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What a loving shame. RIP to a legend.
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Absolutely crushed by this news. Along with Bruce Lee, Sonny Chiba was my introduction to the genre. One of my absolute favorites.
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Aug 19, 2021 16:29
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He was always such a captivating performer. Goddamn. 
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Aug 19, 2021 16:35
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gently caress, my Street Fighter Collection can’t get here fast enough. Bought totally on spec to see full leading man Chiba.
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Aug 19, 2021 16:37
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I'm amazed by the career and antics of Godfrey Ho. Most obviously recognize him for his antics of chopping together footage of Australians on vacation in the Philippines in ninja costumes with already existing movies but he is a very capable and competent film maker when the conditions are right. I recommend anyone to take a glance at angel enforcers which is full of just non-stop sick rear end action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk47kzbL5Kc There's also Princess Madam aka Iron Angels 4 which is just nutso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs8tIwS_guk
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Aug 19, 2021 17:33
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Angel Enforcers owns. Looks like I'm gonna have to stick Princess Madam in the queue thanks to that trailer! Also, time for another rewatch of Kung Fu Hustle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixeHttmdsZY
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Aug 20, 2021 20:28
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I saw Angel Enforcers a few weeks ago and loved it. Pretty much an all star cast for the time and tons of great fight scenes. RIP Sonny. I had no idea he was in so many movies. Turns out he played Golgo 13 in a live action movie in the 70s! I had no idea that even existed. Gonna have to get a copy.
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Aug 22, 2021 21:50
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Elephant Ambush posted:I saw Angel Enforcers a few weeks ago and loved it. Pretty much an all star cast for the time and tons of great fight scenes. There's two! The first one stars Ken Takakura.
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Aug 23, 2021 04:22
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It came in a box set of Sonny Chiba films I bought a decade ago, so it's the only Golga content I've ever seen. From that perspective, it's just another sleazy Hong Kong 70s film. I can't recall the details except that I remember thinking The Bodyguard and The Street Fighter were better.
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Aug 23, 2021 04:39
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Mantis42 posted:It came in a box set of Sonny Chiba films I bought a decade ago, so it's the only Golga content I've ever seen. From that perspective, it's just another sleazy Hong Kong 70s film. I can't recall the details except that I remember thinking The Bodyguard and The Street Fighter were better. The first one is a better film overall but doesn't have Chiba in it but does have a good amount of violence. Pretty solid flick imo, also interesting because they filmed a lot of it on location in pre-revolution Iran.
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ynohtna posted:Angel Enforcers owns. Looks like I'm gonna have to stick Princess Madam in the queue thanks to that trailer! I came across this video today, realized I really like these movies, and then popped into the thread. I need to watch more of these I absolutely love everything I watch G-III posted:I'm amazed by the career and antics of Godfrey Ho. Most obviously recognize him for his antics of chopping together footage of Australians on vacation in the Philippines in ninja costumes with already existing movies but he is a very capable and competent film maker when the conditions are right. Holy poo poo I'm smiling so hard at ANGEL ENFORCERS You can't fire me I QUIT guns
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Does anyone have any recommendations for martial arts films that kind of blend in the supernatural? Supernatural ranging from wirework to laser swords. Anything with fancy camera tricks and interesting practical effects would be a great bonus. I've seen a few already, so if it's something you'd like to check out I would really recommend: Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain Dragon Inn Encounters of the Spooky Kind The Miracle Fighters Come Drink With Me A Touch of Zen The Seventh Curse Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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If you've seen Encounters of the Spooky Kind, I assume you'll enjoy all the Mr. Vampire movies if you haven't already. I also recommend Black Magic 2. gently caress, I'm trying to remember that kung fu movie about warring martial arts families where everyone is shooting lasers at each other and has lightsabers. I'm sure somebody knows what I'm talking about. Might have been Buddha's Palm. Halloween Jack fucked around with this message at 15:55 on Aug 26, 2021 |
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Aug 26, 2021 15:52
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meefistopheles posted:Does anyone have any recommendations for martial arts films that kind of blend in the supernatural? Supernatural ranging from wirework to laser swords. Anything with fancy camera tricks and interesting practical effects would be a great bonus. Holy Flame of the Martial World
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meefistopheles posted:Does anyone have any recommendations for martial arts films that kind of blend in the supernatural? Supernatural ranging from wirework to laser swords. Anything with fancy camera tricks and interesting practical effects would be a great bonus. I've seen a few already, so if it's something you'd like to check out I would really recommend: Seconding Holy Flame of the Martial World. The Battle Wizard is worse but still fun. If you liked The Miracle Fighters you will also enjoy Shaolin Drunkard and Taosim Drunkard. It has been a while so I'm not completely sure it fits your list but I liked The Bride With White Hair a lot. And while Tsui Hark's Green Snake isn't that special as far as action is concerned the style and the capricious snake demons make more than up for it. This reminds me, if you ever wanted to see a trailer that contains the whole movie (including the main theme!) while being way better than the actual movie, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFN9YTTl8Jo
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Mantis42 posted:It came in a box set of Sonny Chiba films I bought a decade ago, so it's the only Golga content I've ever seen. From that perspective, it's just another sleazy Hong Kong 70s film. I can't recall the details except that I remember thinking The Bodyguard and The Street Fighter were better. I was able to get a copy of Golgo 13 Assignment Kowloon and I loved it. I'm a fan of the comics and the movie really captured that. If you haven't read the comics it won't have the same appeal.
