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- DirectorAkihiko ShiotaStarsSatoshi TsumabukiKô ShibasakiKiichi NakaiA female warrior who was raised as a man joins a young samurai's quest to recover 48 of his body parts from 48 demons and to avenge her parents death.Bizarro movie about a samurai who's father sacrificed 48 of his body parts to 48 demons for world domination! It's a story of how he reclaims his body and takes revenge on his father. Sci-fi samurai !
- DirectorBenny ChanStarsShaoqun YuChen ZhiuiXing YuAfter ambushing and killing his rival, losing everything in the process, dispirited warlord Hou Jie turns to a Shaolin monastery seeking salvation.Beautiful movie about coming to peace with oneself. And, great action - Shaolin style of course
- DirectorWoo-Ping YuenStarsRongguang YuDonnie YenJean WangA martial artist/doctor steals from the corrupt authorities as a masked thief to give to the poor while another martial artist/doctor is forced to hunt him down. But a major threat unites them as a powerful and traitorous shaolin monk takes over the authorities.Classic Kung-Fu, thank you Tarantino! The great Donnie Yen stars opposite :) Period piece. Good action and a good story.
- DirectorWoo-Ping YuenStarsWenzhuo ZhaoXun ZhouAndy OnChina, 1861: After rescuing the Qing prince from rebels, General Su retires to start a martial arts school. His foster brother betrays him and Su barely survives. Su has a new enemy to defeat.It's a love story, really. Fantastic characters, good fighting, and even tears.
- DirectorTeddy ChanStarsXueqi WangTony Ka Fai LeungJun HuIn 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to overthrow the Qing dynasty. But when they find out that assassins have been sent to kill him, they assemble a group of protectors to prevent any attacks.Great movie based on a Chinese history - the Chinese cultural revolution that began, I think, around the start of the 1900's. Very interesting. Dr. Sun!! There is no bad guy, there is no good guy. The way things went, the good guys became bad guys; bad guys became good guys. Good action throughout but the fighting was secondary to the cause! A nicely told account of a historical event that I knew very little about. Worth watching.
- DirectorWilson YipStarsDonnie YenSimon YamSiu-Wong FanDuring the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to survive.Based on a true story of a truly remarkable man - Ip Man! What a gentle soul - inside a fighting machine! Donnie Yen strikes again!
- DirectorWilson YipStarsDonnie YenXiaoming HuangSammo Kam-Bo HungCentering on Ip Man's migration to Hong Kong in 1949 as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts.Which do I like better, Ip Man I or Ip Man II .... obviously, this is the second part of Ip Man's life and it's just as action-packed as the first! The story is a good one, but I'm in it for the fight scenes - they do not disappoint.
- DirectorSngmoo LeeStarsJang Dong-gunKate BosworthGeoffrey RushA warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.Stylized samurai meets western movie. Beautifully done! A Samurai leaves Japan after committing the ultimate betrayal of his clan - he could not kill the last of their enemy. Assassins follow! He ends up in a western town, perfectly happy, until ....
- DirectorStephen ChowStarsStephen ChowWah YuenQiu YuenIn Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.Brilliant!
- DirectorGuy MosheStarsJosh HartnettDemi MooreWoody HarrelsonThe story of a a young man who has spent his life searching for revenge only to find himself up against a bigger challenge than he originally bargained for.Strange movie. Equally strange cast. Stylized gunfighter-samurai-gangster movie.
- DirectorPrachya PinkaewStarsTony JaaPhetthai VongkumlaoPumwaree YodkamolWhen the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.Starring the amazing Tony Jaa - this man is incredible. So athletic. Skillz. Mad, mad skillz. His cousin in the film reminds me of someone I know, I'm sure it will remind you of someone you know. The girl side kick has an incredibly annoying voice. I hate her :) The fight scenes are amazing. Tony Jaa is amazing. A lot of fighting. His Muay Thai style is super fast, super strong. And he has soul xx Funny part: The car chase scene, they're driving around in these little Thai taxis! Unless you're from Thailand, been to Thailand, I don't know, it's just kinda funny to watch these little three-wheeler rikshaws scream around town.
