Best Martial Arts Film

Pride Fighter

What do people think the best martial arts film is. There are so many good ones so the poll is going to be as broad as possible. If your favourite film is not up post a thread to argue your point. Here are 9 awesome films on the poll. You decide.

schmooFlan

Pride Fighter wrote:

What do people think the best martial arts film is. There are so many good ones so the poll is going to be as broad as possible. If your favourite film is not up post a thread to argue your point. Here are 9 awesome films on the poll. You decide.

Can't believe you left out Ong Bak! :eek:

Pride Fighter

There are so many good ones I was bound to leave a few out. Ong Bak Rules!! I was trying for as wide a variety as possible with films by most well known martial actors. You can always vote in others.

bjj-fighter

Yeah Jaysus how could you leave out the best...Ong Bak.Enter the Dragon is a Classic though and still rules to this day

Pride Fighter

Ong Bak isnt Tony Jaa's best. Warrior King is far superior.

ernieb

The Warrior King, another Tony Jaa one was pretty cool too. Zatiochi the re-release was very well done.

On a sub note bravo seem to have had a few "classics" on lately. If anyone happened to catch American Ninja 2

crazy monkey

When we look at enter the dragon the technique displayed by bruce lee is so effortlessly technically advanced compared to everyone else that he looks like he could be popped straight into any modern jet li movie and hold his own...everyone else looks like they are of that time...

Now taking the stand out skills of bruce lee out and is that movie still a classic - hard to judge...the story hasn't aged...but the language...'What you know about this Han CAT!!!?' and the clothing certianly have...

So are we judging the best martial arts movie based purely on fighting or on character development, skills displayed, fight sequences and plot?

If we judge by this criteria we really do get into the intricies of our own prefferred fighting styles and persona....and then we can truly find out what is our own best martial arts movie...

Sorry to be a dullard guys and dolls but movies and ma are my two biggest loves outside of my family and many imaginary friends and of course the king of the little people.....

Mark Hamill

Pride Fighter wrote:

Ong Bak isnt Tony Jaa's best. Warrior King is far superior.

I can't believe someone actually likes Warrior King better than Ong Bak. While the fight in the temple with the capoeira guy and the sword fighter was brilliant, the rest of the film was just a rehash of Ong Bak, but with no heart, stupid sound effects (the scene near the end where he fights all those guys and starts breaking bones, its sounds like someone jumping on a bag of cornflakes with all the crunching) and three wrestlers tossing a baby elephant (one of the weirdest things i have ever seen).

Besides the best martial arts film is Kung Fu Hustle Hilarious!

The Bored One

Mark Hamill wrote:

Besides the best martial arts film is Kung Fu Hustle Hilarious!

DAMN STRAIGHT! That movie is one of the funniest things Ive ever seen. Ok, crouching tiger hidden dragon was funny too, but only because it was so very bad. So very very bad.

columok

three wrestlers tossing a baby elephant

WOAH!!! careful how you say that one Hammill!!!

Pride Fighter

Tony Jaa is only establishing himself as a star. I just forgot to mention him. As for warrior king lacking heart I really felt for the elephants. Elephants rule!!!

Clive

End of thread.

dlofnep

*rips out clive's adam's apple*

Blasphemy!

Enter The Dragon is the greatest martial arts flick of all time!

faceman

The Perfect Weapon FTW

Best of the Best for the OTT melodrama!

dlofnep

best of the best was enjoyable, haven't seen that in years.

Flynn

Mark Hamill wrote:

I can't believe someone actually likes Warrior King better than Ong Bak. While the fight in the temple with the capoeira guy and the sword fighter was brilliant, the rest of the film was just a rehash of Ong Bak, but with no heart, stupid sound effects (the scene near the end where he fights all those guys and starts breaking bones, its sounds like someone jumping on a bag of cornflakes with all the crunching) and three wrestlers tossing a baby elephant (one of the weirdest things i have ever seen).

I'd agree 100% with this... they had a bigger budget and spent the money in the wrong places in my opinion... Those rollerblade punks aswell was very rumble in the bronx... not cool!

LiNgWiStIkZ

Real end of thread;)

Valmont

I really liked Jet li in Hero, that was amazing. Game of Death was great too.

