-The New Martial Arts Movie Thread-

X_Sword · July 12, 2011, 2:19am

I’m looking for a very, very old kungfu movie that has monkey kungfu in it and one f the masters has had their hands crippled for stealing from a mansion and he is an outcast until he finds a student to teach the kungfu to. The beginning of the movie is apart of a monkey kungfu performance

angelpalm · July 12, 2011, 6:08am

This movie will be terribad. But I will watch it regardless lol.

rcaido · July 12, 2011, 7:21am

Was it Mad Monkey Kung fu

or the original Iron Monkey

X_Sword · July 12, 2011, 7:25am

Damn that was fast. It was Mad Monkey Kung Fu! Now the hardest part is finding the DVD lol

EDIT: nevermind, found for under 10 bucks. Its a good season to stack up on some old wushu

maxx · July 12, 2011, 7:53am

lololol. asian batman investigating kung fu crimes?

angelpalm · July 12, 2011, 8:13am

Did you ever find the 77’ Iron Monkey?

fishjie · July 12, 2011, 10:46am

oh shit I will not lie, I creamed my pants. brilliantly done trailer. Looks more like A History of Violence + CSI.

Brooklyn · July 13, 2011, 8:13pm

Seen it. wasn’t impressed.

Sent from my phone

angelpalm · July 18, 2011, 8:43am

Downloading Reign of Assassins, gonna check it out later.

Anyone seen it yet? Michele Yeoh looking sexy despite being almost 50.

CStatic · July 22, 2011, 12:37pm

Check the Lucky Stars series of movies which starred the trio of Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan and the great Yuen Biao.

Also, there is no Ip Man 3. The Legend is Born is not part of the Wilson Yip/Donnie Yen series and is stand-alone, in fact Donnie doesn’t want to make a third until all the Ip Man frenzy has died down. There is currently a huge band wagon influx of Ip Man movies being scheduled or released already.

It’s a fantastic movie with a more raw old school feel to it (though there is a little bit of CGI blood and swords). We have been previewing the screener at work. If you liked Bang Rajan, you’ll love it.

I’ve been watching through a lot of the older classics:

36 Chambers of Shaolin (Gordon Liu)
Shaolin Temple (Jet Li)
Tai Chi 2/Tai Chi Boxer (Wu Jing)
Eastern Condors (Sammo, Yuen Biao)
Iron Monkey (Donnie Yen)
Wing Chun (Michelle Yeoh)
Mr Vampire (the late great Lam Ching-ying)
Bullet in the Head
Clan of the White Lotus (Gordon Liu)
Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (Sammo, Yuen, Jackie)
Iron Fisted Monk (Sammo)
Magnificent Butcher (Sammo)
Pedicab Driver (Sammo)

Sexperienced · July 22, 2011, 2:31pm

The Legend is Born has better fight scene than ip man because the main actor is a wing chun practitioner whereas donnie only learns wing chun if a role requires it.

Lord_Raptor · July 22, 2011, 2:38pm

Anyone here seen Dragon Tiger Gate? Is it worth giving it a watch?

CStatic · July 22, 2011, 2:50pm

And yet ironically the Donnie Yen series get much higher acclaim and recognition for the Wing Chun and fight scenes…

remonster · July 22, 2011, 8:36pm

I found it decent enough. If you can suspend disbelief, the plot and motives are pretty clever. I liked the fights and I usually don’t like wire work.

Sexperienced · July 22, 2011, 10:56pm

it sucks.

angelpalm · July 23, 2011, 6:40am

Yeah it was pretty sick, and I loved the plot twist they thru in. I had a feeling it was gonna happen but they played it very well. Yeoh still got it though, she needs to make some more movies.

rcaido · July 24, 2011, 4:42am

Hey bitches, you guys need to see Bangcock Knockouts, just make sure its not the porn version haha

The cage match is so fucking full of win, i haven’t watch an MA film in a long ass time that just went all out…This type of film reminds you of the old 80s hong kong films where stunt mens & crazy inventive shit happens. The ending got a bit over the top but fuck it movie was dope…Go see it!

angelpalm · July 24, 2011, 9:22am

HAHAHAAA, BANGCOCK. Sounds like a Thai gay bar.

Kusanagi02 · July 24, 2011, 9:40am

rcaido:

Here’s a little back story of the 3 movies i recommended…

Dragons Forever - This would be the last time Sammo, Jackie, & Biao were in one film…I believe this film was when Sammo & Jackie began their fallout together…Sad panda Sammo & Jackie did one more collaboration & that was Mr. Nice Guy but after that they pretty much had a huge fallout. There were rumors that they were suppose to do a reunion movie together, i think Robin B. Hood but never pan out…Im still waiting for one last film of these guys…

Who Am I - Most of the fans at the time were disappointed with Jackie Chan movies in the past few years as it lacked any good fights, as all of his movies in the past years was against international white guys, w/ lackluster finale. Who Am I came out & again more white guys, but the end sure did not disappoint. This pretty much showed everyone that Jackie still had it…It was good mix like Armour God w/ Police story films. This was Jackie’s last good high craze action film.

Gorgeous -Jackie just became huge in the US with Rush Hour…Sadly he didn’t really care for the movie at all. Jackie was also tired of doing the same typical movies at the time & decided to do a movie he always wanted to do which was a romantic comedy. Very light hearted film w/ a good cast. Very few fight scenes but the two fights you’re going to watch over and over again. You also got to remember the time period, this was when all the MA fighters were pretty much gone. We had Ekin Cheng pop singers dominating the martial arts world with their long beautiful hair. So this was a welcome change for us MA fans.

Im a big fan of 70s to mid 90s hk films…If you need some info on certain film, there is a good chance i watched it…

what happened that spawned the Jackie and Sammo fallout?

rcaido · July 25, 2011, 1:12pm

Creative differences pretty much…