Kung-Fu Movies

spirity · 27 May 2008 at 18:24

Thanks for the suggestions all! Think I'll start hunting down Drunken Master 1 + 2, Kung Fu Hustle and Ong Bak to start with.

yaboy · 27 May 2008 at 18:48

Kung-Fu Hustle.

sneakyd · 27 May 2008 at 19:05

Someone wasn't impressed with Ong-Bak!!!!!

This got me watching martial arts films again!!!

Kung-Fu hustle is quality as well!!!

Azagoth · 27 May 2008 at 19:39

platypus said:
The Legend of Fong-Sai Yuk I & II. Awesome, awesome films. So funny too.

If nothing else, you have to get those two!

rhymin · 27 May 2008 at 20:08

MookJong said:
It's all about the old school.....some Shaw Brother stuff is what you want.

The Kid with Golden Arms
The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
36th Chamber of Shaolin
Heroes Of The East
Crippled Avengers

Classic...

what he said, plus:

Shaolin vs Lama
Born Invincible
Shaolin & Wu Tang
Iron Monkey

Scientific · 27 May 2008 at 20:38

Prodigal Son,

Awesome film the fight scenes are unbelievable....

rhymin · 27 May 2008 at 21:18

Scientific said:
Prodigal Son,

Awesome film the fight scenes are unbelievable....

yeh great film, funny too, when hes writing, ina kungfu style, or is it cooking, i forget, have to watch again

another one for the list:

Mystery of Chessboxing

HighlandeR · 27 May 2008 at 21:34

Dunno how anyone could say Ong Bak wasnt any good, definatly one of the best martial art/action flicks, he definatly is that next Jackie chan + Jet li

Check out also Warrior King thats the film he did afterwards with similar feel, but just amazing martial arts/action thru out non stop.

Id even go to say his stunts and non stop breaking everyones hands/feet in Warrior King towards the end made it a top ranked of all time martial art films

Was gonna look forward to forbidden kingdom but alas aint hearing many good things about it but will see, its not like we can get a 25 year old Jackie Chan fighting a 25 year old Jet Li, and then watching the after film footage with Jackie chan in agony after a stunt gone wrong

HighlandeR · 27 May 2008 at 23:11

look what just spotted

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/jaa_battles_on_elephants_in_new_ong_bak_2_posters

~>Dg<~ · 28 May 2008 at 09:33

magnificent butcher , the victim, iron monkey, black mask is different but good fight scenes/action.

platypus · 28 May 2008 at 10:07

HighlandeR said:
look what just spotted

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/jaa_battles_on_elephants_in_new_ong_bak_2_posters

Awesome!

To be honest though, we could sit here and list hundreds, if not thousands of movies. The HK/Chinese/Taiwanese/Korean/etc movie industry is insanely prolific, more so back in the hey day of 'the three dragons' (Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yeun Biao). The top actors filmed 10+ films a year, often working on more then one at the same time. Whether they where crap or not, the sheer volume produced was staggering. There are so many good ones (I have 500+ on CD) that it's difficult to know where to start.

Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain was the first of this type of films I saw, and it got me totally hooked. Incredible film.