Sentences with phrase «with martial arts films»

A Boston teenager named Jason (Michael Angarano), who is obsessed with martial arts films, sees a legendary staff in a local Chinese pawn shop.

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DB will have wasted more than a year engaged with a surreal investor who has disappeared into the mist like a character in a bad Chinese martial arts film.

UFC or ultimate fighting has been around since the early nineties and made an instant impact with fight fans but since the release of films like never back down and red belt mixed martial arts seems to have taken the world by storm and even threat tens to overtake boxing as the number one combat sport.

The side splits which many people still associate with Van Dam because of his insistence in showing it in all his early films is an iconic demonstration of flexibility and the one stretch that everybody associates with martial arts and the ability to kick high.

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► Throughout the film, we see martial arts fights with acrobatics, punches and kicks, but no blood; a variety of weapons is used that includes daggers, metal darts, flaming arrows, spears, moon - knives (swords), wooden staves, axes, hooks, sledgehammers and a mace.

Although she had appeared in several films earlier, Cheng's first starring role in a martial arts film came, like Hsu Feng's, courtesy of director King Hu during his short - lived stint with the studio.

Wright starts the film with a snowy deer hunt and kill in the wilds of Finland, where the gifted 16 - year - old Hanna, trained in all manner of martial arts and assassin skills, brings down a stag and muses philosophically.

The «Girls With Guns» films featured strong female leads, usually supported by ineffective or soon - to - be-killed male counterparts, and blended martial arts action with heavy gunplay, usually supported by eye - piercing 80s fashion, heavy synth scores, and lots of explosions in empty warehouses and abandoned construction siWith Guns» films featured strong female leads, usually supported by ineffective or soon - to - be-killed male counterparts, and blended martial arts action with heavy gunplay, usually supported by eye - piercing 80s fashion, heavy synth scores, and lots of explosions in empty warehouses and abandoned construction siwith heavy gunplay, usually supported by eye - piercing 80s fashion, heavy synth scores, and lots of explosions in empty warehouses and abandoned construction sites.

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Director Kevin Chu was like the head coach leading out his Most Valuable Players (MVPs) to court, and explained that the idea for Kung Fu Dunk was actually established some 13 years back when filming martial arts movies such as Shaolin Popey (Shao Lin Xiao Zhi, starring Jimmy Lin), when he thought about whether martial arts could be combined with a ball game like basketball.

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.

Also new on DVD: M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender (Paramount), an adaptation of the animated TV series and one of the most critically reviled films of the year, the feature film version of Beverly Cleary's Ramona And Beezus (Fox), Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (Warner), Marina de Van's Don't Look Back (IFC) with Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci, The Lightkeepers (Image) with Richard Dreyfuss and Blythe Danner, Lau Kar - Leung's classic martial arts movie Shaolin Mantis (Vivendi) and the newly remastered The Endless Summer: Director's Special Edition (Monterey).

One can only imagine how much better the film would be by plugging a better actor like Coburn in the lead role and giving someone with much more martial arts skills and screen presence like Bruce Lee in the other roles.

The film stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, with Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, with newest cast members Liam Hemsworth, martial arts legends Chuck Norris and Jean Claude Van Damme, and Chinese actress Yu Nan as the first female EXPENDABLE.

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 emotionaWith 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 emotionawith 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.

Daggers, however, is director Zhang Yimou's follow - up to the callowly beautiful Hero and, like that movie and a number of others (Ashes of Time, Bride with the White Hair, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Kill Bill, Zatoichi, Warriors of Heaven and Earth, and, in a way, Goodbye Dragon Inn), it belongs to a martial arts / art - house genre of films by hip young directors upgrading genres they loved as teenagers - «martial arts plus.»

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.

A fast - paced 1978 film filled with gravity - defying action, Buddhist philosophy, politics and comedic goofiness, the plot followed San Te, the leader of a group of students rebelling against the oppressive Manchu government, and his martial - arts training at the Shaolin Temple.

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.

By ROBERT W. WELKOS When you ask indie producer Luillo Ruiz how his recent low - budget action - comedy film Welcome to the Jungle featuring veteran martial arts star Jean - Claude Van Damme could come with 31 producer credits, his answer is simple and straightforward.

