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Another good Godfrey Ho joint is The Ninja Squad, available of course from the Wutang Collection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gpACMv8hU4 An evil red ninja is wiping out the ninja masters one by one. Richard Harrison's character Ninja Master Gordon sends his student Billy home to the big city to avoid the bloodshed, but Billy finds problems in his old hood: gangsters have taken over! It helps that the base film (looks like a Filipino basher?) has decent fight scenes, including the climax at a shipyard junkyard. The inserted caucasian ninjas are suitably ridiculous and sprinkled liberally throughout, and the 2 plots fit together well enough, what with young Billy dealing with the gangsters and the angst of being a modern ninja, and his ninja master Gordon defeating the evil ninja who poses a threat to the future of all young ninjas. And it's got an awesome score which i assume is totally stolen from some other better films. A+ ninja all around!!! They also give the lead gangster a ridiculous Mexican accent like "eyyyyy Billy i didn't wan' any trouble from the neenja!" and everybody in general talks dumb and loud. When the gang shows up to threaten Billy's family one of them just loving screams "I'll burn your fuckin house down!" before anything's actually got rough. And Billy's family constantly dog him about getting a real job because he won't be able to make any money as a ninja and girls won't want to marry him! Some of the ninja cut'n'pastes are absolutely dire slogs though, it all depends on if the original film had anything salvageable and if Godfrey and Co. keep the goofy ninjas jumping in on cue. Sometimes you'll see somebody like Hwang Jang Lee slumming it up (in Ninja Terminator, with a terrible blonde wig) and they also did some supernatural/horror entries like the Robo Vampire series and Scorpion Thunderbolt. Richard Harrison claims he thought he was only shooting for one or two films and was upset at being spread out into at least a dozen ninja epics, but seriously gently caress that guy he sounds like a real piece of work if you read up on him behind the scenes.
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Elephant Ambush posted:That's literally the movie they review in the video I posted above. Haha sorry for not watching the video and shooting from the hip. It's a great film! Also on a random cult film site I remember there's the saga of his exwife talking about what an abusive piece of poo poo he was and how he tried to hide his film income from her after beating the poo poo out of her
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Samuel Clemens posted:A fighting cat!?! That's only 1 of 2 supernatural fighting cat movies from HK: https://youtu.be/z6-XLwq9rwI A.K.A. The 1000th Year Cat. The Galactic Cat. Conflict of Space. Nine Lives. quote:From the Director of Ricky Oh(Story of Ricky) & The Seventh Curse, It's John Carpenter's The Thing meets John Woo's The Killer. Relevant to the thread, one of the film's highlights is the kung fu battle between the alien cat and a hapless dog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqUFEhknuwg
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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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Human Tornada posted:Hey guys what's the name of the movie where it begins with two dudes breaking into this place to steal some magical armor (I think) and a guy in a little rowboat on wheels comes out and tries to fight them off? That's Drunken Dragon aka Exciting Dragon from 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k5ESy3Otuw It's a Taiwanese knockoff of the Shaolin/Taoism Drunkard films of Yuen Woo Ping, but I think they make a nice trilogy together
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Sgt. Politeness posted:This is great and totally fits right in but aren't there already like 4 Miracle Fighter movies? Well, looks like I have some movies to watch!
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Feb 21, 2022 01:27
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thatfuturekid posted:What are some pro watches from that Wu Tang channel? I work overnights and am in the mood to binge some kung fu Some all time classics: Born Invincible: https://youtu.be/YHfKzrT0eFo Invincible Armour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHM7zIX5Lzo Hitman in the Hand of Buddha: https://youtu.be/XwEXIdrmD1U And other good ones: Duel of the Tough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65j5QCqqLKM (cheesy Korean flick dubbed by Joseph Lai) Four Infernos to Cross: https://youtu.be/pkf9QXtqJwA (ditto, contains the random line "drat she's a sexy bitch!") Fist of Fury 2+3 double feature: https://youtu.be/uGWE1FjwtIU (some great Bruceploitation) The Leg Fighters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjOecR17PPc (Lee Tso Nam directs Hsia Kwan-Li, awesome fights)
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Feb 22, 2022 15:26
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Oh man, I love all the guillotine knockoff/sequels, weird/super weapons are one of my favorite things in old martial arts films: Fatal Flying Guillotines: https://youtu.be/hVXYD8PTTdU Shaolin Death Squad: https://youtu.be/8HujbIjJrug Shaolin Kung Fu Mystagogue: https://youtu.be/Ww9rEhW9lEw Three great cheap knockoffs with Carter Wong and lots of weird weapons! Mystagogue has some Shaolin Temple death traps too! Deadly Silver Spear: https://youtu.be/F5OgeWt2564 Jimmy Wang Yu with more weapons and a beautiful snowy setting. The Dragon Missile (trailer): https://youtu.be/Bes7xUNEUaI This was the Shaw Bros. knocking off their own hit The Flying Guillotine. Everybody dogs it but I think it's a good flick with a cool alternative to the guillotine! Zatoichi Meets the Flying Guillotine: https://youtu.be/7-rqcU7wAxM Combo knockoff with a great Zatoichi impersonator. Crap quality copy, would like to see this one with a print on par with the actual Zatoichi films.
