Greatest Martial Arts Films

[EnzoHonda]

Bloodsport is a personal favourite of mine. Sure, it's cheesy as hell, but it's so watchable. Even though they are only "homages" to martial arts movies, Kill Bill Vol 1&2 are both excellent. I also like Romeo Must Die for some reason. The villain in that is so cool there are a lot of fun characters. It's still cheesy.

I guess martial arts films are the only films that can be cheesy but still good.

 

[ZenMonkey47]

Since I'm a black belt in Kenpo I've always had a soft spot for The Perfect Weapon with Jeff Speakman

 

[lenneth]

Shaolin Soccer is pretty good

 

[clicklick]

Iron Monkey - An absolute must watch for its crazy fights and over the top sequences, brilliant choreography !

Miracles - An cruelly under-rated Jackie Chan movie.

Fist of Fury - Bruce Lee is just electrifying.

Legend of the Drunken Master - Jackie Chan at his best.

Once upon a time in China - Amazing.

 

[meatloaf231]

Ong Bak is probably the best one, but The Drunken Master is the strangest.

 

[gigastrike]

The Tuxedo! /stupidity

 

[cleverlymadeup]

Ong Bak. Muay Thai is the expletive.

it's not Muay Thai in Ong Bak, it's called Muay Boran

Van Damme

no on so many lvls

as for me, sides the Bruce Lee movies, i'm going with 7 Deadly Venoms or some Shaw Brothers movies

 

[Phillosophic]

Ong Bak. Muay Thai is the expletive.

it's not Muay Thai in Ong Bak, it's called Muay Boran

Van Damme

no on so many lvls

Have to agree with you on the Van Damme side of things. Some of the old Shaw Brothers films are amazing, 36 chamnbers, Mad Monkey Kung-Fu, the type of films that got me started with the Arts in the first place.

as for me, sides the Bruce Lee movies, i'm going with 7 Deadly Venoms or some Shaw Brothers movies

 

[jewru]

it was banned lol i diden't know that , because of the violence or nudity...or both?

have you ever heard gza's liquid swords album , a bunch of the songs have clips form the first shoguns assassin.

 

[KSarty]

No Game of Death love? Blasphemy!! Go watch that movie now. Its the movie Bruce Lee was working on when he died and is the one containg the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar fight scene.

 

[T'Generalissimo]

Forbidden Kingdom. I dunno, it just made me feel happy watching it.

I really couldn't stand Forbidden Kingdom. It just seemed like the most pointless, generic martial arts movie I'd ever seen.

On a more positive note, I absolutely love House of Flying Daggers.

 

[MrKeroChan]

I really feel sorry for some of you.....

Fist of Legend... Jet Li's best film ever ( it is worth finding an imported copy, as the US version has changes that alter the meaning of the story )

Musa... Korean film... a bit on the depressing side, but WOW...

Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon, Drunken Master: all good, but not in the some league.

 

[NonCuro]

Dragon's Forever. The stunts make me laugh.

 

[Phillosophic]

I really feel sorry for some of you.....

Fist of Legend... Jet Li's best film ever ( it is worth finding an imported copy, as the US version has changes that alter the meaning of the story )

Musa... Korean film... a bit on the depressing side, but WOW...

Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon, Drunken Master: all good, but not in the some league.

Fist of Legend is just a poor remake of Fist of Fury. No point in remaking a Bruce Lee film. Will have to check out Musa though.

 

[MrKeroChan]

Yes, Fist of Legend is a remake of Fists of Fury; however FoL is a much better FILM than FoF. The Japanesse aren't purely evil automatons, plus the 10+ minute final fight sequence is truely incredible.