- DirectorMichael MakStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiMichelle YeohJoey WangDynamo Michelle Yeoh stars as a loyalist who attempts to keep the King's empire from being overthrown by a revolutionary group.Michelle Yeoh and Jet Li star. This is classic Kung Fu movie to me. Love triange - secret alliances - magik. I was not in love with this movie. It felt loooong. The fighting is good. Some bloody even. I've never seen Michelle Yeoh so hard and cruel! Skip to the credits - they run through ALL the fight scenes :)
- DirectorRyu Seung-wanStarsRyu Seung-beomYoon So-yiAhn Sung-kiAs a dorky cop falls in with five Tao masters who admire his c'hi, an ancient foe comes looking for them all.Asian sensibilities this movie. Fun story. During an altercation, in full passion mode, he unlocks his chi and his chi is the key. He has the potential to be a master! A warrior from the centuries-ago past returns to destroy the world and it's up to the seven masters to stop him. The fighting is good and it wasn't as predictable as I thought it would be.
- DirectorWoo-Ping YuenStarsJacky CheungCarol 'Do Do' ChengSimon YamA team of cops get brutally exposed to violence after raiding a drug operation and discovering a link between few members of the police force and an American crime syndicate dealing with drug trafficking.Don't let the synopsis fool you. This was a terrible movie! I kept thinking, it has got to get better, it has to. But it never did. Even the Donnie Yen fight scenes couldn't get me to give this movie a decent rating. Horrible. Maybe its '88ness was too much for me. The extreme gun violence was unncessary. The acid washed, the hair, the acting. And they made a Tiger Cage 2?? ugh. Why?
- DirectorWilson YipStarsYuk Long WongLouis KooIsabella LeongThree young martial arts masters emerge from the back streets of Hong Kong to help the powerless fight injustice.I gave 'modern' Kung Fu movie another shot. I was wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Another awful '88 - no, this was 2006! You would barely notice the nearly 20-year time span. If anything, I would watch this as a comedy.
- DirectorGareth EvansStarsIko UwaisSisca JessicaChristine HakimA young man from the countryside uses his skills in silat martial arts to survive the slave trade.Iko Uwais and Tony Jaa must be one and the same. I don't care what the credit reads, these two are one. With that said, the fighting is fast and furious and this man makes it look so good! Easy story: good guy from the village goes to the city and ..sound familiar? Trouble finds him. There are little surprises in the plot but just watching this guy do his thing is entertaining enough.
Okay, so they are NOT the same person. But they could be twins separated at birth is how alike they are. - DirectorRZAStarsRussell CroweCung LeLucy LiuOn the hunt for a fabled treasure of gold, a band of warriors, assassins, and a rogue British soldier descend upon a village in feudal China, where a humble blacksmith looks to defend himself and his fellow villagers.Meh. This movie was meh. I didn't not like it, but I didn't really like it either. Bottom line, I didn't care. I didn't care about any of the characters. The story had such potential and it just never got there. It was lacking. Unneccessary sex and violence too. I completely saw Rza's love for Kung Fu movies - all the elements were there, but it was shallow. So meh.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKoji YakushoTakayuki YamadaYûsuke IseyaA group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.My god this movie is a blood bath! The story has depth, sure, but it was hard to watch there was so.much.blood. So much. And it was samurai blood so you know it's swords and body slicing in every direction. Dirt roads are soaked in blood. Soaked muddy blood. Bloody, bloody movie.
- DirectorSiu-Tung ChingStarsJet LiShengyi HuangRaymond LamA master monk tries to protect a naive young physician from a thousand-year-old snake demon. A contest of psychic powers results in mayhem.Jet Li returns as a demon hunting Buddhist monk! I think 90% of this movie was CGI. Cool effects. Of course there's a love story! Familiar story of immortals messing with humans and the trouble they cause. And redemption, Buddhist redemption. Good action as well.
- DirectorPeter Ho-Sun ChanStarsDonnie YenTakeshi KaneshiroTang WeiA papermaker gets involved with a murder case concerning two criminals leading to a determined detective suspecting him and the former's vicious father searching for him.Hell yeah! The Yen is back! Okay, we've been through this story before - stranger comes to town, stranger saves the day, and stranger is found out for who he really is. BUT it gets better. It gets gnarly. Dramatic feud - fighting - love. The crucial scene ... I get chills just thinking of it.
