Favorite martial arts films

Started by Dark Knight Detective, Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 20:14

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Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 20:14 Last Edit: Tue, 20 Apr 2010, 16:13 by Dark Knight Detective
Here's some to name:

Enter the Dragon
Bloodsport (the original)
Mortal Kombat: The Movie
Kung Fu Hustle
Game of Death
The Lone Wolf & Cub series
The Rush Hour series
The Legend of the Drunken Master
Fist of Fury
The Big Boss
Kill Bill 1 & 2




The other day I was watching the 1989 Punisher film, which was pretty heavy on martial arts. It was surprisingly better than I remembered.


Pretty muc the same as you DKD

Enter the Dragon
Game of Death
Fist of Fury (also Jet Li's Fist of Legend)
Way of the Dragon - awesome scene with Norris
Police Story
Project A
Armour of God

Some good movies mentioned in this thread. A few others I?d add to the list:

Seven Samurai (1954)
Yojimbo (1961)
Sonny Chiba?s The Streetfighter series (1974 onwards)
Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Wheels on Meals (1984)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Kickboxer (1989)
Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
Rapid Fire (1992)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
Hard Target (1993)
Iron Monkey (1993)
Blade (1998) and Blade II (2002)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
Versus (2000)
Azumi (2003)
Ong-Bak (2003)
Zatoichi (2003)
House of Flying Daggers (2004)

My all time favourite MA scene has to be Jackie Chan vs. Benny ?the Jet? Urquidez in Wheels on Meals.



And there?s a Batman connection: the Red Triangle Gang members Batman fights in the middle of Batman Returns were trained by Benny Urquidez. Apparently Urquidez himself was on set to help with the fight choreography, though he received no onscreen credit.

Tue, 13 Apr 2010, 01:53 #4 Last Edit: Tue, 13 Apr 2010, 02:31 by Dark Knight Detective
Nice taste guys. Some more mentions:

Twin Dragons (Jackie Chan film)
Fist of the North Star (both the anime film & live action movie)
Jet Li's Fearless
Double Impact (JCVD film)
The Dragonball Z anime movies
Universal Soldier
Red Belt
Rumble in the Bronx

The biggies for me are Operation Condor and Project A.

I love Jackie Chan, he reminds me of Buster Keaton.
Why is there always someone who bring eggs and tomatoes to a speech?

Too many to list, but I would have to put Mortal Kombat, Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Jackie Chan's First Strike and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the top of my list. Do the turtles count as martial arts?


Tue, 8 Jun 2010, 20:28 #8 Last Edit: Tue, 8 Jun 2010, 20:34 by Silver Nemesis
A preview/extended trailer for a new Mortal Kombat title ? MK Rebirth ? has just appeared online. No one seems to know if it?s footage from the long awaited movie, or else just a promo for a new game. Either way, it?s an interesting ?Nolanized? approach to the franchise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_MqZn7E-mk&feature=player_embedded

Pause the video around the 7:12 mark to get a look at the new Sub-Zero.

They messed too much with the established MK story line! >:(
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