Remember when there used to be nothing but martial arts movies released in the 80's? Some were good and memorable....some were not so good not so good. Or remember watching 70's or 80's kung fu movies on Saturday mornings with bad dubbing and wires? Or are you into more modern martial arts films? Let's discuss some movies....

1. Post a movie involving martial arts in some shape or form (live action or animated) or actors/actresses/directors known for their movies involving martial arts.

2. Reply with your thoughts, commentary, or opinions on the movie or actors. Think the movie was great or sucked? Think the actor is overrated or one of the G.O.A.T's? You can also post memorable scenes from certain movies if you want.

Great film, love it when bruce fights Ohara, he is quick
as shit in that scene, watch it in slow motion when they start
with the backs of their wrists touching, Lee's speed is unbeleivable! "Boards don't hit back"...hahaha love it

O'Hara got his ass whipped in the worst way.

That movie has a lot of memorable fight scenes (sad part is that I know that movie word for word). The infamous mirror fight with Han and the scene when Lee sneaks into Han's palace and fights his entire security was memorable too.

I felt sorry for Jim Kelly though...it should have been John Saxon getting his ass whipped by Han.

The goat martial arts song IMO.

PS: The goat unintentional comedy sequence in a martial arts flick comes from bloodsport also: watch after Frank gets the powder in his eyes from chung li/strawberry, that whole scene has me rolling when he's initially screaming then finds that inner calm. The facial expression are priceless.

>The goat martial arts song IMO.
FIGHT TO SURVIIIIIIVE! damn, i want this song on vinyl

and the whole movie is full of comedy, intentional and unintentional. Everything about this movie is awesome.

"Aren't you a little too old for video games?"
"HA! You lose, American Asshole!"
"YOU-BREAK-MY-RECORD...I-BREAK-YOU...LIKE I BREAK-YOUR-FRIEND"
the kicks to the side battle between Frank and Paco
"CHONG-LI! CHONG-LI! CHONG-LI!" and his dance and face when he eggs the crowd on.

and the crowd favorite...

"OK USA!"



>PS: The goat unintentional comedy sequence in a martial
>arts flick comes from bloodsport also: watch after Frank
>gets the powder in his eyes from chung li/strawberry, that
>whole scene has me rolling when he's initially screaming
>then finds that inner calm. The facial expression are
>priceless.

>"CHONG-LI! CHONG-LI! CHONG-LI!" and his dance and face when he
>eggs the crowd on.

Dude looked straight psycho when people were chanting his name

>>PS: The goat unintentional comedy sequence in a martial
>>arts flick comes from bloodsport also: watch after Frank
>>gets the powder in his eyes from chung li/strawberry, that
>>whole scene has me rolling when he's initially screaming
>>then finds that inner calm. The facial expression are
>>priceless.

LOL Hell yes....the slow motion and the yelling

One of the biggest arguements me and the boys used to have is who would win if Chong Li and Tong Po from "Kickboxer" fought each other.

This movie also began the trend of Van Damme always coming back from fights after getting his ass whipped by somebody.

That theme song ruled though....

No one could eff with him in that movie

i cringed like a motherfucker.

Now I find it very amusing. If I ever see the DVD in a bargain bin I'll probably scoop it up

The "Steve Guttenberg" of 80's action movies...

I loved that damm movie....even though the movie was uhm "not good" (I still remember my boy Steve James delievering beat downs in the movie and the Black Star Ninja).

"sweep the leg".

Does it?

NO SENSEI!!!

after every fight scene, the crowd cheered. and this was at an art house movie theater in the middle of hollywood, before the movie blew up nationally (and before it was dubbed in english).

Just a great movie all around.

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Legend of Drunken Master hell.

And yeah that's a tight movie.

Probably one of my favorite kung-fu movies, although the first Drunken Master was ill too.

Idiot!

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In my opinion he is better than Bruce (though I mean him no disrespect) but Jet's speed is ri-cot damn-diculous!

The fight scenes are amazing!

and the camera had that shit in full view watching the guy drop on his knee...dope

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gamers don't see "get a blowjob from a hooker, then run her over." They see a power-up.

A cold cold man....the final Muay Thai fight scene was great.

Now Van Damme's dancing....well....he's just not good at that at all.

another movie I was a huge fan of as a kid. I like him more in this than I do in Enter the Dragon. Partly because he lives. I need to find out if this is on DVD

Sentimental favorite. They should do a remake/late sequel. I'd watch it.

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A dope Jackie Chan joint. One of my favorites.

Hilarious....plus the fights were awesome

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For me, that was the highlight of this movie

Super Cop 1&2, and Crouching Tiger. Not to mention she is BEAUTIFUL!

the action, really wasn't that good.

the pole fighting in the rain, dude stabbing the shit out of people in that house.. the action is fantastic. Plus it has Bellucci's breasts turning into mountains.

n/m

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Please tell me this isn't the only capoeira flick out there

another dope ass movie with HIGH amounts of unintentional comedy. The jamaican guy (who is a jamaican thug in every movie he's in!) is worth the price of admission.

great, great movie

In my opinion the greatest Jackie Chan Fight scene is between him and the two dudes. "the kicker" and "the puncher" That shit was classic.

More a stunt show than bonafide movie, but dude is pretty amazing.

I mean damn, he pulled off some crazy crazy stunts. And to be forever kneeing suckas right up in the grill...it was something else...

you shoulda seen the audience I was watching it with mayne....everyone was going crazy when Tony was throwing down. It was all 'ooooohs' and 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahs', and 'you gotta be fucking kidding me', or 'DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMNNNNNN'. Although the story took a major backseat, in terms of enjoyment, Ong-Bak was ridiculous.

The shit that he does in the movie made my jaw drop.

GREAT martial arts film which also had a good plot/story line. There was great chemistry between the leading actors and it went along at a good pace. I put it up there w/ Enter the Dragon because of that great combination which is where most martial arts movies fall short.

Directed by Ronnie Yu, starring Brigette Lin and Leslie Cheung.

but the fighting scenes were overly stylised- not spoiling it as a movie, but taking away from it being considered a great movie for its fighting sequences.

along with the spliced in footage from every place possible.

best dubbing ever.

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Martial Arts flicks its ridic..

but some of the best I've liked are:

Snake in the monkey shadow

Iron Ox: The Tiger killer - this I particularly liked because the hero was shrewd and cunning and didn't just go out on a killing spree. I felt it had some depth to it.

Magnificent Butcher.
Heroic Trio.
Legend of ZU.
Snake in Eagle's Shadow.
Shaolin vs. Lama.
Police Story 2.

Just a few of my favorites...

Ringo Lam's only period kung fu movie

one of my favorites.

I wasn't really feeling it. I only saw the first hour or so then lost interest.

seemed more like a stunt reel than a movie. All kinds of illogical plot developments, and some really bad audio sync.

The action was interesting but the story sustaining it was just not there.

the action was decent...but other than that....meh. I blame the aussies.