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Mighty Peking Man is pretty good, no goofy ape-fu comparable to A.P.E's shenanigans. Good FX but the film in general feels pretty rough at times. There's a really long writeup here of the production which goes in to some difficulties: http://www.coolasscinema.com/2022/01/celluloid-trails-amazing-colossal.html
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Sgt. Politeness posted:This reminds me, one of my favorite movies is their attempt at Super Sentai/Metal Hero from Japan Inframan owns!  There's also War God: The Big Calamity which I really wish would get an HD upgrade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwRb3b3qB84  Very easy to find as a fuzzy VHS boot.
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Mantis42 posted:Haha, what the hell, is that a giant Guan Yu? I guess that statue they built was life sized afterall. Yeop and he fights giant alien invaders
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Sgt. Politeness posted:Holy poo poo! thatfuturekid posted:oh my. Yeah, I need to find this, like now. More great kaiju/wuxia/kung fu hybrids: Founding of Ming Dynasty aka Tsu Wong Hu from 1971: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9zv6LJaSwo Some kickass monster fights here with a giant ape, a giant ogre, and a cool Chinese dragon, plus retro ancient Chinese miniature sets! quote:This historical fantasy feature is one of several monster movies that Tsuburaya’s effects maestro/ Ultraman Story director Koichi Takano worked on in Taiwan (others being 1976’s War God and 1974’s The Devil From the Bottom of the Sea), while Sadao Tsukamoto did puppetry and 70’s Ultraman design honcho Yoshi Suzuki was responsible for the monsters’ conception.  Never seen Devil From the Bottom of the Sea but going off this pic it looks loving awesome, with flying heads and a sea devil!  Sea Gods and Ghosts from 1975: https://youtu.be/z158fYZeWY0 Recycles Founding of the Ming Dynasty's FX scenes and adds Judy Lee, who you may remember from Queen Boxer where she was advertised as the heir to Bruce Lee - but who wasn't at some point?  The Fairy and the Devil from 1982: https://youtu.be/6Ea7VAw5Cr0 Recycles Founding of Ming Dynasty's FX again for the opening credits and adds Star Trek music! Honestly kind of thin otherwise, but those monsters are so good.  Ready for some original footage? Okay, here's Thrilling Sword from 1981: https://youtu.be/MDRdT0N5UH4 Some super fun laser wuxia action, with a really gross meatball man and tons of cheesy 80s optical effects. Boutique label "Gold Ninja Video" just put out a limited edition BLU-RAY (!!!) of this film from a 2k scan, and it's already sold out! I did just see goon Tars Tarkas say over at his site (he provided a commentary track) that they're going to reissue it at some point tbd. I will definitely be watching out for that, this is like the low budget sleaze version of Buddha's Palm.   Finally, here's a couple of films that really might be OT for thread, but I'm throwing em in because we've been talking Inframan and War God: Hanuman vs Seven Ultraman from 1974: https://youtu.be/0m8Y97ilsNg Coproduction between Tsuburaya and madman Sompote Sands' Chaiyo Production of Thailand, features the monkey god Hanuman teaming with various Ultramen to massacre some leftover Ultra monsters on a gorgeous jungle bound rocket base. You also get to see a kaiju-sized Hanuman murder some temple desecrators while mocking their futile resistance! This began Sands' long, bullshit crusade to claim he owned the international rights to Ultraman, an affair that only wrapped up a few years ago with the rights being fully reverted to Tsuburaya.  Jumborg Ace and Giant aka Mars Men also from 1974:https://youtu.be/NhxVziobCYE The same idea, except it's Tsuburaya hero Jumborg Ace teaming up with a stone giant temple guardian that Sands had previously created for his very first feature film! Everyone does some fighting on the moon and there's some stock footage from the Jumborg Ace series too. Both of these movies are aces in my book, fun off kilter kaiju thrills.   Thai posters were always beautiful and it seems like the artists actually watched the films or at least got promo kits to work off. This time the Italians did a good job too for their Mars Men version, but usually their stuff is incredibly goofy - check out any Italian posters for Godzilla movies. Dr. Jerrold Coe fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Mar 9, 2022 |
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Mantis42 posted:Jimmy Wang Yu passed away. RIP to an absolute legend, one of the first kung fu mega stars. Oracle posted:A giant has fallen drat, I think he was poorly for awhile: quote:Wang’s personal life was dogged by controversy. After breaking his contract with Shaw Brothers he struggled to find a stable home for his films. In 1981 he faced a murder charge in Taiwan, while ill-health ultimately forced him out of the public eye. RIP to a real bastard and a real legend
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Boxer's Omen owns hard
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Mantis42 posted:Boxer's Omen indeed owns but I didn't even realize it was a Shaw film, since it feels so different from most of their catalogue. They made some bomb rear end horror movies in the late 70s-80s. Titles like Black Magic I+II, Ghost Eyes, Bewitched, and more: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls063643093/
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ynohtna posted:Are there any women-led drunken-style fighting films out there? Story of Drunken Master from 1979 is a brother/sister duo, and Sharon Yeung gets some great moves
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Sgt. Politeness posted:How did you watch it? Like is there a cost effective(free) way to watch these hong kong classics that aren't Tubi has a really good martial arts selection, it's a free app with ads. Great horror picks too.