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meefistopheles posted:Does anyone have any recommendations for martial arts films that kind of blend in the supernatural? Legend of the Sacred Stone, the only puppet martial arts film I'm aware of.
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meefistopheles posted:Does anyone have any recommendations for martial arts films that kind of blend in the supernatural? Supernatural ranging from wirework to laser swords. Anything with fancy camera tricks and interesting practical effects would be a great bonus. I've seen a few already, so if it's something you'd like to check out I would really recommend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIDCU467dCA (Trailer isnt that great, the movie is though)
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Aug 26, 2021 20:56
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meefistopheles posted:Does anyone have any recommendations for martial arts films that kind of blend in the supernatural? Supernatural ranging from wirework to laser swords. Anything with fancy camera tricks and interesting practical effects would be a great bonus. I've seen a few already, so if it's something you'd like to check out I would really recommend: Somebody already mentioned Buddha's Palm, I'm seconding that. I'll also recommend Thrilling Sword from 1981: https://youtu.be/MDRdT0N5UH4  Low budget "lazer wuxia" madness from Taiwan with a weirdo man-in-a-suit monster and lots and lots of cheesy optical effects
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How about Kibakichi, my favorite werewolf samurai movie
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meefistopheles posted:Does anyone have any recommendations for martial arts films that kind of blend in the supernatural? Supernatural ranging from wirework to laser swords. Anything with fancy camera tricks and interesting practical effects would be a great bonus. I've seen a few already, so if it's something you'd like to check out I would really recommend: What you're interested in is "wuxia" which some argue aren't quite "martial arts" movies so much as a different genre of fantasy entirely. Sort of like how there are "action movies" in general, but "superhero movies" are a specific variant thing within that umbrella. That sort of martial heroes/martial fantasy action is the descriptor for more or less all of the movies you named there, so here are some other examples. Most of these are from the early 90s since that's the stuff I know, but also because once The Storm Riders hit it big in 1998, this style of movie switched away almost entirely from practical effects in favor of mostly using CGI instead. Bastard Swordsman and its sequel The Evil Cult aka Kung Fu Cult Master Swordsman 2 The New Legend of Shaolin Butterfly and Sword (sometimes it's listed as Comet Butterfly and Sword) Duel to the Death (kind of the OG example of this style in my book, even though there are films preceding it by decades) Legend of the Liquid Sword If you're into the puppet mayhem of Legend of the Sacred Stone, the company that made that (their name is "Pili") has actually been doing glove puppet wuxia stories for over 35 years. The most readily accessible by far is Thunderbolt Fantasy which has three seasons (a fourth was just announced) and two movies. All of that is available subtitled in English on Crunchyroll, though their subtitles do this annoying thing where the characters all speak Japanese but the subtitles are transliterations of what that same name would be if spoken in Chinese. For example, the main character's name is spoken as "Sho Fukan" but in the subtitles it's written as "Shāng Bů Huŕn." Fortunately, everybody has a moniker they also go by e.g. "Edgeless Blade" or "Screaming Phoenix Killer" which is far easier to remember.
