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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
1986 | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Escape from china town
Big Trouble in Little China is a 1986 martial arts comedy movie.
the story follows Jack Burton, a man who agrees to help his friend Wang Chi rescue his green-eyed fiancée from bandits in San Francisco's Chinatown. Their mission leads them to a mysterious underworld beneath Chinatown, where they face an ancient sorcerer named Lo Pan, who requires a woman with green eyes to marry him in order to release him from a centuries-old curse.

Directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun and James Hong

Great storyline, cheesy old school graphics and action, brilliant characters and cast.
Absolute classic.




release date: July 2, 1986
Running time: 99 minutes

Fun fact:

The project fulfilled Carpenter's long-standing desire to make a martial arts movie.
  
Ip Man (2010)
Ip Man (2010)
2010 | Action, Drama
Donnie Yen has been a favourite for some time, and this film is an instant classic in a large circle of martial arts movies.
Its intense and well choreographed action and fight scenes put Yen front and centre, and it's about time he got the recognition he deserved and this extraordinary movie is a great showcase of his talent, a must watch!
  
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
2003 | Action
Great homage to martial arts films of old, with 88+ baddies against the disgruntled bride out for revenge and to destroy Bill and his band of highly trained followers.
Once again Tarentino hits hard with great action and an even better build up, we see only part of the brides journey in this installment and it is one hell of fantastic part 1.
  
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Dean (6924 KP) rated Versus (2000) in Movies

Jun 11, 2018  
Versus (2000)
Versus (2000)
2000 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Really didn't live up to the hype. I was hoping for some wow factor in the film to show how the East does an action/horror film with lots of martial arts. This is all very low budget effects and the story isn't great at all. At the end I couldn't wait for the finish, dragged out to nearly 2 hours!
  
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
2008 | Action
8
7.4 (9 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Jet Li v Jackie Chan ...well for one scene at least. This is a great martial arts, fantasy film that seemed to not get a cinema release?! I find that very strange considering this is the first film to feature Chan and Li together. It has the same fight choreographer from The Matrix, Kill Bill and Crouching Tiger! The fights are truly awesome. Add some humour, a little adventure, good SFX and an all round good cast, makes for a great film. The start reminds me of some of the great fantasy films of my childhood like Never ending story. It's no coincidence that the old martial arts series Monkey is on the TV towards the start, as this film has a similar feel to it as that. So if you like the sound of any of that check this out.
  
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017)
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017)
2017 | Animation, Comedy, Family
The Nut Job 2 isn’t atrocious, however, most glaringly it suffers from a case of being forgettable. Besides a decent cameo from Jackie Chan as a mouse who is a martial arts expert, the animation does not offer anything unique
Critic- Mark Mukasa
Original Score: 2 out of 5

Read Review: http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2017/08/11/the-nut-job-2-nutty-by-nature-movie-review/
  
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RJ Mitte recommended The Crow (1994) in Movies (curated)

 
The Crow (1994)
The Crow (1994)
1994 | Action, Sci-Fi

"The first one with Brandon Lee. The whole set — it was a really cool set — I liked the whole vibe of it with the martial arts. I was a Brandon Lee fan, and that was a fairly bad-ass movie. That whole Hell’s Kitchen vibe in New York — that whole realm just has this cool mystifying vibe. It looked like it would be a fun set."

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Ezra Koenig recommended Ranma 1/2 in TV (curated)

 
Ranma 1/2
Ranma 1/2
1989 | Action, Animation, Comedy
8.0 (1 Ratings)
TV Show Favorite

"This is was the first anime series I ever saw. It’s a gender-swap martial arts romantic comedy. We did a whole tribute episode to it. It was first made in 1989 which was such a good time for anime. I love the simple look and feel of the animation. Gender-swap is a tricky genre and Ranma has a very unique spin on it."

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Paradox (2017)
Paradox (2017)
2017 | Action, Crime
The martial arts scenes. Wow (0 more)
Some cheesy moments (0 more)
Hong Kong/Thai action thriller
The fight scenes in this film are up there with some of the best in any film made. It's let down by some cheesy bad guys with one liners who stand there and send the lackies in, but other than that this Hong Kong thriller set in Thailand is a heck of a fun action packed ride.
  
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012)
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012)
2012 | Action
8
8.0 (5 Ratings)
Movie Rating
The stunt work (1 more)
Russell crowe
Watched on netflix one of those movies that meaning to but forgot to watch it till now im glad did
On to the movie it's not bad movie some of the martial arts action is amazing the stunt work fantastic even Russell crowe who I forgot was in the movie. Some of the gore can be over the top but that's okay highly recommend