. You forgot "the Killer". If your going to put hard boiled in there you gotta put the killer!

[Flake]

No Retreat No Surrender.I remember that one, Van Dam was a Russin right? Been wanting to see unleashed. Thats a different kind of Role for Morgan Freeman. Does he do any Kung Fu innit?

Yeah, Van Damme is an evil Russian commie who beats up on this American kid and his dad, then the ghost of Bruce Lee appears and teaches the kid how to kick ass :D

Nope, no kung fu for Morgan I'm afraid.

Vigo- totally forgot about The Killer, should've been in there.

[talbot]

Just wanted to throw in "Snake and Crane: Arts of Shaolin." One of Jackie's better movies. The story is actually pretty good as well, I think. And "Supercop" is pretty good too. Good fight scenes. Watch the outtakes after the movie. Jackie gets smacked by a helicopter during one of the stunts. Ouch.

[Aerythes]

Check out Jet Li's new movie, Fearless. Supposedly his last kungfu movie. It's based on the true story of the founder of Jing Wu martial arts school.

[epiphany]

Heres a good recent martial art movie from hong kong you guys should look into ---> SPL: Sha po lang.

Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung did a kick ass fight scene at the end of the movie.

[0kelvin]

Anyone heard of the new Donnie Yen movie coming out in Asia, Dragon Tiger Gate? It's based on a comic, and looks like it could be pretty good.

http://www.dragontigergatemovie.com/main.html
You can see the teaser trailer by clicking on the second button along the bottom row.

From what I've seen of the comic, it had a ton of huge, Kung Fu Hustle-like moves, but I don't know if they're going to be going that direction with the movie.



0kelvin

[SeraphSword]

Who is the guy in Bulletproof Monk? I can't recall his name.

That's Chow Yun Fat.


My alltime favorite Kung Fu flick is Fist of Legend with Jet Li.

One thing I didn't like about Ong-Bak were the replays (like in old Van Damme movies). It's like they don't trust you to see it the first time. Otherwise it was pretty good.

[JERI]

Anyone heard of the new Donnie Yen movie coming out in Asia, Dragon Tiger Gate? It's based on a comic, and looks like it could be pretty good.

http://www.dragontigergatemovie.com/main.html
You can see the teaser trailer by clicking on the second button along the bottom row.

From what I've seen of the comic, it had a ton of huge, Kung Fu Hustle-like moves, but I don't know if they're going to be going that direction with the movie.



0kelvin

Movies based on Hong Kong comics rarely works, just look at Storm Riders.

[Mort]

That's Chow Yun Fat.


My alltime favorite Kung Fu flick is Fist of Legend with Jet Li.

One thing I didn't like about Ong-Bak were the replays (like in old Van Damme movies). It's like they don't trust you to see it the first time. Otherwise it was pretty good.

that reminds me ,but its not kung fu.
once a theif movies made by john woo is awesome too. the scene where he puts alot of pistols on diffrent places before he makes his hit on the mafia boss is priceless. and then he just picks up the guns as he walks. john woo is the master of gun tango scenes. just very cool stuff. just boring that they have to act between the action scenes.

[JERI]

I just watched "The New Police Story".

Most disappointing Jackie Chan movie ever!

[N D Hill]

Enter The Dragon
Game of Death
Once apon a Time in China
Iron Monkey
Fist of Legend

[LoTekK]

No one's mentioned some of the classic Hong Kong flicks:

Dragon Inn
Swordsman 2 (Western releases might be called "Legend of the Swordsman")
Butterfly and the Sword

[magicgoo]

Copied and pasted from my profile :)

Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer, Fist of Legend, Project A, Spiritual Kung Fu, Snake in Eagle Shadow, Half a Loaf of Kung Fu, To Kill With Intrigue, Bastard Kung Fu Master, Shaolin One, Brutal Boxer, Drunken Tai Chi, Mr. Nice Guy, Legend of the Drunken Master, Mantis Fists Tiger Claws, Shaolin Mantis, 5 Venoms vs. Wu Tang, Hero, Fantasy Mission Force, Magic Crane, Tiger's Claw, Dragon Kid, 5 Superfighters, Rivals of the Dragon, Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Snake-Crane Secret, Iron Monkey, Master With Cracked Fingers, Thugs Hos & Scrillah, Dynamo, Bulletproof Monk, Venom Warrior, Duel of the Brave Ones, Drunken Master, Rumble in the Bronx, Return of the Deadly Blade, Once Upon A Time In China

Of course, these are all straight Kung Fu. There are some great Japanese martial arts movies too like Arigami and Versus, of course. But I like kungfu the best.

