THE BEST MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE OF ALL TIME - Jing wu ying xiong (1994) Discussion

[–] Ecro5-1 18 years ago

Very true.

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[–] Rolad 18 years ago

Well, one of them.

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[–] pfalkyk 14 years ago

agreed. as a remake of fist of fury, it does a remarkably good job. i quite like jet li's movies. (at least, the ones i've seen). but i had low hopes for this remake of the one true master of martial art cinema (bruce lee, if you even need to ask). it does have that "golden harvest" feel to it, a necessity for this movie. again, jet li does make good chinese cinema movies too. from the few i've seen. as for fist of legend? damn good movie.

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[–] chunkreloaded 18 years ago

Agreed, it is perfection.

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[–] Big_dog 18 years ago

I agree its almost perfect

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[–] gbenson20 18 years ago

bump

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[–] DelendaEst 18 years ago

looks as if you've never seen fist of fury or enter the dragon

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[–] BrickyT 18 years ago

If Bruce Lee had finished Game Of Death that would probably be the greatest martial films ever but as he died before he could I would say it's out of Enter the dragon or fist of fury.

Once Upon A Time In The West is the best film ever made!

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[–] jason-avideditor 16 years ago

this is my second favourite MA movie, I have to give Legend of drunken master the first spot.

don't tell me there weren't any crabs. there was two crabs, they work in pairs.

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[–] armoreska 8 years ago

you got that right

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[–] chrisk151 18 years ago

I have to disagree with you on Fist of Fury and ETD. Though Bruce is undoubtedly the best real life martial artist ever to act in martial arts movies, his films suck in comparison to movies made by Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung and Jet Li, as these actors make films for *entertainment* rather to display their Kung Fu prowess. Then end result is much more watchable movies. I have converted all my friends from Bruce movies to old school HK movies, it is just a case of seeing the right ones.

Here try some of these:-

-Prodigal Son
-Warriors Two
-Drunken Master 1 & 2
-Shaolin Temple 1,2 & 3 - Jet Li
-Shaolin Temple - Shaw Bros

The action in any of these movies are easily better than anything Bruce ever did. That said I still acknowledge him as one my heroes, possibly one of the hardest men who ever lived.

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[–] schizoid35 18 years ago

havent seen this one in a little while but Prodigal Son definately takes this one out

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[–] chrisk151 18 years ago

ahhh a fellow fan of old school.

Prodigal son was Directed and Choreographed by Sammo Hung no less.

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[–] DelendaEst 18 years ago

I think the newer kung fu fights look way too coreographed and stylized. Bruce Lee's fights were brutal.

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[–] mugupo 18 years ago

I must admit the fight scene is still the best even so long ago, especially it try to compare bruce lee, lol 3 finger push up 1 hand too bad bruce lee did 2 finger that answer who will win if they actually fight, i like the fight scene he fight with the japanese clan master, the blind fight is trutly unique, plot is consider good for this genre, however jet lee got 1 more move left, u never that might the best of all his series, trailer LOOK ARESOME (FEARLESS)

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[–] lliw32 18 years ago

im sure many will disagree, but i believe jet li is better than bruce lee. i own about 75 kung fu dvds and i am really into this genre of film. bruce lee's movies are amazing but they aren't better than everything jet li movie ever made. as for the initial post it is one of jet li's best and one of the best kung fu movies, but it is not the best ever made

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[–] pacino_status 18 years ago

Na, this is a great film(action wise), but I prefer Snake in the Eagles shadow, or Buddhist Fist to this film, all have great fights though.

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[–] diplomats 18 years ago

the film is a 9/10.

what Bruce Lee film is this a remake of???????????

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[–] jdaspin 18 years ago

I agree with the original poster. Amazing movie that changed martial arts films forever. Drunken master 1/2 and this are seriously amazing new age ma flicks.

Once I thought I was wrong but I was mistaken.

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[–] wsheit 18 years ago

This is one of the best martial arts movies I've seen, but I got the sneaking suspicion at times that the combat was sped up- and I know there were wires in a few scenes.

I'd definitely pick Drunken Master (the one marketed in the U.S.- 2 I think?) as the greatest single martial arts movie. Drunken Boxing is such an amusing style and the moves Chan pulls off are clearly 100% for real (i.e. no cables or time manipulation).

