The Martial Arts Movie Thread 2017 Donnie hates his fans

KaiSing · April 29, 2015, 10:48am

A quick update on the circumstances of Darren Shalavi’s death

Darren’s family recently received a Coroner’s report from the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, and would like to share the results with his friends, colleagues and fans.
Darren died on January 14, 2015 of natural causes: a sudden and fatal heart attack. He was found to have Atherosclerosis (also known as arteriosclerotic vascular disease or ASVD) His left anterior descending artery was 95% blocked, which must have been worsening for several years.
Darren had no drugs or medications in his body, and only 0.02% BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration); to put this into context 0.08% is the BAC Driving Limit for both he US & UK. There are no other medical factors linked to his death.
It seems unlikely that someone as fit as Darren – who was so dedicated to exercise and fitness and had such a healthy low fat/dairy diet – should have heart disease, but we have been told that a genetic predisposition resulted in the development of heart disease and is not uncommon in otherwise healthy young men, including athletes and other professional sportsmen and women*.
Evidence for Darren’s level of physical fitness at the time of his death can be seen in his recent work. Darren had just finished filming Pound of Flesh and Kickboxer: Vengeance, both with Jean-Claude Van Damme – not to mention Tomorrowland with George Clooney. He was, as far as physical fitness goes, at the top of his game.
Darren’s family are devastated that his underlying heart condition was never diagnosed to allow him the opportunity of treatment. Typically, Atherosclerosis begins in childhood, and Darren showed no apparent symptoms prior to death. Who would have thought that Darren who was regarded as very fit would die so suddenly as a result of this ‘silent killer’!
We have all been in shock for the past11 weeks with so many unanswered questions, but would now like to focus on the lessons that can be learned from Darren’s untimely death. We do feel that Darren would be the first to join us in sending warnings and advice to the friends and colleagues that he loved that regular health screening can save lives.
This is our message and we do hope that somehow positive publicity in Darren’s name can be made available to other young men and women, that may help them to take seriously the possibility that their body holds terrible secrets that can be revealed if they are tested routinely throughout life.
We hope that no other family has to go through the grief and pain that we are experiencing and that their loved ones get screening and subsequent treatment if necessary, that could prevent the tragic outcome that all who loved Darren are trying to come to terms with.
The Shahlavi family is raising funds to build a permanent memorial to Darren in Hollywood. More information at https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/1zf7/darren-shahlavi-memorial-fund

He apparently got hit with the Goku heart attack. Scary to see how someone who is that healthy can still have it.

crucades · April 29, 2015, 10:57am

This is the family sharing the facts of the report and not an actual look at the report? That ASVD is not to be fucked with, in the UK there has been a few footballers recently who died on the field due to it, football players might be the fittest guys in sport the amount of sprinting involved.

Shame what happened to the dude, even if he did enjoy the drink its no way for a guy like that to go out.

Dj_Hyper_Kid · April 30, 2015, 11:06pm

Was watching random Kung Fu flicks, and I was blown away by this movie Sun Dragon (A Hard Way to Die). I guess I haven’t seen other blacks in martial arts movies from that era besides from Jim Kelly. Either way the film is good.

Dj_Hyper_Kid · May 2, 2015, 10:30am

Just finished watching Kingsman. That church scene was on point. The way they filmed the fights was weird, but I enjoyed them either way.

Don_Barracuda · May 7, 2015, 3:27pm

Dragonfave723 · May 7, 2015, 4:07pm

^^ There’s a video of the IP MAN 3 press conference:

Anonymous_996d5c822ca648e50b2d09aa76ab967a · May 7, 2015, 9:54pm

Wu Jing and Tony Jaa taking it easy.

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Gimpy · May 8, 2015, 11:41pm

I think we talked about this movie in this thread or the old one. Looks like it’s a straight to DVD/Blu Ray release but I still want to see it.

KaiSing · May 9, 2015, 1:54am

Dropped off my old roomate to the airport the other day. He’s working on Ip Man 3 for stunts right now. I’m so jealous… :’(

maxx · May 9, 2015, 9:15am

lol i compete against some of the people in that movie.

crucades · May 9, 2015, 1:06pm

Phillip Rhee still making movies?

maxx · May 9, 2015, 4:46pm

more like bootleg of EVERY FUCKING KIDS MOVE IN THE 90S

Don_Barracuda · May 10, 2015, 1:21pm

Theres a new book out ‘Life of Action’ features a bunch of interviews with the industry’s most talented features Scott Adkins, Donnie Yen, Dolph Lundgren, Tsui Hark and Andy Lau. Its for those wanting to get in the action movie industry or those that have an interest in the behind the scenes stuff, what it takes to survive etc. http://mikefury.net/lifeofaction/

https://scontent-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/11143419_826287937452985_4854034162107786563_n.jpg?oh=abdffd8ca96bfe96c0b475fd1190ee6d&oe=560822C1

rcaido · May 10, 2015, 8:47pm

About time! Was hoping for a theater release.

Rhio2k · May 11, 2015, 12:22am

Well, you know what that means: you’ll be able to watch it for free the week it releases.

AlphaCharlie · May 11, 2015, 2:19am

Anyone here ever seen the Best of the Best movies? Mainly part I & II?

I recently revisited these for the first time in years! Forgot how much i loved them. Eric Roberts at the best he has EVER been.

The first movie is basically a martial arts tournment drama. Very well done, and even stars James Earl Jones as the team coach. The ending is amazing! Many manly tears were shed in that scene.

The second flick departs from that into typical hollywood action/cage fighting but, is also really good. That fight at the end, as well as the brawl through the casino was, was pure awesome.

Tekno_Virus · May 11, 2015, 3:50am

Is Fists of Legend good?

(The Korean movie: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fists_of_Legend)

rcaido · May 11, 2015, 4:21am

Best of the Best probably one of my favorite Martial Arts films in the USA behind Karate Kid. That’s why im really excited for Underdog Kids.

Fists of Legend is really good film as a drama. The intro has some decent MA stuff but after that it gets into MMA stuff that isn’t that good, still the film is excellent. Highly recommended.

Tekno_Virus · May 11, 2015, 5:27am

Thanks.

Dj_Hyper_Kid · May 11, 2015, 4:19pm

Man with the iron fist 2 is on Netflix. I’m finding it hard to get through this movie.

Has anyone ever looked into buying distribution rights to a martial arts movie that is out of print? Like an old Kung fu film that wasn’t popular. I think people can do that. I’ve been curious about maybe buying one and re releasing it. I know someone who did that with a book. Just wondering what the process is.