[littlefox]

The Dragon Scene in one of the Once Upon A Time in China is probably one of my favorites... Anyone see the Wu Tang CHess Boxer?

[0kelvin]

Copied and pasted from my profile :)

Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer, Fist of Legend, Project A, Spiritual Kung Fu, Snake in Eagle Shadow, Half a Loaf of Kung Fu, To Kill With Intrigue, Bastard Kung Fu Master, Shaolin One, Brutal Boxer, Drunken Tai Chi, Mr. Nice Guy, Legend of the Drunken Master, Mantis Fists Tiger Claws, Shaolin Mantis, 5 Venoms vs. Wu Tang, Hero, Fantasy Mission Force, Magic Crane, Tiger's Claw, Dragon Kid, 5 Superfighters, Rivals of the Dragon, Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Snake-Crane Secret, Iron Monkey, Master With Cracked Fingers, Thugs Hos & Scrillah, Dynamo, Bulletproof Monk, Venom Warrior, Duel of the Brave Ones, Drunken Master, Rumble in the Bronx, Return of the Deadly Blade, Once Upon A Time In China

Of course, these are all straight Kung Fu. There are some great Japanese martial arts movies too like Arigami and Versus, of course. But I like kungfu the best.


HEART



0kelvin

[Silvertone]

Anyone see Tai Chi Master? Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh I believe. Although I think it's been re-released for dvd under a different title.

Definitely agree with Fist of Legend, one of the greats.

[magicgoo]

Hehe, you like the kung fu, too, 0kelvin? It's good stuff :)

[MangaMan]

No one mentioned Master of the Flying Guillotine.

[0kelvin]

Hehe, you like the kung fu, too, 0kelvin? It's good stuff :)

Totally!

That's a great list. I haven't seen all the movies on it, but the ones I have are awesome. I love Fantasy Mission Force, it's got the greatest opening 15 minutes ever. To Kill With Intrigue is worth it just to see Jackie Chan throw a sword out a window right through a guy falling past it, pinning him to a tree.



0kelvin

[newman]

i've watched a hell of a lot of martial arts films over the years, and my two absolute favourite films don't seem to be on anyones lists. if you like jackie chans classic stuff, you HAVE to watch these two films:
Prodigal Son
Warriors Two (not a sequel, but about two warriors!)

they are both wing chun films directed by samo hung

[vigostar]

No one mentioned Master of the Flying Guillotine.


Man I thought that movie was crap..... that contraption was so weak.... the only cool thing about that was the dude that ended up beating him.. and the other dudes.. like the guy with the long arms... geeez.. that was just awefull even for a kung-fu flick....

May favs will always be....
1- Master killer.........great story, excellent fighting scenes, great "training scenes", and I love how the integrated the creation of the broken staff into the film

2- The Three assasins aka Marco Polo- badass flick... Iron Palm, Pugalism, and a wrestler that was able to take bricks out of the walls! Crazy!

3- Snake vs. Monkey (dont remember the actual name but it contains snake and monkey) some of the best martial arts displayed i have ever seen.. Especially the dude that does the monkey technique.. fucking amazing..!

Unleashed was badass too although not really a "kung-fu" flick

[JoshuaTheJames]

Yes, Madaam (Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock) Watch this if you haven't! Michelle Yeoh fights more like Batman than Batman...the movie Batman that is.

Royal Warrior (Michelle Yeoh)

Fist of Legend (Jet Li)

SuperCop ^_^

Once Upon a Time in China

Tai Chi Master

Shou hu fei long(Skinny Tiger Fatty Dragon) (Sammo Hung, Karl Maka)

Return of the Dragon

Enter the Dragon

Enter the Fat Dragon! (Sammo!) ^_^

Tiger Cage 2 (Heard was really dope but, I still can't find it)

Bruce Lee: A Warriors Jouney (a great documentary about how the movie "the Game of Death" was supposed to be)

Meals on Wheels (that Jackie fight with Benny the Jet still trips my out!)

Only the Strong (B Movie/ Mark Dacascos)

Drunken Master 1 and 2! Especially 2!

Who am I (Jackie)

Gorgeous (But ONLY for the fight scenes/ wtf jackie)

Lots more...

[ah.heng]

why didn't anyone mention the zhang yimou films?
i absolutely loved HERO and house of flying daggers.

[vigostar]

why didn't anyone mention the zhang yimou films?
i absolutely loved HERO and house of flying daggers.

