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Post by Vits on Mar 14, 2018 11:20:15 GMT
Does it seem like a random question? Well, this is a genre that focuses mainly on the fights that story, characters and dialogue are often tossed aside.
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 14, 2018 23:05:18 GMT
I have a few suggestions. I can’t say which is The Best, but these are way above average, bring something a little different to the table, and have great fight sequences as well:
The comedy martial arts films of Stephen Chow: Forbidden Cop City, Shaloin Soccar, and Kung Fu Hustle
Bai Ga Jai (The Prodigal Son) / Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (1982). Nice character development.
Ip Man 2 / Wilson Yip (2010). Near fictional bio-pic but script is very moving with some surprising turns.
Wu Xia (Dragon) / Peter Chan (2011). Another fine performance by Donnie Yen leads this martial arts/character study which is something of a mash-up of “Les Misérables” and “A History Of Violence.”
Yi Ge Ren De Wu Lin (Kung Fu Jungle) / Teddy Chan (2014). Cops spring Donnie Yen from prison to track down a killer of martial arts masters. Yen, though, has an agenda of his own that we don’t know about.
Da zui xia (Come Drink With Me) / King Hu (1966). This was China’s selection for the 39th Academy Awards (the films of 1966), but wasn’t one of the five nominees.
Dong Mau Anh Hung (The Rebel) / Truc “Charlie” Nguyen (2007). A story of Vietnamese resistance to the French occupation in the 1920s. Clearly a project dear to all the film makers’ hearts, in addition to the thrilling real-time (i.e. no wire-fu or CGI) martial arts action, there is some sincere, and well put across, emotional content.
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Post by politicidal on Mar 16, 2018 16:43:23 GMT
No it's perfectly reasonable. And you're on the right subboard for it.
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Post by Vits on Mar 17, 2018 17:12:36 GMT
Kung Fu HustleIp Man 2 / Wilson Yip (2010). 1) I agree. 2) Why this one and not the other two?
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