Recommended Martial arts/ Action movies

[Frank Exchange]

"Ong Bak", the Thai movie discussed earlier is really excellent.

Its as good as the Korean "Musa", but in a totally different way.

Still great filmatography, the juxtaposition between the westernized decadence of Bangkok and the abject poverty of the countryside is not rammed in your face, but is still obvious.

And lest you think I'm getting too arty, those flying knees, elbows and headbutts! Brutal. A good half of it is fighting. And as a long term viewer of HK movies, the hero does acrobatic stuff without wires that blew me away. Thought I had seen everything.

Try it. You might like it. If you feel like being a pirate, the acfmovies site posted by ernie earlier has it.

[Gangsterfist]

I just picked up some new kung fu dvds today.

I got a sammo movie called, moon warriors - its pretty sweet.

and I got Tsui hark's - Vampire Hunters which is cool. It reminded me of evil dead on how the vampires looked.

[Ernie]

e.c. you need to be useing emule or a progem like it , with emule running you then click on the link and it appears in emule

http://www.emule-project.net/

good luck

[Ernie]

the subs suck but the quaility is dvd and the movie doesn't need sub the fights will be enough ,
let me know how things turn out

[Nick Forrer]

Hi ernie

Just watched Ong Bak

Wow what a film-amazing- he pulls off some great moves.

This guy puts jackie, jet and even St Bruce to shame

All I can say to everyone else is watch it asap.

I got good subs so the plot was easier to follow.

Thanks again ernie

Next stop Musa!!

Regards

Nick

[Ernie]

no problem nick , i got so many great movies , don't know which one i should pass on next ,
hey hit me back on that email

[yuanfen]

gangsterfist sez:
Tai Chi II is really good too. That guy (I am horrible with chinese actor names) who plays the main character does an awesome job.
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Justs saw bits and pieces of it... some nice flying/kicking scenes

[Gangsterfist]

Yeah I saw it on cable last week (stupid digital cable has western movies on demand channel but not kung fu!!!!!). The main character does a great job, and for once it wasn't all movie magic modified kung fu. I actually was recognizing some of the tai chi moves he was doing from the tai chi forms. I only know the first short form however...

[CFT]

Just saw this on Saturday night. Stars Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro.

Some very brutal and very realistic looking (to my untutored eye) knife fighting (Kali) scenes.

[Phil Redmond]

Mark Dacascus is sometimes over looked in MA movies. He's pretty good in "Only The Strong", "Crying Freeman", and a few more. BTW, he does his own stunts.

[chris]

gangsterfist wrote:
Tai Chi II is really good too. That guy (I am horrible with chinese actor names) who plays the main character does an awesome job.


The actor's name is Jacky Wu.

I think the Sam the Iron Bridge Trilogy (White Lotus Cult, Same the Iron Bridge and One Armed Hero) is pretty good.

[Gangsterfist]

Anyone know any movie that uses mostly wing chun in the fighting?

I just rented Underworld this weekend. If you can get past the hollywood cheesyness of it, its allright. Vampires Vs. Werewolves is always kinda cool.

[Phil Redmond]

Ernie, I sent the link to the Ong Bak movie to a few friends. A couple of guy wrote me back to sau they had seen it and that it had the BEST martial arts sequences they had ever seen. I tried to find it online and all I could find were Region 3 DVDs which aren't good for North America.

[Ernie]

i boot leg all my flix
i have it in avi and svcd format but my eng subs are real bad . and it is a very good movie .
try and download it .

[zultan]

THE STREETFIGHTER with Sonny Chiba
Shoalin Challenges Ninja with the almighty Gordon Lui
Two fine flicks indeed!