Fave Movie...

[wushu chik]

I think I already know the answer to this question...but for fun...take the poll, and lets see what the fave MA movie of ALL time is on here....

~Wen~

[HuangKaiVun]

Circle of Iron

[jon]

Big Trouble In Little China

The source of all of my pathetic ideals :D

[anton]

What about the Once Upon A Time In China films

[firepalm]

Although I voted DM2, I must say I like Black Sheep Affair even better. Chiu Mun Cheuk (the other Wong Fei Hung of OUATIC series) as a PLA soldier stationed in a former Soviet Republic & has to take down a Japanese terrorist. Save for a little bit of over the top wire fu an excellent film with one of the best & most dramatic ending fights ever, oozes with tension! Four stars!:D

[logic]

Rocky

[Repulsive Monkey]

By a long shot it has to be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

[MightyB]

No argument, hands down, the best martial arts movie ever...

Jet Li's "New Fist of Legend"

[Chang Style Novice]

My real favorite movies don't have martial arts in them.

The Manchurian Candidate, Dr. Strangelove, The Night of the Hunter, Lawrence of Arabia, Yojimbo (okay, that's an exception), Fresh, House of Games, Dangerous Liasons (another exception with a fencing duel between John Malkovich and Keanu Reeves), The Big Lebowski, Duck Soup, Manhattan, Do The Right Thing, L.A. Story, Seven Days in May...and I'm just getting warmed up!

anybody else like good movies, not just ones with good fight scenes?

Although...

Jet Li vs. Yasuaki Kurata in blindfolds, Jackie Chan vs. Benny Urquidez in a Spanish castle (best ever!), Jackie Chan vs. Benny Urquidez in a drug factory, Bruce Lee vs. Kareem Abdul Jabar, Bruce Lee vs. Bob Wall in a locker room, Yasuaki Kurata vs. one of the venoms (Lo Meng?) in a katana vs. taichi sword duel...and I'm just getting warmed up here, too!

[ewallace]

Big Trouble In Little China
Hell yeah. That movie is a classic. The old dude (James Hong) still gives me the heeby jeebies.

[Badger]

Lethal Weapon: Cool fight at the end between Mel Gibson & Gary Busey.
This movie had BJJ, Jailhouse Rock , Gun Fu, Crazy Fu & Mullet Fu. Classic 80's.

Enter the Dragon: Cool movie.Favorite movie back in the day but some of it seems a little silly now.
Too many badguys standing around smiling, waiting their turn to get their butts kicked by Bruce 1 at a time.


Tombstone: Awesome western. Lots of Gun Fu, Cup Fu, Ambush Fu, Earp Fu & Huckleberry Fu.
Great Movie.


Badger

[MightyB]

When ChangStyle brought up Urquidez, I remembered another cool fight scene. Benny-vs-John Cussack in Gross Point Blank. That was just good ol' fashioned street style kick boxing.

Jackie Chan-vs- "that old guy" at the end of The Young Master.

Hulk Hogan-vs-Rocky in Rocky 3. The street fight at the end of Rocky 5.

Fight Club and Snatch, both awesome all the way through.

Any of the Blind Swordsman series. Ichi is the baddest mofo with a samurai sword.

[Chang Style Novice]

Zatoichi rocks like yo grandaddy's chair! My favorite is the one (the titles escape me) where he helps a little boy escape from a house on a mountainside while about 30 billion henchmen carrying lanterns come after them through a forest at night. Truly exquisite.

Avoid "Blind Fury" aka "Rutger Hauer Cr@ps All Over the Beautiful Legacy of the Zatoichi Movies" at all costs, though.

[Water Dragon]

Scarface
Carlito's Way
Godfather Trilogy
Casablanca
American Me
Goodfellas
Casino
Menace to Society
All Quiet on the Western Front
Friday
Maltese Falcon
Gone With the Wind

[ewallace]

I'll admit it. I still like Bloodsport. I watch it everytime it is on TBS.

[ewallace]

Oooooh. And Sidekicks. That little Earnie kid who did that karate show back in the day.

[Water Dragon]

Why has no one mentioned, They Call Me Bruce?

[Chang Style Novice]

Waterdragon - That's what I'm talking about!

Uh, I mean your first post. I haven't seen "They Call Me Bruce."

[yenhoi]

Wushu Chic you should really expand your video library.

Enter the Dragon.

[Silumkid]

Some other titles I like...

Chinese Super Ninjas
Iceman Cometh
Fearless Hyena
Green Hornet (Chinese version)
Body Weapon
Project A 1 and 2
Dance of Death (Angela Miao-Ying!)
Deadend of Besiegers
Best of the Best (but the only the first...the rest were @#$!^^!!!)
Prodigal Son
Dreadnaught
Eastern Condors

and on and on and....