Yeah those were dope movies... I actually like house of flying daggers more... the visuals I thought were better..

[Kian]

Fearless. Nuff said

[ah.heng]

dragon tiger gate is incredible. the storytelling is kinda crappy, typical HK stuff. but the action scenes are breath taking.

http://www.dragontigergatemovie.com/main.html

[Scubasteve]

Hi YAaaaaah!

[GHill]

Wow, a lot of great Fu flix listed in this thread! I'm a sucker for any old Shaw Brothers movie (especially any with the Venoms). Yep, give me an old vhs with the original dub and ripped off funk tracks and I'm a happy nerd.

Some of my favs: 5 Deadly Venoms, Chinese Super Ninjas, Crippled Avengers, Master Killer, Shaolin Temple, Master of the Flying Guillotine, Fists of the White Lotus, Snake in Eagle's Shadow (Hwang Jang Lee = Badass), Kung Fu Zombie (It's as good as it sounds), Drunken Master 2, Rumble in the Bronx (acting and over-dub are priceless), Fist of Legend, Enter the Dragon, The Last Dragon (Sho-nuff), Iron Monkey, Comet Butterfly and Sword, Shaolin VS Llama, and too many more.

[DSillustration]

Fists of the White Lotus
FINALLY!!!
i was wondering when someone was going to mention this one.
by far my favorite kung-fu flick, and definitely one of gordon liu's best.
yes, even better than "master killer", imo.

[Interceptor]

I think my favorite is Gorgeous. A jackie chan film, where the 2 biggest fights are 1 on 1 duels against a little Irish guy.

[JERI]

Shaolin Temple: The climax fight where the Shaolin monks take on the warlord, mantis style (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrK0VxkTDz4)

You know it's hard to imagine that Jet Li was rather good lookin' when he was a kid.

[Dizon]

the movies suck story wise but the fighting and stunts are just incredible.

[nordmark]

Copied and pasted from my profile :)

Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer, Fist of Legend, Project A, Spiritual Kung Fu, Snake in Eagle Shadow, Half a Loaf of Kung Fu, To Kill With Intrigue, Bastard Kung Fu Master, Shaolin One, Brutal Boxer, Drunken Tai Chi, Mr. Nice Guy, Legend of the Drunken Master, Mantis Fists Tiger Claws, Shaolin Mantis, 5 Venoms vs. Wu Tang, Hero, Fantasy Mission Force, Magic Crane, Tiger's Claw, Dragon Kid, 5 Superfighters, Rivals of the Dragon, Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Snake-Crane Secret, Iron Monkey, Master With Cracked Fingers, Thugs Hos & Scrillah, Dynamo, Bulletproof Monk, Venom Warrior, Duel of the Brave Ones, Drunken Master, Rumble in the Bronx, Return of the Deadly Blade, Once Upon A Time In China

Of course, these are all straight Kung Fu. There are some great Japanese martial arts movies too like Arigami and Versus, of course. But I like kungfu the best.Nice list... Iron Monkey is badass, the fighting scene in the end is just to good. You should check out Shaolin Master Killer. Oldschool kung fu classic. 8)

[A.Cerasoli]

The only Martial Arts flicks I have seen are Bruce lee and Jackie Chan movies. I just bought the Shogun Assassin. Have not watched it yet though. Hopefully it's a good movie.

[Scubasteve]

I've heard White Lotus is the bomb, guess I need to get it. Iron Monkey is good?

Anybody catch that National Geographic Special "The Science of Martial Arts" or something like that. Pretty interesting stuff. Have some cool comparisons between the arts and stuff like that.

Another Question:

Whats the greatest martial Arts? Or your favorite? Mui Tai is cool. (did I spell that right?) Not as flashy as Kung Fu or Ju Jit Su, but seems to be the most efficent to me.

[vigostar]

scubasteve- I like Krav maga (i have no idea how to spell it) Isreali martial art. Straight to the point and viscious. Stylistically Capoeria and preyin mantis styles are nice to look at.

[JERI]

Whats the greatest martial Arts? Or your favorite? Mui Tai is cool. (did I spell that right?) Not as flashy as Kung Fu or Ju Jit Su, but seems to be the most efficent to me.

Greatest one to look at or the greatest one to use?

Not sure about the best one to use, but I think sanshou is pretty exciting to watch in combat.

[Scubasteve]

I guess greatest as in most effective. But the coolest looking is ok too.

[JERI]

Jackie Chan legendary one-take fight scene now on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlEMks-sbVs