Too bad I've never heard of most of the films in the poll, I guess I've no knowledge about martial cinema:rolleyes:

faceman

dlofnep wrote:

best of the best was enjoyable, haven't seen that in years.

definitely the most quotable martial arts film ever, some of the best cheesy lines and scenes ever! Eric roberts, what can i say!

Marathon Man

Clive wrote:

End of thread.

damn straight lol. its on in a few minutes on tg4.

loz

You're all wrong,

Remo - Unarmed and Dangerous.

You see anyone else swimming through sand ???


Loz

Pride Fighter

If people have not heard of the films watch them on the internet or something. There are so many great ones the ones I put up are all great. Suggest more great ones. In a limited poll it is impossible to put up all the great ones so if your fav film is not there say it in a thread.

Pride Fighter

loz wrote:

You're all wrong,

Remo - Unarmed and Dangerous.

You see anyone else swimming through sand ???


Loz

Are you referring to the Remo Williams series of films?

Loophole Willie

Apparently, no one has ever seen, "The Adventures of Ozzie Twitely." A martial arts masterpiece from the 1970's.

GoneShootin

I would have voted for "Enter the Dragon", because it is a great film. But I voted Others, because when I was young a film that really caught me eye was

Blind Fury (Rutger Hauer)

Drummo

The ABSOLUTE end of thread.

Drummo

Actually, can anyone hook me up with a copy of the above?

takeda shingen

Mel gibsons fight scenes in lethal weapon 1, especially the end scene. I think one of the choreographers was a Gracie. Finished Garey Busey with triangle from what i can remember and that was back in the late 80's.

Trippie

Ninja in the dragon's den is an old 80's film and probably has the best fight scene iv ever seen when the two boys go at each on stilts and still manage to pull of the moves effortlessly

memphis

Based on the list alone I have to say Best of the Best... love the movie. Personal favourite of mine for years! After that then there is of course:-

Ong Bak
Unleashed
Fearless
Kickboxer

Black Swan

Will toss a female into this male film fest! "Asumi" made sushi out of an entire village of bad blokes with her sword.*





*Although I had to laugh at the fact that she never had a dull blade, even after chopping down a tower in the village.

Pride Fighter

I was looking at the fatal deviation poster. Its a brilliant film but I remember no hot babe.

Kenpo

I actually paid to see Fatal Deviation at the Navan film festival.

You're not a proper martial artist if you haven't see it!

My Fav Martial Arts films:
No Retreat, No Surrender Prt 3
Shootfighter
Game of Death (only Bruce's 20 mins)
Out for Justice
Best of the Best (1 and 2)
Mission of Justice

And of course The Perfect Weapon (can't beat seeing Kenpo on-screen).

monkeyfudge

Wheels on Meals would be my all time favourite.

The fight near the end between Jackie Chan and Benny Urquidez is amazing...

I love the shot where Urquidez blows out a bunch of candles with the speed of his kick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqq9-jidlD0

I liked Fearless.And Kung Fu Hustle,Iknow its full of fx and stuff but I liked it.

chopperbyrne

Kung-Pow: Enter the Fist

I really like the Fist of Fury remake, Fist of Legend.

JayRoc

1st place: Drunken Master. It's just never been bettered.

Joint 2nd: Blood Sport, Warrior King, Enter the Dragon
(and Best of the Best, obviously!)

unreggd

Kill Bill!!!!

The HOBL showdown rocks!

And what about DOA: Dead or Alive

rossedge

Warrior King wasnt as good as Ong Bak!

As for the greatest.......to hard to pick one!

memphis

Kill Bill sucked donkey's ass!!! Its nothing more than a spoof. A load of crap in my opinion. Can't stand the movie.

ec18

Personally Hero.....that scene on the lake and the Jet Li Donnie Yeu fight just a great film

CaptainNemo

In no particular order...

1. Fist of Legend
2. Ong-Bak
3. Warrior King
4. Hero
5. Once Upon A Time In China 1 & 2
6. Bloodsport
7. Enter The Dragon
8. Iron Monkey
9. Kill Bill 1
10. Kung Fu Hustle