[dezhen2001]

Water Dragon: that's one of the craziest and funniest films i remember seeing as a kid :D

david

[norther practitioner]

lets see, wish I were home so I could perooze the library (70 + kung fu movies now.....I had to sell some off).

The Legend
Shaolin v. Wu Tang
Once upon a time in China and America,
well most of that whole series
New Legends of Shaolin
Iron Monkey (the first release, like early '90s)
any old Jackie
oh, and I liked the concept behind the one, Jet fighting himself in different styles.

non ma
Comedy
Any Kevin Smith
(Jay and Silent Bob strike back, clerks, etc.)
The Big Lubowski


Others
Snatch
Fight Club
The Godfather Trilogy
Good fellas

[Xue Pei]

Hey, Wushu Chik...
What about Fist of a Legend?!:confused:

[wushu chik]

Guys guys guys...my vid library is huge......I have most of those....I just put the first ones that came to mind...I forgot Fist of Legend...sue me!!!

~Wen~

[ewallace]

I forgot Fist of Legend...sue me!!!
Expect to hear from Tai Li's attorney very soon. :)

[Kevin]

Chen Zhen vs. General Fujita, ala Fist of Legend. Anime? That would be Grappler Baki vs. Shinogi the Cord Cutter. Hey Chang Style Novice, which movie has Yasuaki Kurata vs. a Chinese sword? He's pretty cool (I just recently realized that he was in Street Fighters Last Revenge, he was so young I hardly recognized him).

[ewallace]

I can't remember for the life of me the name of the movie where one of the dudes always says "Buddha bless you". 'Little help someone?

[David Jamieson]

Kentucky fried movie. :) (best parody of Bruce ever)

the 36th chamber - master killer (Lius best work)

tiger claws (jamal wasisname as a hung guy)

silent flute (circle of iron)-good story-

iron monkey & iron monkey 2

drunken master

raiders of buddhist kung fu (more liu with a freakish monkey master in this one)

btilc (cracks me up - "we were not put here to 'get-it' mr. burton")

7 red tigers (chinese with subs)

half a loaf of kung fu

snake in eagles shadow

cthd (love the girl fight in the kwoon, well choreoed)

matrix (evil wing chun guy in the subway scene)

tai chi master

shaolin temple (early jet li, pretty fun)

Enter the Dragon (John Saxon and his Karate is the guy to watch when your not watching Bruce hahaha)

well, clearly I have a bit of time on my hands today....
peace

[TaoBoy]

Some others to consider (and some may not be your *hardcore* MA types - but they still rock):

Shogun Assassin
Ghost Dog (The Way of the Samurai)
Blade
My Father is Hero
Shaolin Temple
Wheels on Meals

[Tae Li]

I cant BELIEVE you dont have Fist Of L egend on that poll Wushu Chik! what were you thinking?????

anyhow, everyones knows where MY vote goes...

Tae Li;)

[David Jamieson]

ewallace-

the movie where they are always saying "buddha bless you" is Raiders of Buddhist Kung Fu with Gordon Liu.

peace

[ewallace]

Yep. That's it. Thanks.

[Silumkid]

There's another movie with a character that always says "Buddha bless you" in it...Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin. Jackie's master says it constantly in that film. Isn't it also spoken often in The Buddhist Fist?

Maybe I'll watch it later and remind myself...:D

[dezhen2001]

you gotta love those old Chan movies! :D
I really love all the old 70's/early 80's movies from the Shaws and Golden Harvest...

Also in Shaolin Temple, the abbot and senior monk says it all the time (as you wold expect), whenever something happens.

david

[wufupaul]

Allright, I know it's Japanese, but Revenge of the Ninja is totally sweet. How could you people forget that one? It's one of my favorites, along with Big Trouble in Little China, Last Dragon, Gorgeous, Fist of Legend, Enter the Dragon, and Drunken Master 2.:D

[dezhen2001]

yup, it's totally sweet. Makes me just wanna flip out and kick my mom in the head:rolleyes:

Sorry, but it just had to be said :p

david

[Chang Style Novice]

Kevin -

Yasuaki Kurata vs. a venom with a Chinese sword is in a Shaw Bros flick called (in the version I've seen) Ninja's Deadly Trap.

[jun_erh]

I was going to put Master Killer anyway. I liked ST 3 and 2 better than one.

Kung Lek- I think Raiders... was originally released under a different title, I can't remember what though.

It's so pathetic how no one knows old Shaw Bros and stuff here. You're all so uncultured compared to me.