- DirectorPatrick LeungStarsWenzhuo ZhaoMi YangSiu-Wong FanIn early Republican China, rumors were going around about the treasure in Wudang Mountain. An American conspirator took his well-trained kung fu daughter to Wudang by sponsoring a Taoist martial arts competition, to steal the treasure.Not a bad movie .. a martial arts tournament takes place on the sacred Wu Dang mountain - that's one story line. Treasure hunters battle Kung Fu masters for sacred objects - that's another story line. Lowly farmer is chosen to represent Wu Dang, meets girl - another story line. Love and death and fighting. If they had focused on the farmer and the tournament, it would have been a much better film. The fight scenes are good though and I did like how they incorporated the practice of sleeping Kung Fu.
- DirectorStephen FungStarsHark-On FungXiaochao YuanStephen FungYang travels to Chen Village to learn a powerful form of Tai Chi. Though villagers are forbidden from teaching outsiders, Yang becomes their best hope for survival when a man arrives with a plan to build a railroad through the village.pertty good .. didn't realize this is a trilogy.. interesting story and good Kung Fu!
- DirectorNopporn WartinNopporn WatinStarsSeigi OzekiKanokkorn JaicheunSorapong ChatreeBased on a true historic figure during Ayothaya Era, the film depicts the life of Yamada Nagamasa, a Japanese adventurer who gained considerable influence in Thailand and became the governor of Nakhon Si Thammarat province in southern Thailand.Actually, not bad! Pleasantly surprised. The fighting is good - he's a samurai come to Thailand so you've got bloody sword action AND furious Muay Thai. Based on a true historical character as well!
- DirectorHark TsuiStarsJet LiWah YuenCrystal KwokA former Chinese Kung Fu master working in L.A. as a medicine man is targeted by an ex-student, and it's up to one of his Hong Kong disciples, who's visiting America, to defend his master's honor.Like most Kung Fu transition American movies, this was mostly comedy part martial arts :) Asian humor can sometimes be lost in translation and I watched the dubbed version which added to the hilarity. This was in '92 and there's quite a bit of racial stereotyping/slurs throughout the movie. It's an interesting look at how the Chinese view culture in America. That aside, the fighting is good. Jet Li and his rival psycho killer are bad-ass fighters! Not usually a fan of "modern-day" Kung Fu movies, but this one isn't too bad. There are moments where you have to excuse the ridiculousness of what's going on but that's almost what makes it fun to watch, well, that and Jet Li.
- DirectorJean-Marc MinéoStarsJon FooCaroline DuceyMichaël CohenAfter witnessing the brutal murder of his parents, a young boy is raised by a martial arts master who grooms him to be a lethal killer. Some 20 years later, it's time to take revenge on the assassins who destroyed his childhood.Wow. What a terrible movie. Many a bad actor in this one. Jon Woo stars (the guy from Tekken) and he's awful. His martial arts skills are good but not impressive. The Thai actors weren't the best either but I don't necessarily expect great acting - I do, however, think that if there is communication going on between two or more Thai peoples then they should be speaking Thai and not English. It was weird which scenes they chose to do in English vs. Thai.
Had they stuck with one story line, I could excuse the bad acting and mediocre Kung Fu, but there were too many tangents and it didn't make much sense. - DirectorHerman YauStarsYu-Hang ToYi HuangBiao YuenYip Man's resistance against invading foreigners, along with his romantic relations while under the tutelage of three Wing Chun masters.Takes you through the beginnings of Ip Man. GREAT movie! No, it's not Donnie Yen, but there are familiar faces and the fighting is excellent! Getting to know Ip Man and his philosophy - can't go wrong.
- DirectorAndrew LauStarsDonnie YenAlex AhlstromShu QiThe year is 1917 and Chen Zhen, believed to be dead, returns to Shanghai under a false name. He joins a mob boss for info on the Japanese incl. a long kill list and at night fights the Japanese masked.Donnie Yen!! Action packed and super fast fighting.
- DirectorGordon ChanStarsStephen ChowSharla CheungMan-Tat NgA rich family's son falls in love with a woman who will only marry him once he becomes a Kung-Fu Master. In this 'Dramedy' He becomes a legendary hero, by attempting to save the emperor, during his true quest of love.Steven Chow! It's kind of goofy, sure, but its entertaining.
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiZiyi ZhangJin ZhangThe story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.I'm sure I've watched all movies Ip Man related. This particular version of his life is all-encompassing, beginning to end. It was done really well. Zhang Ziyi is beautiful. I like how her story intermixes with his. The fighting scenes are gorgeous.
