Greatest Martial Art Movie(s) Of All Time!
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, June 15, 2026 04:24
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In the 70's they used to show a lot of kung-fu movies all the time on late nite & Sat TV. I guess I'm sentimental to those days as compared to modern movies. I liked :
The Chinatown Kid ( w/ Alexander Fu Sheng )
The Kid With The Golden Arm
Street Gangs of Hong Kong
Alexander Fu Sheng made a lot of these movies, and I don't know any titles except the above. I liked his style and charisma more than anybody I've ever seen since Bruce Lee.
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Jong, you're so old school
No pause in the action Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Jong, you're so old school
No pause in the action Chrisisall
I reckon I am at that. I'm not one to jump on bandwagons or go with anything new so fast. Someday we'll ALL be talking and writing about Firefly, and future folks are gonna call us old school and sentimentalists. A'int the worst thing in the world...right? I did enjoy very much Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon...so I'm not totally stuck in the 60's & 70's.
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Quote:But did you see Hero? Man, THAT was a movie....
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
I did enjoy very much Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon...
*snif*Chrisisall
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
In the 70's they used to show a lot of kung-fu movies all the time on late nite & Sat TV.
Where I grew up it was called Kung Fu Theatre. My brother and I spent an endless amount of time watching these masterpieces. Each film seemed to have an old, blind guy with long white hair and matching beard. When the bad guys messed with him they were in for a bad time. A lot of the more entertaining films had characters who used very unusual weaponry.
Glad to see someone mention Fiver Deadly Venoms. Definitely a classic.
I recently bought a movie called Seven Grand Masters. Very good old school kung fu movie.
For modern films you just can't beat Hero.
I have to give an honorable mention to the sequence between The Bride and Pai Mei in Kill Bill Volume 2. It is an excellent homage to the kung fu I grew up with.
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I have to give an honorable mention to the sequence between The Bride and Pai Mei in Kill Bill Volume 2. It is an excellent homage to the kung fu I grew up with.
He also did Michelle Yeoh's movie Wing Chun- a perfect blend of old & new school, really, most excellent.
Not dubbed Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:But did you see Hero? Man, THAT was a movie....
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
I did enjoy very much Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon...
*snif*Chrisisall
I respect your opinion on these things so I will see Hero sometime soon. Thanks for the heads up.
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Check out Perfect Weapon for a great American made martial arts movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102655/
It stared Jeff Speakman, at the time, a real 4th degree Kenpo blackbelt, and was choreographed by one of the very founders of American martial arts Ed Parker. The movie was a classic martial arts movie, revenge and all that. But the fight scenes were very true to Kenpo and they were not only great, but very realistic. One interesting fun-fact, it also had a small part by Mariska Hargitay, a big star these days in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit".
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Can't believe no one's mentioned Billy Jack...
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You're NOT kidding...
Not in the least.
The original has characters you care about, a plot that actually makes sense, genuine humor, tense fights, and a lot of underdog charm. II has better production values and more gimmicks and that's about it.
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