Coolest martial arts villians
This is a companion thread to Su Lin's thread, since I noticed most people were listing heroes/protagonists and didn't want to derail it by listing villians.
Here are my 2 favorites:
Lo Lieh as the White Lotus leader Bak Mei in Fist of the White Lotus. This was Lo Lieh's directorial debut, and Lau-Kar Leung did the fighting sequences. Lo Lieh also played the film's villian, and what a performance it was. Bak Mei only had one weak spot, and so was impervious to normal strikes. He also had a "light" skill, where he could absorb a blow or simply float backwards, like a balloon bouncing about. What also made his final defeat so rewarding was the number of times that he fought the movie's hero, Gordon Liu. Poor Gordon would learn a new skill, and rush out to challenge Lo, only to get soundly whipped and sent running with his tail between his legs, while Lo would laugh maniacally. The scene at the end was a mix of ingenious cinematography and humor. Gordon sneaks into Bak Mei's compound, and attempts to ambush him while he is resting in a hot bath. Bak Mei senses the attack at the last second, and literally leaps bare-assed out of the bath to dodge the attack. Then there is short scene where he defends himself against Gordon's attacks while putting on his loincloth and robe. There was the menacing scowl, maniacal laughter, supreme ****iness, and shocking white hair -- my favorite rendition of this notorious villian, and one that Gordon himself paid homage to years later in Kill Bill --notice my avatar =)
Guk Fung aka Ku Feng as the psychotic patriarch in Avenging Eagle. The heroes did a great job in the final fight -- Ti Lung was amazing with the 3-sectional staff and Alexander Fu Sheng had blades (coneealed in his shoes, no less) that he attached to iron rods on his wrist -- but Ku Feng stole the show in the final scene. His weapons were the these golden eagle claws/gloves, and he proved nearly impossible to kill. Much of the fight is Ku leaping through the air, slicing the heroes to ribbons. Another example of the old fierce white-haired villian -- Ku was absolutely ruthless in this performance.
Jimbo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have to disagree with you and say that Hwang was too underused in Invincible Armor and the role could have been played better by somebody else.
Kid from Kwantung, I will have to look it up. Hopefully this isn't the movie that yo uare tlakign about, but you have to see buddhist assasinator. It is a godawful movie and I almost didn't make it to the finale. Thank god I did, coolest kung fu style ever and it neevr would have worked if it wasn't hwang playing the role.