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[–] duMaurier1 8 years ago

Of course the fight scenes are sped up. That's the old Hollywood secret. Not just in this movie but most movies with fight scenes as well as car chasing scenes (very noticble in pre-modern movies).

My dog sexually abuses my left leg....all the time.

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[–] TheHeck 18 years ago

The movie is actually based on Bruce Lee's "Fist of Fury" aka "Chinese Connection". Please notice that another Bruce Lee film called "The Big Boss" was called "Fist of Fury" in some countries, so be sure to look for the right one.

Cheers,

Nek

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[–] omgitscorey 17 years ago

did you seriously just say that you think Ong-Bak is the 2nd best martial arts movie of all time?

LOL

Tom Yum Gong is a FAR better Tony Ja movie in terms of fighting, and it still doesn't even come close to comparison with some of the movies listed already (drunken master 1 and 2, fist of legend, etc).

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[–] mikexx 14 years ago

Ong-Bak was a good MOVIE -- excellent use of location scenery and interesting plot hook (e.g., spare me another avenge-my-fallen-master tale *cringe*).

Similarly, "Enter the Dragon"'s Warner Bros. added-polish in the form of awesome casting and a superb Lalo Schifrin score puts it right at the top of the heap where it belongs despite a lot of rough edges.

-- The martial-arts landscape is littered with thousands of talented fighters stuck in horrible films.

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[–] TheHeck 18 years ago

I agree with you san-28. Strings are the worst thing that could have happend to MA films. I am really looking forward to more Tony Jaa movies!

Cheers,

Nek

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[–] vidarbs_1 18 years ago

fist of legend is THE best kungfu fulm of all time. Drunken master 2 come close

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[–] Ivarq 18 years ago

I was astonished after seeing this film. Fights were really intense and the storyline is famous but like with many things you cannot exactly say it's the best because there are new films like Ong bak and this other with long name and Tony Jaa.

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[–] tiger86-2 18 years ago

Well, I am insane enough to think overwise.
I respect Bruce Lee. He did for martial arts movies so much and I respect him for that.
But I think in a fight though Jet Li would cream Bruce lee. Jet Li is much better martial artist than Bruce Lee. Much better than any kung fu movie star, in fact.

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[–] jnaralee 18 years ago

"Well, I am insane enough to think overwise.
I respect Bruce Lee. He did for martial arts movies so much and I respect him for that.
But I think in a fight though Jet Li would cream Bruce lee. Jet Li is much better martial artist than Bruce Lee. Much better than any kung fu movie star, in fact."

Bruce Lee trained to fight and developed a fighting style that went against convention because it had no fixed stances and he eliminated all unnecessary movements and actions purely for the purpose of fighting. In contrast, Jet Li studied wushu which is more of an entertainment form than fighting so i'd have to disagree and say that in a fight Jet Li would get whooped.

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[–] tiger86-2 18 years ago

"Bruce Lee trained to fight and developed a fighting style that went against convention because it had no fixed stances and he eliminated all unnecessary movements and actions purely for the purpose of fighting. In contrast, Jet Li studied wushu which is more of an entertainment form than fighting so i'd have to disagree and say that in a fight Jet Li would get whooped."

The famous kung fu master Wang Jack Man sais that Bruce Lee`s fighting style actually killed him. May be you have heard about Wang - Bruce Lee fought him. And Bruce Lee sais:"I have beaten him" or something like that. But there are proves that say Bruce Lee didn`t beat Wang. Some say that Wang just didn`t kill Bruce and let him win. Wang was master of northern kung fu - he was master of the kicks bt he didn`t use them because he didn`t want to kill Bruce Lee.

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[–] sgt_baracus 18 years ago

This is the coolest martial arts movie EVER! Jet Li was AMAZING! The final fight is classic cinema

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[–] MoviesFilmsCinema 18 years ago

my favorite Jet Li movies are:
Fist of Legend
Kiss of the Dragon
Unleashed

have you guys seen Tom Yum Goong, it's a Tony Jaa film. really good fight scenes.

http://youtube.com/results?search=tom+yum+goong&search_type=search_videos&search=Search
http://youtube.com/results?search=tony+jaa&search_type=search_videos&search=Search

"I think my mask of sanity is about to slip." -Patrick Bateman,American Psycho

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