Ultimate Huddle debate: Greatest Kung Fu film?

[PandaPancake]

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[332nd]

Saturdays in the late 80s early 90s was the best way to watch Kung Fu!

I can picture the horrible dubs and hear the chop FX even as I type.

Plus, every body got tall & skinny at the end credits...

[Mol3m4n]

Kung fugging Pow.

[Mr. Scot]

Objectively speaking, I know how bad a movie it is, but by golly Bloodsport is loads of fun to watch.

 

Deliberately light on plot.  Just fight scene after fight scene.

 

[Mr. Scot]

And question: Would 'The Transporter' count as a martial arts movie?

 

What criteria do you use to differentiate a martial arts flick from a standard action movie?

[Brooklyn Bully]

Chong Ri! Chong Ri! Chong Ri!

[pstall]

Some of my fav.memories grown up is my buddies and I walking a few miles to a late Friday night kung fun double feature. 1st film starts at 11 and second around 130 or so. Awesome.

[Mr. Scot]

For me it was Saturday afternoons on the local independent channel.

 

When you're 12, these movies are the greatest cinema ever made

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Shaolin Soccer is amazingly awesome.

 

Ip Man is great too.

 

But then again, I've probably only seen like 5 Kung Fu films ever.

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

I love Bruce Lee and modern Kung Fu films such as IP man, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon(dont forget the sequel coming out on Netflix soon), but when I think of true Kung Fu movies it is the classic Shaw brothers movies that came on Saturdays and you had to go outside to kung fu your friends..with mouth made sound effects.

Old subtitled Jackie Chan movies are great too Drunken Monkey is awesome.

My fave Shaw brothers movies is "the Five deadly Venoms"

[Plewis]

Ong-Bak, though technically muay thai, would have to be my vote.

 

[usmcpanthers]

Finally someone mentioned five deadly venoms

 

also tony jaa is amazing, the protector 2 is out now..amazing...RZA is the only usa producer that notices him. I hope Tony gets to make the jump to hollywood like Jackie Chan did with Rumble in the Bronx

[dos poptarts]

If I had to pick a true #1 I'd go with Drunken Master II.

Jet Li's One Upon a China series next.

 

But for movies I can drop in and watch anytime:

City Hunter / Dragons Forever / Police Story / Armor of God II (the HK version, not the fugging US edited version)

 

Ip Man, The Raid Redemption, Ong Bak, Hero, are all strong.

 

For the fantasy themed, Storm Riders was fun to watch and A Chinese Ghost Story is very good.

 

 

[dos poptarts]

And question: Would 'The Transporter' count as a martial arts movie?

 

What criteria do you use to differentiate a martial arts flick from a standard action movie?

 

I'd lump it in the Chuck Norris Lone Wolf McQuade category of a action film, with some kung fu.