Recommend me some Martial Arts Action Movies? (Take Two)

[SethRex]

Any recommendations of Martial Arts action movies? I figure you guys would know the good ones.

[Red Dragon]

The Raid and The Raid 2

[RodChester]

Weekend at Bernie’s.

[Sector Drone]

Sorry, I only know non-action martial arts movies.

[Rich65]

My favorite martial arts movie is Enter The Dragon. Often imitated but never surpassed. However. The Kentucky Fried Movie did a great parody.

[prkchopexpress]

the night comes for us is recent, but fantastic.

[Leslie Dame]

Undisputed 3: Redemption (2010) - Not old enough to call it a classic (yet) but when it comes to modern martial arts movies it doesn't get better than this.



Plan B: Scheiß auf Plan A (2016) - German hyper martial arts comedy, picked up for distribution by 20th Century Fox who did some rather aggressive viral promotion prior to its theatrical release. It was still a flop, but it is not a bad movie. A throwback to 1980s action movies starring German cult stunt actor Can Aydin, and in a minor role Mike Möller. The fights are flawless but kind of tiresome because they tend to go on forever. No blu-ray release so far, only a DVD from Sweden (I think) without English subtitles.

[panasonicst60]

Ip man arguably the best martial arts movie ever.

[LoSouL]

also

Fist of Legend (1994)

[darkness2918]

Once Upon a Time in China 1,2,3
The Legend 1,2
Fist of Legend
Drunken Master 1,2
Iron Monkey
New Dragon Gate Inn
Kill Zone
Legend of the Fist
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Special ID
Dragon Lord
Hero


I knows theres a bunch of others im forgetting now so ill leave it at these.

[Sector Drone]

Seven Samurai and One-Armed Swordsman are classics. Lady Snowblood is a rare example of a badass female lead from the 70's. Kill Bill lifted heavily from it. I would recommend BuyBust for anyone who enjoyed The Raid and is looking for something similar.

[SethRex]

Ahh, great guys. I have to say I saw and enjoyed Iron Monkey, Crouching Tiger, and Hero. So I'll check out a lot of these other ones.

[LoSouL]

Originally Posted by SethRex

Ahh, great guys. I have to say I saw and enjoyed Iron Monkey, Crouching Tiger, and Hero. So I'll check out a lot of these other ones.

Would have recommended those to you as well. Need to add:

Legend of Drunken Master
Kung Fu Hustle

[Captain Flint]

The Raid: Redemption
The Raid 2
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
Undisputed III: Redemption
Boyka: Undisputed 4
Ip Man trilogy (starring Donnie Yen)
Ong-bak trilogy
The Protector
Chocolate
Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear
Flash Point
The Night Comes For Us

These are all recent, but they're top notch martial arts films.

[skreemingskulll]

Blackbelt Jones

[Member-167298]

Originally Posted by Captain Flint

The Raid: Redemption
The Raid 2

The action in these films, especially the second one, needs to be seen to be believed.

[moviegeek1992]

Kickboxer
Bloodsport
Fist of Fury
Way of the Dragon

[monwobbbo]

guess it depends on what you really want in a martial arts movie

i'll stick to titles that are available on blu-ray or at least in good quality on dvd

old school (70s - early 80s)

5 ELEMENT NINJA
5 DEADLY VENOMS
36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN
FISTS OF FURY
ENTER THE DRAGON
DRUNKEN MASTER
these are on blu-ray (US releases)

AVENGING EAGLE
8 DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER
LAST HURRAH FOR CHIVALRY
MASKED AVENGERS
on dvd

newer titles
FIST OF LEGEND
BLACK MASK
RIKI-OH THE STORY OF RIKI
ALMOST ANY JACKIE CHAN TITLE

Japanese
STREETFIGHTER SERIES (coming soon to blu-ray

[SethRex]

I see they have The Street Fighter collection, and Sister Street Fighter.

[splintersan]

Originally Posted by Captain Flint

The Raid: Redemption
The Raid 2
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
Undisputed III: Redemption
Boyka: Undisputed 4
Ip Man trilogy (starring Donnie Yen)
Ong-bak trilogy
The Protector
Chocolate
Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear
Flash Point
The Night Comes For Us

These are all recent, but they're top notch martial arts films.

This is a really good modern list.

The Night Comes for us is just brutal. The Raid films are some of my favorite action films of all time. I haven't seen the third Donnie Yen Ip Man but the first two were great. Ong Bak is excellent and the sequels are decent. Chocolate I thought was really awesome, I have some old bootleg DVD I imported from Korea years ago, I should probably buy the bluray now. Ninja II is plain stupid but a top notch martial arts flick.

I personally can't get into the Undisputed films. Part 4 I thought was atrocious, outside of the piss poor acting, terrible writing (I'm pretty sure Boyka is said more than any other word in the film), the action scenes are shot like an amateur. They are actually very well choreographed and Scott Adkins is great in all the fights but I just cringed the whole time.

I actually enjoyed Man of Tai Chi quite a bit and I don't see that mentioned too often for modern films.