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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2021 11:08:36 GMT
Let's talk films that kick arse. Whether it's recommending classics like Way of the Dragon, or discussing the resurgence of the genre thanks to films like The Raid, the aim of this thread is to just be a cool place to chat.
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Post by beastmaster on Aug 19, 2021 11:19:47 GMT
Got this on order. I\ve not seen any of these so looking forward to getting them.  |
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Post by retro74 on Aug 19, 2021 12:38:20 GMT
I used to love anything with Ninjas as a kid. There was one particular movie called Sakura Killers that I loved
A few years ago i went and bought a VHS player and a copy of the aforementioned movie so I could watch it again
Wasn’t as good as I remembered
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2021 12:46:43 GMT
I used to love anything with Ninjas as a kid. There was one particular movie called Sakura Killers that I loved A few years ago i went and bought a VHS player and a copy of the aforementioned movie so I could watch it again Wasn’t as good as I remembered They never are, unfortunately. I watched Entwr the Dragon last month and, whilst still a classic and worth watching, it has aged like milk. |
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Post by suicida on Aug 19, 2021 12:50:47 GMT
I used to watch all the old Jet Li wushu films, Once Upon a Time in China was always my favourite. Not seem them in years
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Post by Danno on Aug 19, 2021 13:02:24 GMT
Finally got around to the Ip Man series, except 4 and loved them, even if 2 and 3 were hokey as hell. Donnie Yen has more charisma in his little finger than half of Hollywood
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2021 13:07:19 GMT
Finally got around to the Ip Man series, except 4 and loved them, even if 2 and 3 were hokey as hell. Donnie Yen has more charisma in his little finger than half of Hollywood Ip Man 4 is okay, but it's representation of Bruce Lee, who is the catalyst for the story, may annoy you. Also it has Scott Adkins doing a bad yanky accent. |
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Post by suicida on Aug 19, 2021 16:41:31 GMT
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Post by elstoof on Aug 19, 2021 17:24:26 GMT
Used to love the 80s era Jackie Chan films when I was younger, Project A and Police Story were favourites. Shame he’s turned into some sort of anti democracy shill lately though
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Post by Danno on Aug 19, 2021 18:45:19 GMT
Used to love the 80s era Jackie Chan films when I was younger, Project A and Police Story were favourites. Shame he’s turned into some sort of anti democracy shill lately though Oh fuck really? I'd have thought hoped he was Hong Kong through and through  |
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Post by anephric on Aug 19, 2021 19:03:26 GMT
Nope, he's been CCP for years. So are a lot of other HK stars you wouldn't have thunk, even some who were openly critical before.
I imagine a lot of it is pure survival.
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Post by elstoof on Aug 19, 2021 19:04:12 GMT
Nah, sucks up hard to Beijing now, sadly
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Post by Bill in the rain on Sept 17, 2021 13:10:45 GMT
I used to love anything with Ninjas as a kid. There was one particular movie called Sakura Killers that I loved A few years ago i went and bought a VHS player and a copy of the aforementioned movie so I could watch it again Wasn’t as good as I remembered They never are, unfortunately. I watched Entwr the Dragon last month and, whilst still a classic and worth watching, it has aged like milk. is still awesome, imho. At least, I wasn't even born when it was first released, and discovered it about 25 years later when I was a uni student, so it can't really have aged very much since the 90s, as it was already an old movie at that point. And it was awesome then. Some of the other Bruce Lee movies haven't aged so well, but he does still have a certain on-screen presence. Yeah, me too. I even met him once and he was a really nice guy who was exactly like you'd imagine him to be. It's a real shame. Rumble in the Bronx is also a really fun one of his. And Police story 3, which notable mainly for Michelle Yeoh managing to upstage him at every turn. |
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Post by LegendaryApe on Sept 17, 2021 13:33:08 GMT
I highly recommend the Undisputed series, starting with the second film (the first is boxing-based and I've never seen it.)
Scott Adkins is great in it, as usual.
I also recommend Blood and Bone, should be in Netflix. It stars Michael Jai White and there are some great fight scenes.
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Post by smoothpete on Sept 17, 2021 13:34:04 GMT
I like Scott Adkins. He has an excellent series on youtube where he interviews martial arts stars called the Art of Action. Seems like a good guy.
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Post by smoothpete on Sept 17, 2021 13:34:20 GMT
He was pretty great in The Debt Collector 1 & 2
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Sept 17, 2021 13:46:54 GMT
Fist of Legend was great, I should watch that again. It's a lot more grounded than your wuxia joints, and had some absolutely killer fight scenes.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Sept 17, 2021 13:48:34 GMT
And I'll take any opportunity to plug the last two Universal Soldier movies. It's a mostly shit franchise, but Regeneration and Day of Reckoning are fucking great. And the latter of them has Scott Adkins in it too.
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Post by razz on Sept 17, 2021 13:48:48 GMT
I lvoe that all my favourite movies are on youtube these days
Even got my personal favourite
Shaolin Vs Lama
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Born Invincible
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Post by LegendaryApe on Sept 17, 2021 13:53:03 GMT
Fist of Legend was great, I should watch that again. It's a lot more grounded than your wuxia joints, and had some absolutely killer fight scenes. Is that the one with Jet LI? That was fantastic |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Sept 17, 2021 13:56:14 GMT
Yeah, that's the one.
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Post by Lukus on Sept 17, 2021 13:57:05 GMT
You know Bruce Lee's not really dead, don't you? Yeah, it's in a book. What he did was he faked his own death so that he could work undercover for the Hong Kong police, infiltrating drugs gangs and the Triads.
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Post by razz on Sept 17, 2021 13:57:52 GMT
Fist of Legend was great, I should watch that again. It's a lot more grounded than your wuxia joints, and had some absolutely killer fight scenes. Yo, WuXia? Have you watched any Chinese TV Wu Xia shows? The classic Condor heroes, handsome brothers or Dr Yi Ting etc? I got really into them when I started learning Mandarin, but I just watch normal Chinese dramas nowadays |
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Post by RadicalRex on Sept 17, 2021 14:52:21 GMT
Ong Bak. Thread closed.
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Post by clemfandango on Sept 17, 2021 15:00:28 GMT
That Scott Adkins one where he is on the set of eastenders and in a prison is really good. Very violent though.
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Post by clemfandango on Sept 17, 2021 15:02:25 GMT
I watched one with Iko Uwais from The Raid called Headshot a few months ago. That was really good, very like a video game in structure with amazing fight scenes.
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Post by LegendaryApe on Sept 17, 2021 15:04:16 GMT
I came across a mix of the fight scenes of that movie set to the song "When the Bodies Hit the Floor." It got me all sorts of hyped up |
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Post by clemfandango on Sept 17, 2021 15:04:48 GMT
Oh and The Night Comes For Us with Joe Taslim (the Captain from The Raid) and Iko Uwais is really good too
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Post by smoothpete on Sept 17, 2021 15:06:56 GMT
That Scott Adkins one where he is on the set of eastenders and in a prison is really good. Very violent though. Avengement. Good film. |
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Post by robthehermit on Sept 17, 2021 15:09:14 GMT
Scott Adkins is great and I'll watch pretty much anything he's in. Except this (again).
I've seen the whole film, and even having done so I struggle to make it to the end of this trailer.
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