Sentences with phrase «fu flick»

The story is a cross between sci - fi and an old kung - fu flick, though it started to lose some of its charm by the end.

But what really sells all the hand - to - hand combat and wince - inducing Fatalities are the silky smooth character animations, which look as weighty and authentic as the moves seen in a choreographed kung fu flick.

14 years ago Street Fighter was a campy Jean - Claude Van Damme vehicle and also sadly the last role of the legendary Raul Julia, now it's a franchise starting, kung - fu flick with a focus on bringing the over-the-top fighting game franchise some what down to earth.

This kind of forced marriage between silly slapstick and graphic decapitations is evidenced in the comic kung - fu flick, Handsome Siblings.

It's an amiable comedy, a lively adventure, fantastic animation, entertaining for families (though young boys will like it most), and a worthwhile homage to kung fu flicks of old (I enjoyed the end's homage to Circle of Iron).

However, for all lovers of Bruce Lee, kung fu flicks, and revivalists of Seventies cool, it's a quintessential film, indispensable in its genre and firmly implanted forever in film history as the one that set the mold, even if future endeavors would top it in terms of breathtaking action, daring stunts, and more substantial stories.

Best of all, the director is Zhang Yimou, the crown prince of modern Chinese filmmaking whose work ranges from award - winning dramas like «Raise the Red Lantern'to wild kung - fu flicks «Hero» and «House of Flying Daggers».

My personal take: I enjoy the spoofs on old kung fu flicks and admire Oedekirk's inventiveness when it comes to injecting the movie with visual humor, but I shook my head far, far more than I smiled at some very terrible, juvenile jokes.

Taking a look at the crew on the film it's easy to see that the solid fight scenes come from the fact that a large chunk of the crew was actually from the Hong Kong film industry, where I think we can all safely agree they know how to make kung - fu flicks.

Not exact matches

Balls of Fury may struggle to find a widespread audience, as it is, as its core, merely a farce on old Bruce Lee flicks (the title itself takes off of Lee's Fists of Fury) inserting ping pong in place of kung fu action.

Voiced by its cast of well - known Hollywood heavyweights, this action - adventure flick delights audiences with another fun chapter in the life of our favorite affable, animated, kung fu - fighting panda bear.

This week, we continue Mystery Month with the 2010 wire - fu historical action flick Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame!

Doesn't matter, as in the place of all that stuff about internment camps that so beautifully complicated the 1984 flick is the drama of Mr. Han née Miyagi (Jackie Chan) losing control of his car on a dark and stormy night (because just as every chink knows kung fu, none of them can drive — Han totals a car in the film while it's parked in his living room), thus opening the door for a ragamuffin to come calling like some funked - up changeling.

«[Reeves is] already a good striker,» Perry said, noting that the star learned kung fu and taekwondo and starred in action flicks such as The Matrix and Man of Tai Chi.