Check this link out:

http://www.ronlim.com/martial.html

A martial artist reviewing old and new movies. note: I would completely and totally disagree with his review of Jet Li's "The Master" it has got to be one of the worst movies I've ever seen

[jun_erh]

"It's so pathetic how no one knows old Shaw Bros and stuff here. You're all so uncultured compared to me. "

I'm just kidding. In fact, my knowledge of American Pie And Scary Movie betrays my TOTAL LACK OF CULTUREDNESS

[Silumkid]

Hey jun! That's slander, buddy! You can see quite clearly that the first movie on my list was a Shaw Brothers movie, you non-reading SOB! ;)

Scary Movie ruled!

[Justa Man]

i didn't read this whole thread, but i sure hope yall gave bruce vs chuck it's due respect.
some favorites....
-fighters 2 (the old teacher was sooo nice)
-the sequel (who's name escapes my hungover, burnt brain cells right now)
-shaolin mantis (any old cat who fights with a pipe gets my vote)
-battle angel (ok, it's anime, but she is too nice to not be mentioned)
-wind ninja chronicles (like i need to write anything more)
--revenge of the ninja (forgot who mentioned it already, but whoever it was gets mad props cuz that movie is the sh!t!)
-shaolin vs. wu tang (c'mon, the chess scene is too villanous to be ignored!)

[Chang Style Novice]

I've seen one with a guy chanting "Buddha Bless Us!" a lot, but it was called the Buddhist Fist.

Another fine, fine Lau Kar Leung pic from the Shaw Bros. stable, as it happens.

[MightyB]

Somebody probably already listed it, but Return of the Dragon's ending fight with Bruce-vs-Chuck is awesome!

[HuangKaiVun]

Fist of the North Star (anime) - uses a combination of Southern Mantis and sport karate.

Spiritual Kung Fu - incredible fight scene of Chan using tonfa, bad guy uses 5-ancestor fist (Seven Stye Fist), Chan uses Shaolin 5 Animals (5 style fist), old master at the end uses Northern Shaolin ("Bloody Palm" is Kuo Yu Cheong's palm strike).

Master Killer - good demonstration of Hung Ga's Gung Gee Fook Fu Kuen in the "Fist" scene. Also the movie opens with a demonstration of Hung Ga's "5 Animals" set done with weights on the arms.

Mystery of Chess Boxing - looks a lot like Choy Li Fut to me. Also Mizhongquan came to my mind, though I couldn't imagine Huo Yun Chia's art making its way into director Joseph Ng's mind.

Pushing Hands - old Sigung Lu does Yang Style Taijiquan for that movie. Anybody notice him in:

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Wu Tang nominally, competition wushu Changquan all the way

Drunken Master - 8 drunken immortals matched against Chan - who does the opening of the "Fu Hok" (Tiger/Crane) set before splitting his pants! Also the fat guy does Hung Ga's 5 Animals set at the end with the master watching.

Snake in Eagle's Shadow - beautiful depiction of both styles. Also, the fat son of the rich merchant (same fat guy from Drunken Master) can be seen doing the "Siu Lum Tao" from Wing Chun

Rumble In The Bronx - Chan does the "Mok Yan Jong" set of Wing Chun at blinding speed and power at the outset of the movie, uses Wing Chun throughout the rest of the film.

Deadly Hands of Mantis - This style featured on its original video box the two antagonists locked in a Wing Chun "chi sao" position.

Circle of Iron - Cord, upon losing The Blind Man after the ruins fight, practices "Lien Bu Chuan" from Kuo Yu Cheong's Northern Shaolin in a forward moving fashion. Not much power generation from legs. At the end of the movie, Carradine can be seen doing one of the Northern Shaolin 10 hand sets from a distance.

[Chang Style Novice]

Seems like it wouldn't be too hard to wrote a "kung fu movie title generator."

It would go something like this:
Choose any one, two, or three of the following.

Shaolin, Wutang, Deadly, Monkey, Tiger, Dragon, Mantis, Snake, Eagle, Sword, Fist, Kick, Hand, Claw, Buddha, Monk, Fighter, Ninja, Boxing/Boxer, Lama, Warrior, Killer, Master, Man/Men, Iron, Golden, Wooden, Stone.

Insert prepositions and articles as desired.

Insert any of the following as desired. Chamber, Shadow, Vs., Circle, Temple, Eight Diagram, Six Harmony, North, South, East, West, China, Whirling, Infinite, Champions, Duel, Fight, Battle, Dance, One-Armed, Crippled.

a few examples...

Duel of the Infinite Monkey Chamber
Circle of Boxing
Shadow Mantis of Sword
One-Armed Six Harmony Monk
Deadly Whirling Claw in Iron Wutang's Shadow

try your own, and I'm sure there are many words I skipped, too.

[Prairie]

I'll put my two bits in....

Favorite Movies in General (in no particular oder):
The Exorcist -- funny and scary at the same time
Natural Born Killers
The Godfather Trilogy
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Shakespeare in Love
Tai Chi Master
The Matrix