TKDTony2179
Blue Belt
Tell me if you agree or add your favorite.
http://www.blackbeltmag.com/daily/m...vies/11-movies-every-martial-artist-must-see/
http://www.blackbeltmag.com/daily/m...vies/11-movies-every-martial-artist-must-see/
11 movies a martial artist must see.
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Chris Parker
Grandmaster
It's an interesting list... honestly, none of them are anything I'd recommend for anything other than pure escapism and entertainment... in which case, they're all fun movies. Personally, I'd look to Seven Samurai, Kuro Obi, Twilight Samurai, Hara Kiri etc as my "go-to" list... of course, that does betray my more Japanese-influenced background, as opposed to the article's authors Chinese-arts bent. I think that's been an influence on the choices, really... different arts will have different preferences for films... a BJJ guy might go straight to Red Belt (personally, I was rather ambivalent towards that one...), whereas a Wing Chun guy will go straight to Ip Man (or Ip Man 2). I don't really think you can get a list that "Every Martial Artist Must See"... it assumes there's far more common ground than there actually is.
cali_tkdbruin
Master of Arts
What about Enter the Dragon??? It wasn't even ranked in this list.
I agree. Enter the Dragon was one of the best of the 70's.
TKDTony2179
Blue Belt
I really liked Best of the Best series. Well, maybe bb4 wasn't as good as the other three but they was good. The thing is there are lot of movies that martial artist must see. I personally like Return of the Dragon (Way of the dragon) better than Enter the Dragon. Bruce Lee looks healthier in that movie.
Lot a I don't particularly agree with... Maybe as a list of martial arts or movies that influenced martial arts in movies (The Matrix as a martial arts movie? Not anymore than First Blood or Rocky were...) I personally think Red Belt and the first Best of The Best are very good movies for martial artists.
Zero
Master Black Belt
Enter the Dragon is one of the best, period.
wingchun100
Senior Master
My own list:
*Enter the Dragon
*Way of the Dragon (Bruce wrote, directed and starred, which makes this movie the most personal one he ever made)
*Karate Kid (Sucker for underdog stories)
*Drunken Master
*Yip Man
*The Protector (maybe not "good," but so over the top with broken arm after broken arm)
*Seven Samurai
*Armor of God (love the fight with the Amazon women!)
*Dragons Forever (Jackie vs. Benny the Jet!)
*36 Chambers of Shaolin
*Kill Bill (I'm treating this as one movie here. The second part may not have a restaurant battle full of blood, but it DOES have the Pai Mei training flashback)
*Enter the Dragon
*Way of the Dragon (Bruce wrote, directed and starred, which makes this movie the most personal one he ever made)
*Karate Kid (Sucker for underdog stories)
*Drunken Master
*Yip Man
*The Protector (maybe not "good," but so over the top with broken arm after broken arm)
*Seven Samurai
*Armor of God (love the fight with the Amazon women!)
*Dragons Forever (Jackie vs. Benny the Jet!)
*36 Chambers of Shaolin
*Kill Bill (I'm treating this as one movie here. The second part may not have a restaurant battle full of blood, but it DOES have the Pai Mei training flashback)
TKDTony2179
Blue Belt
I really did like kuro obi. Good movie!
In no particular order:
Kuro Obi
Shadowless Sword
Showdown in Little Tokyo
Star Wars trilogy (the original, not the prequels)
Seven Samurai
Five Fingers of Death
Taken (treating one and two as one movie, though I understand Taken 3 is being made)
Batman Begins
Musa
The Princess Bride
Sherlock Holmes (the Guy Ritchie film specifically)
Kuro Obi
Shadowless Sword
Showdown in Little Tokyo
Star Wars trilogy (the original, not the prequels)
Seven Samurai
Five Fingers of Death
Taken (treating one and two as one movie, though I understand Taken 3 is being made)
Batman Begins
Musa
The Princess Bride
Sherlock Holmes (the Guy Ritchie film specifically)
TKDTony2179
Blue Belt
Show down in lil Tokyo! Classic. How about the Last Dragon?
I only had eleven, but I'm willing to make it an even twelve and add that one.
Steve
Mostly Harmless
Alright. Here is my top 11, also in no particular order:
- Yojimbo - The inspiration for one of the great Spaghetti Westerns (A Fistful of Dollars), and also for Last Man Standing, a decent Bruce Willis movie.
- Rashomon - I really didn't want to put two Kurosawa films on here, but this one is so unique, and has been copied so many times over the years, it has to be in anyone's top 11 (IMO).
- The Chinese Connection - My favorite Bruce Lee movie. The scene where he beats the crap out of an entire karate dojo is classic.
- Chushingura - My personal favorite version of the 47 Ronin, the classic Japanese tale, so far. This one was made in 1962.
- Flashpoint - A cliche story, but the climactic fight scene is so cool it's definitely a must see.
- Rapid Fire - Brandon Lee's only pure martial arts movie. I just watched this one a few weeks ago and it holds up well.
- 13 Assassins - In the spirit of 7 Samurai, this is a terrific modern Samurai movie.
- Kung Fu Hustle/Shaolin Soccer - So funny and weird, both are great, but I couldn't decide which one to pick over the other.
- GI Joe: Rise of Cobra - For pure, schmaltzy fighting fun, I love these movies.
- Twilight Samurai - A terrific, character driven movie that is up there with the best Samurai movies ever.
- Dragon - something a little different, it's a strange movie that blends film noir style detective stories with wire fu and decent choreography. I actually stumbled onto the movie because of Donnie Yen, but think that Takeshi Kaneshiro really stole the show.
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