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Aug 28, 2021 06:02
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Seconding Thunderbolt Fantasy. It's one of my favorite shows of all time.
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Got the new Duel to the Death bluray from Eureka. Great movie. https://i.imgur.com/lfOh5ae.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/vSWrqFH.mp4
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Wow. That looks great.
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Sep 24, 2021 04:28
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Just want to second that Duel to the Death owns. Some gorgeous locations too and I love the way the movie is shot and edited, like you can really feel how much work went into shooting it
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The last time I had Bruce Lee films in my library was back when they were on VHS tapes, and the one that I knew growing up as “Fists of Fury” was actually meant to be called “The Big Boss” and “The Chinese Connection” was actually called “Fist of Fury” I finally bit the bullet and got the criterion set that has all of them. I’ve been watching them for several days, and they are awesome. The films look great. You can watch with the old dubs recorded in the 70s of course, but you can also use the Cantonese audio track or the Mandarin one, with English subs. And there are some differences in the music and sound effects on a couple of the films, depending on which audio track you use. As is often the case with dubbed films, the subtitles sometimes make a little more sense than the dubbed lines. Some of the scenes are longer, and there are some additional scenes that weren’t in the old versions I knew from the VHS days. Each film has a commentary track, most of them done by a guy named Mike Leeder, a Hong Kong based British actor/producer who is something of a martial arts film historian. Unfortunately the commentary tracks sound like they were recorded on a Skype call with a poor internet connection, but they are pretty interesting. There are also something like ten hours of documentaries, interviews, and various other extras. It’s a great set. e: this is probably an unusual opinion, because Enter the Dragon is by far the most polished of all the films, but my favorite has always been Fist of Fury. I think it has the best plot of all his films. Lee’s character Chen is absolutely unhinged, and it is intense, and it really plays. That scene where he goes alone into the Japanese dojo to confront all of them is truly epic, and the overhead shot at about 2:13 of this clip is the one thing I always think of first when it comes to Bruce Lee films. I love the music, the cinematography, and I love the dark tone. The guy on the commentary track says if you removed the scene where Chen lifts up the rickshaw with the passenger by its handles, the shot where he spins around holding two obvious dummies, and the scene in the final duel where he and the final boss jump fifteen feet up into the air, the film would be perfect. I agree. MrMojok fucked around with this message at 06:55 on Oct 16, 2021 |
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Bruce Lee was definitely my, and probably most peoples, gateway to the awesome world of kung fu movies. I haven't picked up the Criterion set yet, glad to hear that they did a good job on it. IDK how controversial the opinion is but I agree with you about Enter the Dragon - I'd probably put both Fists and Way above it.
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Double post but I'm gonna find it difficult to not buy this Shaw Bros boxset https://www.amazon.com/Shawscope-One-8-Disc-Limited-Blu-ray/dp/B0997LX85L
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Mantis42 posted:Double post but I'm gonna find it difficult to not buy this Shaw Bros boxset This and the Criterion Once Upon A Time In China boxset are really gonna gently caress my budget up in a month.
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The Barnes and Noble sale is next month I believe, so you can at least get the China set for half off. I ordered Shaw Scope set through Diabolik a few months back so that money is already gone.
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Just got my Shawscope box and this thing is a BRICK. I'm really excited to start digging into the individual discs.
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I watched King Boxer for the first time and that was a trip. Shawscope is going to open my eyes to how much I've been missing reference wise in media that calls back to these flicks.
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Just finished The Boxer From Shantung and the downer ending was so unexpected that I'm just confused. Film definitely got its point across, but I don't think I've seen another movie in this genre end this way yet. Shawscope is exposing me to some good stuff.
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I watched Crippled Avengers and was taken aback by the abruptness of the ending. I kinda liked that though, better than drawing it out.
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A lot of the "heroic bloodshed" movies have downer endings.
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Five Shaolin Masters next. The group dynamic is a bit stiff and there's no team fights but overall I liked it. I'd seen this before on bootleg mall kiosk dvd and I definitely missed a lot of the plot then. Messenger dude was a real one.
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There's one I've seen, Mantis Boxer or something, that ends mid blow. The hero punches or kicks the villain in half and it ends right there.
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Shaolin Mantis, maybe. I can't remember how it ends, all these Shaw films blend together and a lot of them that abruptly.
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