Martial arts must-sees???
 

i've got a thing for good martial arts flicks right now. After watching movies like Hero, The Thai Warrior, Master of the Flying Guillotine (goofy classic fun i know), Kung Fu Hustle, House of flying Daggers, Versus, and The legend of the Shadowless Sword, i am in need of more. i have the Legend of the Drunken Master on hold at the library. Any other recs for some modern must-see Asian fight flicks with decent to great stories? Grazie.
derek

The Protector, Ong Bak, Duel to the Death, Chocolate, 5 Deadly Venoms, Dreadnaught, 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Encounters of the Spooky Kind, 5 Fingers of Death, The Executioner, Drunken Master (not just the sequel, Legend of Drunken Master), Knockabout, Born to Fight, and Kung Fu Master off the top of my head.

And...

Dynamite Warrior, The Rebel, Shaolin Soccer and Fighter in the wind. Also Beautiful Boxer is a great flick. More because of the (true) story than the few fights.

ignoring the bruce lee moves, most of jackie chan & jet li's asian films (as you should have watched them anyway)

the blade (chiu man cheuk's best film along with the black sheep affair)
the streetfighter (along with the sonny chiba other streetfighter movies)
burning paradise
dragon tiger gate
eastern condors
fatal contact
flashpoint
hapkido
house of fury
ip man
killing machine
magnificent butcher
a man called hero
moon warriors
new dragon gate inn
ninja in the dragon's den
the odd couple
the prodigal son
the scorpion king
the spititual boxer
the swordsman
tai chi boxer
the victim
warriors two
wing chun

Crippled Masters
Pepper and Curry
Mister Vampire
Azumi
Riki-Oh

That, and I always quite liked the stunt/fight choreography in "Romeo must die", and "unleashed/danny the dog" though I assume you've seen those.

And "Saat po long/Killing Zone".

Would looove to see Tony Jaa up against Donnie Yen. In a movie of course.

Awesome list. This should keep me busy for a while. Grazie.
derek

I am no expert on this, but...


Snake in the Monkey's Shadow
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin
Legendary Weapons of Kung Fu
Shaolin Mantis
Shaolin Challenges Ninja
Executioners from Shaolin
36th Chamber of Shaolin (one of my favs)
Mad Monkey Kung Fu

that one slipped my mind, as did the one below


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