In an exclusive interview, the multi-talented RZA talked about the genesis of the project, what appealed to him about his character, how he prepared for the role, his collaboration with Delamarre on his feature directorial debut, working with Belle and the late Walker and what they brought to the film, his bold line of dialogue, what he learned about himself while making the movie, how Walker inspired him, his role in the upcoming martial arts sequel «The Protector 2» with Tony Jaa directed by Prachya Pinkaew, and his new Fox Network TV series, «Gang Related,» that premieres May 22nd.

Wong's violent interludes are most often brief riots of slurred or slow - motion action alternating unexpectedly with freeze - frames; these sequences, delivered so rapidly one can often barely perceive what's happening, are obviously abstract versions of the action scenes in conventional martial - arts films (The Eagle Shooting Heroes included).

With its sparse dialogue and strikingly beautiful, color - saturated imagery — almost all of it framed in boxy, anachronistic Academy ratio — the movie doesn't really look or sound like any martial arts flick ever made, offering an original and idiosyncratic take on one of film history's most durable genres.

According to Sammo Hung who worked on rival Yip Man film Ip Man 2, legendary martial arts choreographer Lau Kar - Leung («Drunken Master 2») is connected with «The Grand Master», though it's unclear in what capacity as Yuen Woo - Ping («Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon») and his stunt team are also working on the film.

The documentary, which apparently covers the research that went into the film, contains a lot of interviews and demonstrations with what we assume are either old martial arts masters or disciples of Ip Man (played by Tony Leung in the film) and visits to various locations (Ip Man's old haunts?).

He hoped for the film to be able to bring the audience back to the bygone martial art world with the best appearance and 3D technology.

Thomas also enjoys discovering unsettling horror films with deeply personal values or humanizing qualities, while also being a sucker for martial arts epics and engrossing scores.

The animation of the martial arts sequences add to the depth of the film with their intricacy and clarity.

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.

The Wilson Yip films, starring Donnie Yen, follow a more conventional historical biopic structure with the great man caught in the sweep of historic events leading to triumph and tragedy; while Wong Kar - wai's The Grandmaster uses Ip as a conduit to explore the passing of one age of China's history into another, with martial arts serving a metaphorical purpose.

I'm actually going to go to Shanghai to shoot a film with Chow Yun - Fat that does not require me to do any martial arts.

Set after the war, with Ip Man relocated to Hong Kong, it replaces the foreign devils that were the occupying Japanese Army with the colonial British foreign devils ruling Hong Kong in 1950 and sets the honorable sensei against a corrupt cabal of martial arts teachers lead by Sammo Hung (who is also the film's fight choreographer) and a champion boxer called The Twister (Darren Shahlavi), a British brute with a powerful punch and a killer instinct.

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.

The film's martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo - ping not being impressed with his kung fu before, but during this shoot he would discuss and accept his opinions.

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!

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.

With very few concerns for parents, other than the onslaught of animated martial arts violence, the film offers a feel - good tale about building faith in oneself and believing in the talents of others.

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.

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The martial arts film was seemingly played out, with Johnnie To and Milkyway Image's triad sagas, along with fellow travelers like the Young & Dangerous and Infernal Affairs series, capturing the Hong Kong action audience.

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!

Plus, having worked in the action movie industry in Hong Kong for the last 15 years as both an actor and martial arts choreographer on over 35 film and television productions afforded me not only the skill set to confidently film a kung fu movie, I have also worked with many people who were close with Bruce and shared with me many of their anecdotes.

One of the main features includes the «Twilight Village Adventure,» a zone where players will be able to train with the martial arts legend and action film star, Jet Li.

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The conclusion of Yakuza is still amazing, with the final chapter playing out like your favorite martial arts film.

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

This years» martial arts inspired gala will offer entertainment, libations and eats; including Jackie Chan - cakes, kung fu super 8 films, a Chuck Norris look - a-like contest (all present are automatically entered), a live performance by GULL, mouthwatering back alley fried chicken, adult snow cones, and any other action packed surprise we can come up with before then.