Seen any good Kung-Fu flicks of late?

[prinnysquad]

After listening to Ash I got a yearning to watch some Jackie Chan. Might do that over Easter

[monel]

Jackie Chan? I think The Young Master is right up your alley, a great cameo by Biao, plus a 20 minute final fight. If you haven't seen it already.

[prinnysquad]

Haven't seen it. It's something I think I might have somewhere, but there's a nagging doubt there.

[monel]

It's a good film, also someone gave me an alternate cut that I haven't seen yet. I think I may pick up a projector if I have the cash in the future. I prefer the sharpness of a good TV but a massive picture sounds appealing. edit- have you seen Sammo's The Victim?

[prinnysquad]

I'm saving it!

The only fu related thing I've done since Call Me Dragon is read the first 6 and a half chapters of Gu Long's The Eleventh Son. It's very readable, and has developed my appreciation and understanding of the features of the wuxia genre.

[monel]

There's a bunch of wuxia films I've been meaning to watch for years. Also, the Condor Heroes tv series. There isn't enough time in this life, I almost appreciate my wasted younger years for the amount of stuff I got through.

[QualityChimp]

'Hunger Games' And 'The Raid': What Action Movies Should Be

Batman 3 and Prometheus are at the top of many people's "must see" films for 2012, but for me, it's all about The Raid!

Check out some of the quotes reviewers have said about it:

"This Indonesian cops-versus-criminals epic puts every other action film to shame."

"THE RAID: REDEMPTION is one of the finest action movies I've ever seen."

"The gore and brutality are sure to get all the attention, but a film like this is most of all an achievement in choreography."

There are moments when The Raid: Redemption doesn't feel like an action movie so much as pure action itself, delivered in strong, undiluted doses and with the sort of creative one-upmanship capable of rejuvenating a stale, seen-it-all genre.

American action movies are almost entirely defined by cutaways, blaring music cues and grunts. The Raid: Redemption, a hyper-energetic Indonesian martial arts movie, delivers an effective rebuke to that meek norm. Bones break, blood flows and swift, excessively complicated fight choreography puts virtually everything released in North America since "The Bourne Ultimatum" to instant shame.

Gareth Evans' Indonesian martial-arts throwback The Raid: Redemption has a look and feel that resembles the best of '80s cult action movies: half John Carpenter, half John Woo.

Lean, fast-moving, and filled with game-changing fight sequences that have a brutally beautiful (or beautifully brutal) quality, Gareth Evans's Indonesian martial-arts film The Raid: Redemption lives up to its viral hype.

Taking the genre to a higher level of intensity, the Welsh-born Evans continues what he started in previous Indonesia-set actioner "Merantau," but this picture will seal his cult status.

The Raid is maniacal in its pacing and assault tactics. It's also, absurdly, rated R. Fantastic. I love that a film this gory secured the same Motion Picture Association of America rating as "The King's Speech."

[Team Andromeda]

Haven't seen it. It's something I think I might have somewhere, but there's a nagging doubt there.

The Young Master is one of Jackie's best ever Films and most prob the closest he's ever come to the perfect fight choreographer style of Sammo and Yuen Woo Ping

And yes the Victim its worth watching its worth getting for this scene alone

['Press Start']

+1 for the Victim. Beardy stars in it too.

[Team Andromeda]

+1 for the Victim. Beardy stars in it too.

I only wished Leung Kar Yan went to Peking Opera School given what he could do in a films with out hardly formal Marital Arts training. He just had such a great presence on film .


Speaking of Chan .. May I dare to hope for a decent non American film for him , could he really be back for one last flick

[prinnysquad]

Tonight, I watched Fatal Needles vs Fatal Fists.

Twas good. Good cast, decent fights, and the story drove the film with a neat degree of confidence. It was not afraid to sacrifice fights for character and story, which added to the film's strength.

[monel]

It's been mentioned before here, but aren't there two or three films with that title? Or I may be getting it mixed up with something else.

[prinnysquad]

I don't think there's many films under that title. hkmdb only has the one I watched last night. Maybe you're thinking of the Fast Blade Poisonous Darts confusion?

I checked out some comments on Rotten Tomatoes about The Raid. Even the **** reviews make it sound excellent.

[monel]

Yep that's the one, I get that film, Fatal Needles, and Green Jade Statuette mixed up for some reason.

[prinnysquad]

http://thechivalrousinn.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/only-son-for-four-generations-1977.html

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