- DirectorWoo-Ping YuenStarsMichelle YeohDonnie YenKing-Tan YuenWing Chun's village is yet again being plundered by bandits. This time she uses kung fu to defeat them. The fighting doesn't end here.Michelle Yeoh! This movie is pro-fem all the way! Michelle is fantastic. As usual, she kicks ass and looks good doing it. It's a sort of three-way love story, the usual campy-Asian humor - one of the ladies reminds me of someone I know, probably someone every Asian knows :) It has some lame moments, but all in all, the story is good and entertaining. Thankfully, it's not set in modern times and it's not everyday that a woman's skills are put to show so well.
- DirectorKing HuStarsPei-Pei ChengHua YuehChih-Ching YangBandits kidnap a governor's son and demand their imprisoned leader to be set free in exchange. The governor's daughter, a skilled martial artist, is sent to rescue him, but eventually finds herself overmatched and in need of assistance.
- DirectorCarl RinschStarsKeanu ReevesHiroyuki SanadaKô ShibasakiA band of samurai sets out to avenge the death and dishonor of their master at the hands of a ruthless shogun.
- DirectorWoo-Ping YuenStarsJackie ChanSiu-Tin YuenJeong-lee HwangWong Fei-Hung is a mischievous yet righteous young man, but after a series of incidents his frustrated father has him disciplined by a master of drunken martial arts.If this is what Jackie Chan is famous for, I agree!! Incredible stuff this guy can do! He's comedy - both in Asia and in America - something I'm not a huge fan of, but this movie is great! Jackie Chan, I am now a believer!
- DirectorDaniel LeeStarsDonnie YenWei ZhaoChun WuA kung fu thriller set during the Ming Dynasty and centered on a secret service agent (Donnie Yen) in the emperor's court who is betrayed and then hunted by his colleagues.
- DirectorClarence FokStarsDonnie YenTian JingAndy OnA cop goes undercover in a ruthless underworld organization to stop a gang leader, only to put himself in great danger after being exposed by his former protégé and best friend.
- DirectorWing-Cheong LawStarsDonnie YenBaoqiang WangShengyi HuangAn imperial guard and his three traitorous childhood friends ordered to hunt him down get accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years later passes and they are defrosted continuing the battle they left behind.This is part of my Donnie Yen movie list and it's terrible! Ugh. Sure, there are a few good fight scenes - it's Donnie Yen! But the story, the acting! It's all so terrible.
- DirectorChing-Po WongStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungAndy OnPhilip NgA laborer moves to Shanghai in the hope of becoming rich. But ends up using his kung fu skills to survive.Loved it! Great Kung Fu. I'm a bit turned off by the eating scenes - they just shovel food in their already stuffed mouths. It's weird and I'm assuming it's cultural. Aside from that, good story line, decent acting, and the Kung Fu is fantastic. Action from the get-go. It's kind of a love story, but not between who you think! :) The death scenes are a bit dramatic with the music and the slowness, but all-in-all, enjoyable movie to watch.
- DirectorIfa IsfansyahStarsEva Celia LatjubaNicholas SaputraReza RahadianWhen an aging martial arts master chooses two of her meeker students to be her successors, two older students steal her mystical cane and pursue their rivals.Good movie! Kind of slow at first - the main weaponry is the cane. The fight scenes are excellent and the story is great as well. I like how it ended.
- DirectorTeddy ChanStarsDonnie YenBaoqiang WangCharlie YeungA martial arts instructor from the police force gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.Thank you, Donnie Yen, for not making another crappy cop movie. Excellent Kung Fu! The story line is not so bad. The martial arts is furious! Loved it.
- DirectorChia-Liang LiuStarsChia-Hui LiuLieh LoYue WongA man studies kung fu at the Shaolin Temple to fight back against the oppressive Manchu government.Gordon Liu - he is beyond fun to watch. I could watch the intro to this movie a hundred times. Classic Shaolin temple story :) The training sequences are super and the finale is amazing. This guy, wow.
- DirectorRoy Hin Yeung ChowStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungEddie PengLuodan WangAn orphan, whose father has been killed by dark power, attempts to bring justice back to the town.Great kung fu. Small holes in the story, but not too bad. The fighting is fantastic! It's a period piece, which is my favorite, and Eddie Peng - he's the man!