I believe the audience of the entire world will be able to see the beauty of
Chinese martial art films and the beauty of Chinese people.
I also love these
for martial arts films because you get a really cool look of how they do all the amazing work that they do in the film.
Here's a small sampling of various kinds
of martial arts films to get you started if you're looking for something different.
The site, one of five sacred mountains in China (familiar to many as a backdrop
in martial arts films), has had a meteorological observatory on its peak since 1954.
His use of Spaghetti Western aesthetics mixed
with martial arts films becomes a strangely cohesive and unified product that never seizes to surprise and entertain.
The
new martial arts film from Wong Kar - wai, «The Grandmasters», will not open until early next year in China.
The game features signature moves made popular by
classic martial arts films House of Flying Daggers and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Previous to this, the
only martial arts films I had come to know were the revenge films of Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris, or the cheesy chop - socky films they'd show late at night with horrendous dubbing and terrible choreography.
In 2002, Oedekerk found himself in the leading role of a feature film again when he cast himself in a pet project, a parody of low -
budget martial arts films entitled Kung Pow!
Tony Jaa is a bona fide movie star who is the best
martial arts film actor on the planet, and his follow - up to «Ong - Bak: The Thai Warrior» has one amazing action set piece after another.
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.
A few days ago the Wong Kar - wai
directed martial arts film «The Grandmasters» was rumoured to require a production halt as Tony Leung would begin work on the Derek Yee's new film «The Great Magician».
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favorite martial arts film.
Glenn Dunks isn't knocked out by
mixed martial arts film Warrior, which pits brothers, played by Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton, against each other.
Like many young men in the early «70s, my enthusiasm for
martial arts films led me to take up karate in the mistaken belief that in a few short months I would be competing with Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee for the lead part in the latest blockbuster from the studio of Raymond Chow.
One of the best films I've seen recently, with a lovely mix of wonderfully - done action and an excellent storyline that's both substantially different and substantially superior to the
average martial arts film.
Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction honored crime / gangster films, the Kill Bill's
honored martial arts films and now Django Unchained is a love song to the spaghetti westerns of the 1960s.
Bruce Lee's (Return of the Dragon, The Chinese Connection) final completed film before his untimely death at the age of 33, Enter the Dragon, the first
Hollywood martial arts film, is definitely is one of the most influential, establishing Bruce Lee as an iconic figure for future martial artists, starting a kung fu film craze that ran throughout the 1970s.
A few years ago, Salt director Philip Noyce became attached to helm a new iteration of the 1988 Jean - Claude Van
Damme martial arts film, but movement on the pic...
But getting beyond all that, the film remains remarkably accomplished, setting a new standard for
prestige martial arts films, one to which every subsequent film this century has aspired.
Probably the most beautifully
lensed martial arts film we've seen in a long, long time (sorry RZA), the picture boasts the director's signature eye for gorgeous framing and lighting, just with more kicks and punches than we're used to from the helmer.
LMD: When we met last week, I asked you what your
favourite martial arts films were and you mentioned Police Story and Drunken Master 2 — I missed the 3rd title.
They are releasing crazy genre stuff like Dianipponjin (deadpan Japanese monster movie) and Mirage Man (Chilean superhero martial arts flick), Olivier Assayas» Boarding Gate and they just picked up the Thai autistic -
martial arts film Chocolate to give it a theatrical push in the land that hates subtitles.
«The stories of
martial arts films consist only of fighting, but actually all the martial arts styles showcased are well - founded.»
While Sammo Hung's The Bodyguard may not have caused much excitement, the next
ensemble martial arts film he has in the works already promises a whole lot more.
THE BODYGUARD China — Dir: Yue Song The new master of the Iron Kick clan sets out in search of a lost friend, earns a job protecting a rich man's daughter, and clashes with a criminal gang in one of the most exciting and
auspicious martial arts films in years!
The legendary Taiwanese master's new
martial arts film befits his reputation for meticulous mise - en - scene, methodical pace and liquid camera movement.
That Tsui Hark also tapped into the core of what makes the
goofiest martial arts films tick is something that, more than 30 years later, is still a testament to a director who made a film more veteran directors wouldn't touch with a 10 - foot, bamboo, 8 - diagram - nurtured pole.
With an outlandishly interconnected plot, Cheang, as in his brilliant 2009 film Accident, pushes Milkyway Image's metaphysics of coincidence beyond the most daring ploys of Johnnie To and Wai Ka - fai, and what are quite simply the best hand - to - hand combat scenes of the decade, whatever you call it, SPL2 is without a doubt one of the most vital and
necessary martial arts films since Jackie Chan and Jet Li went Hollywood.
Here's the thing about the three leads of upcoming period
set martial arts film Dragon Blade: Jackie Chan doesn't give a shit about his English language work, hasn't for a very long time, and doesn't even bother to hide this...
«The Weinstein Company has closed a deal for United Kingdom and Australian distribution rights to The Grandmasters, the Wong Kar - wai - directed Chinese
language martial arts film.
The film starts in contemporary United States, where a teenager named Jason Tripitikas (Angarano, Sky High)-- his last name another allusion to «Journey to the West» — spends his free time enjoying the
finest martial arts films.
Elephant White is the English language debut of Prachya Pinkaew, but if you were hoping for another ass -
kicking martial arts film starring Tony Jaa or JeeJa Yanin, you might want to lower your expectations.
Thankfully Sword In The Moon is a different film, and more importantly is probably the best
modern martial arts film that I've ever seen.
The cast includes Harry Shum, Jr. («Glee») as the warlord adviser «Kuai Liang,» Casper Van Dien («Starship Troopers»)
as martial arts film actor «Johnny Cage,» Brian Tee («The Wolverine») as Shaolin Monk «Liu Kang,» and Mark Dacascos («Cradle 2 the Grave») as «Kung Lao» - a close friend of «Liu Kang.»
Best of the Best is a 1989
American martial arts film directed by Bob Radler, and produced by Phillip Rhee, who also co-stars in the film.