[Closed] favourite martial arts film?

The Raid

the yip-man wing chun films are great

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Kung Fu Hustle or Shaolin Soccer.

Drunken Master or maybe The Magnificent Butcher for classic movies but I have to say I really do like Kung Fu Panda.

Crouching Tiger, but generally fighting (and gun fights and car chases and explosions) in films bores me to tears.

Old School .. Fist of Fury

A lot to choose from since then.

Watched Ip man recently .

The Raid or Hero

Never seen a good one

Impossible to decide! The genre is just too broad and there are too many great artists. Overall Donnie Yen (Ip Man) might be my favourite but I think Ong Bak is my favourite film, mainly because it just blew me away the first time I saw it. Amazing fights, proper LOL comedy moments and incredible Jackie Chan-style stunts!

House of Flying Daggers, for its wonderful sound engineering. The first time i saw it was in a Bose showroom, where it sounded awesome. Quite westernised, but sill very enjoyable.

Fearless, for being brilliant. More of a classic kung fu style.

Sooo many to choose from but anyone who likes the genre and hasn't seen these should check out.....

Fist of Legend. Once Upon a Time in China. The Blade. True Legend. Zatoichi and there's loads more. My favourite might be Kung Fu Hustle though.

Fatal Flying Guillotine

The Duellists, the very first duel and the two duels with sabres are very good, the duel with 'the sneeze' is great in its unexpected way.

The Matrix. Well duh.

The Princess Bride has significant amounts of swordplay and the duel atop the cliffs of insanity is the best sword fight in cinema history.

Enter the Dragon. Great film.

Karate Kid 2

Enter the Dragon! Still the best.

enter the dragon ... forever!

blood sport was a classic for me 🙂

Do Shogun Assassin/Lone Wolf and Cub series count?

Kung Fu hustle, just brilliant.

(please don't watch the main trailer for the film, it give far too much away)

3. Fearless - naff film but very watchable
2. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - Stunning movie
1. Game of Death - Although not properly finished, it was fascinating to see the passion from Bruce Lee

Either Ong Bak or Ip Man.

Ip Man and Ip Man 2

Ip man or 14 swords.. Or for samurai films....

daftvader - Member

Ip man or 14 swords.. Or for samurai films....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Bz93DQ3Oo

I couldn't get into When the last sword is drawn. Loved Ip man though. 13 Assasins is well worth a watch.

The Hot, the Cool and the Vicious

Huge levels of awesomeness - from the 70s before cgi and silly stunts.

my old room mate had a original vhs of samurai sluts from hell, part 2.

With you all the way racefaceec90 - subtitled version even makes sense as well; the dubbed is ****ing nonsense.

Yuen Biao rocked and wasn't in nearly enough films & Samo Hung was was just amazing for a fat man

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another one for Ong Bak

Jimjam.... Try twilight samurai.... Another of the same period,

+1 for The Raid, especially when you consider the tiny budget.

Watched Raid 2 at the weekend and that was equally as good but maybe a bit too hardcore for me-violence cranked up to 11.

daftvader - Member

Jimjam.... Try twilight samurai.... Another of the same period,

Saw it, great show.

I was a little disappointed with the raid 2... Nothing really new. I really really liked the first one as it was a bit of a difference to the usual kung fu films

Yojimbo.
Drunken master.
7 samuri.
Red River.
13 assassins.
Once upon a time in China.
The Raid.
Ohhh....I forgot Zatoichi (awesome film)

Bloodsport.

Ong Bak, Armour of God, Meals on Wheels, Enter the Dragon, Once upon a time in China and Drunken Master for me. All predictable choices, but all brilliant in my eyes.

Not sure if it's my favourite but I watched Wu Xia (Dragon) the other day - it's on Netflix and it's well worth a watch.

I'd forgotten about Zatoichi... Stunning film.... Must try and find it again

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