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Tars Tarkas posted:Hey, missed this when it was first posted but the reprint of the bluray is up on pre-order as part of a two-disc set at gold ninja - https://goldninjavideo.com/ YESSS! Never saw Revengeful Swordswoman but it looks awesome too. I remember I used to binge thru the reviews of weirdo Asian movies on your site, Boy With Magic Box and the like.
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Barry Convex posted:seen at Brooklyn's Spectacle Theater yesterday: The Dragon Lives Again, the infamously bizarre Bruceploitation feature in which “Bruce Lee” awakens in the underworld (which looks suspiciously like the real one, or rather how you’d expect the "real world" to look in a low-budget martial arts film from 1977) and quickly becomes embroiled in a power struggle for the throne involving numerous copyright-infringing knockoffs of iconic pop-culture characters, including “Clint Eastwood” as the Man with No Name, “James Bond,” Dracula, “The Godfather,” “The Exorcist,” “Emmanuelle,” and “Popeye,” among others. I can't say it quite lives up to that premise - among other things, it's too talky, the fight choreography isn't great, and there's some pretty bad comedy - but you can't really come away with ill will towards a movie in which "Bruce Lee" defeats Dracula by kicking him in the head with a literal "third leg," or where a Hong Kong Popeye knockoff downs a can of spinach before defeating a gang of mummies in a kung fu fight. My god, was it a nice widescreen print? I've been dreaming of such a thing, every version I've ever seen has been bad or worse quality
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Tars Tarkas posted:The American Genre Film Archive has a restored widescreen print I saw at the SF Drafthouse a few years ago, looks amazing compared to the public domain discs out there. Ahhhh you guys are killing me!
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Hope the VCI Pearl River collection updates sometime soon, The Leg Fighters and Dynamo (Bruce Li!) were both great releases. Gold Ninja's Thrilling Sword and Revengeful Swordswoman were also two world beater releases - haven't listened to the commentary on Thrilling Sword, Tars, but I'll get along to it sometime!!!
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Watching Thundering Mantis from 1980 on tubi in a low quality 16:9 print, clean enough for me. Film opens with the classic red backdrop and Bryan Leung (aka Leung Kar-yan) doin' all the moves over the credits except also some guys show up to spar and the first line of dialogue in the film is one of the dudes saying, "Watch out, that guy's crazy!" with great dubbed goofiness as Leung does some uh very expressive moves. Love it!!! Also on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZMMiELsxZiM Fake edit: Leung is a great lead, kind of scruffy looking, looks like a real dude you might see around. A real lovable himbo type (so far anyways)  Image unrelated Dr. Jerrold Coe fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Nov 29, 2022 |
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Haha yessss, the little street urchin has learned drunken mantis style by getting drunk, and now he's beating up the gang of street toughs. Honestly great choreography for the little kid kicking three grown men's asses.
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moller posted:So, about that ending... I'm already tore up about what the Eagle Fist Champion did to Master ... edit: holy loving poo poo dude Dr. Jerrold Coe fucked around with this message at 02:31 on Nov 29, 2022 |
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Remulak posted:Goddamn that movie is pure joy. yeah, the film's your typical loosy goosy kung fu storytelling but the physical performances are so intense it raises it above the pack
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Oracle posted:Man I remember when you could only get stuff like this on poorly copied VHS in plastic cases with homemade labels at conventions. I got mine out of the FYE bargain bin with a generic cover of Jackie in that black t-shirt and a generic plot summary about WWII. What a great wtf film experience that was for the first time
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