Sentences with phrase «martial arts film from»

The new martial arts film from Wong Kar - wai, «The Grandmasters», will not open until early next year in China.

Sequel to the worldwide hit martial arts film from 2000, directed by famed choreographer Woo - ping Yuen (who has worked on Kill Bill Vol 2.

Not exact matches

While nothing could be certain from the footage, what was certain was that Cantona's actions were something out of a martial arts film.

The plot borrows many narrative elements from The Matrix, which itself, truth be told, borrowed many elements of its own from comic books and martial arts films, so it's hard to qualify this feature as a direct rip - off.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening April 10, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Dragonball Evolution (PG for intense action and brief adult language) Sci - fi martial arts adventure, based on the Akira Toriyama novel about a young warrior (Justin Chatwin) who, with a handful of friends, sets out on a quest to save the planet from an evil king (James Marsters) bent on world domination.

Bloodsport, a martial arts movie dubiously based on a «true story,» kicked off Jean - Claude Van Damme's damn awesome movie career, leading to many more films where the Muscles from Brussels would smile, strut, and splits his way through martial arts tournaments and always get the girl.

According to the director, the film sprung from his desire to develop a film around the talents and skill of mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano, and the finished film — which casts Carano as a covert agent in a shady private international agency that contracts out for government spy ops — gives you no reason to assume otherwise.

With a cast demonstrating martial arts skills with a speed and dexterity that has rarely before been seen, The Raid is an awe - inspiring film that grabs you from the first minute and doesn't let go until the end credits, leaving you battered and bruised mentally and emotionally.

Yuen is the famous martial arts choreographer of such films as «The Matrix,» «Kung Fu Hustle,» and «Kill Bill,» but according to Weinstein it was a viewing with Quentin Tarantino of Yuen's directorial effort from 1993, «Iron Monkey» that initiated their relationship.

The film launched a new wave of Hong Kong filmmaking and you can feel its influence in everything from Bruce Lee's martial arts thrillers of the 1970s to Jackie Chan's Drunken Master films to the Tsui Hark - led new wave of high energy, special effects laden adventures in 1980s Hong Kong, and of course, the Oscar winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee's tribute the magical, colorful genre that King Hu reinvented with this film.

Its mainstay status in Chinese martial arts and Japanese anime films remains a gulf that U.S. culture, in its occasional simple - mindedness, remains far from bridging.

Since his first feature, Wo kou de zong ji (Sword Identity, 2011), Xu Haofeng has strived to produce a different kind of wuxia pian (martial arts film), a genre that, from 1949 until the early 2000s, couldn't be made in the PRC.

Old School Kung Fu Fest (OSKFF) is an annual celebration of classic kung - fu films, bringing back to the big screen the rarest, wildest, and most incredible martial arts, action, and other genre cinema from the «60s, «70s, and «80s.

His love of film encompasses all genres, but he finds horror flicks, martial arts movies and films from Japan and Korea most consistently deliver the wonders that make cinema so thrilling.

But just as groundbreaking are the film's female characters, many of whom belong to the Dora Milaje, a team of Wakandan women trained from birth to be some of the best fighters in the world when it comes to martial arts, hand - to - hand combat, and weaponry.

But Yen's best films come from Asia, where he is hailed as one of the biggest martial arts stars of all time.

Like its predecessors, it's a decent, relatively generic martial arts flick, with some added poignancy due to both the 52 - year - old Yen's encroaching retirement from action films and a subplot involving the terminal illness of Ip's wife.

(It'll be an interesting sight, that's for sure; Song has always been known for her femininity and beauty, so a martial arts action film will be a complete turnaround from her existing image.)

A couple of its more peripheral niche sections — Midnight Madness (genre movies from horror to martial arts, presented with plenty of showmanship) and Wavelengths (experimental film, meticulously presented with care and respect)-- have carved out strong identities and audience followings for themselves.

«From cult Japanese director Takashi Miike, Yakuza Apocalypse is a martial arts extravaganza and vampire action film.

, a great tribute to Jackie's mastery of the craft (although Ratner's assertion that Rush Hour «made martial arts cool» is boneheaded in more ways than one can begin to address); and finally, Lady Luck, a 3 - minute film from Ratner's NYU days (commentary from him attached) starring Rebecca Gayheart.

The latest from Donnie Yen (stunt choreographer and actor from Blade II) is a stunningly realised martial arts action film that has little to offer besides awesome action and pretty visuals.

It is, however, the last evidence that Wright is supposed to be a mixed martial arts fighter, apart from a throwaway line late in the film explaining why it is that this killing machine — a guy with a vaguely hinted at super-secret special forces background — is spending his time taking dives on a second - rate MMA circuit.

From the producer of the blockbuster franchises The Matrix and Lethal Weapon, world - renowned martial arts master and Asian film sensation Jet Li stars in this hi - octane thriller as a one - man arsenal who escapes from a Hong Kong jail to avenge his brother's murder in Los AngeFrom the producer of the blockbuster franchises The Matrix and Lethal Weapon, world - renowned martial arts master and Asian film sensation Jet Li stars in this hi - octane thriller as a one - man arsenal who escapes from a Hong Kong jail to avenge his brother's murder in Los Angefrom a Hong Kong jail to avenge his brother's murder in Los Angeles.

The Final Master Director Xu Haofeng scheduled to attend A Wing Chun master must singlehandedly take on a town full of martial - arts schools jockeying for dominance through realistic, bone - crunching hand - to - hand combat in this action - packed film from the writer of Wong Kar - wai's The Grandmaster.

Along with a proposed third volume of «Kill Bill,» the director has also expressed interest in a possible sequel to «Inglourious Basterds» (expanding a subplot from his original script following a unit of African - American soldiers) and remakes of the 1966 martial arts classic «Come Drink with Me» and the Russ Meyer exploitation film, «Faster, Pussycat!

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 3, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Warrior's Way (R for graphic violence) Western action fantasy, set in the Badlands, about a martial arts master (Jang Dong Ton) who emigrates from Asia to America to retire in peace, only to have to pick up his sword again to defend his adopted hometown and a beautiful local gal (Kate Bosworth) from the returning gang of marauders who had made her an orphan many moons ago.

The Hong Kong brand of wire - enhanced martial arts (a major deviation from the TV series, for staunch gun opposer Barrymore nixed the use of any firearms in the film) works especially well in the over-the-top context, and the stars are all game — in particular Diaz, who is given a large share of non-wire fight scenes and more than holds her own.

The theme of slaying demons in stylish ways calls to mind the trippy Devil May Cry series and the pistol focused combat reminds me a lot of the pistol - based martial art called Gun Kata from the criminally under - rated film Equilibrium.

With Gang Wars, ADK and SNK borrow liberally from films like The Warriors, anything featuring Jackie Chan, and assorted other martial arts movies.

This piece directly referenced the final scene from the seminal Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon (1973)-- considered one of the greatest Chinese martial art films of all time.