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Ong Bak
Best of the Best
Kick boxer
undisputed 2 and 3
Though Fight Club is one of my favorite films, I never thought of it as a fight film. In fact, to me it wasn’t even ABOUT fighting.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Though Fight Club is one of my favorite films, I never thought of it as a fight film. In fact, to me it wasn’t even ABOUT fighting. [/quote]
This is true. There aren’t any fight scenes, really.
[quote]Vicomte wrote:
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Though Fight Club is one of my favorite films, I never thought of it as a fight film. In fact, to me it wasn’t even ABOUT fighting. [/quote]
This is true. There aren’t any fight scenes, really.[/quote]
You missed it.
Some classics with great acting are of course, the japanese ones (swords included here)
my top3 pick here would be:
Lone Wolf & Cub
Sword of Doom (it’s a bit surreal at the end, still very badass & excellent cinema)
Yojimbo
Chinese classics
Snake & crane arts of shaolin, Jackie develops a style where he fights “snake” with one arm, “crane” with the other)
Shaolin master and the kid, shamelessly copies stuff from Okami Kozure, still very cool
Master of the Flying Guillotine -gloriously cheesy-
newer chinese stuff, all with weapons
the blade , tsui hark, kind of a redoing of “the one-armed swordsman”
warlords, with jet li
seven swords
the best non chinese non japanese asian guy is obviously Panna Rittikrai -ong bak1+2, chocolate, Tom-Yum-Goong…
I don’t care for most of the new stuff, recently watched “tekken” and “never surrender”. I barely could watch it even on fast forward x8 with my eyes half-closed.
Blade 1+2 was probably the best northamerican pure fighting flic.
Troy featured the best “modern” sword duel and was a great movie all around.
Not exactly a combat movie, but Bruce Willis in Last Man Standing is by far one of the best shoot 'em up movies. Everyone ends up getting their’s in the end.
Best brawler scene that I can remember is Rocky IV (I believe), where Stallone gets in a street fight with the kid he’s training and puts the hurt on him. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it, but I do remember it making an impression.
What!?!? Us old farts can dream too can’t we? 
For comic relief…You know what ol’ Jack Burton always says at a time like this? Big Trouble in Little China.
Stone Cold (1991)
Brian Bosworth, 90’s fashion, killer dialogue, biker gangs, and the best morning ritual EVER.
God Forgives. The Brotherhood Doesn’t.
Shogun assasin
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Sidekick (it has Chuck Norris in it!)
Karate Kid
Kung fu Panda
How’s that for powerful fight movies?
Ok, real list
Bloodsport
Kickboxer
Rocky 1-2-3
Iron Monkey
Some good ones listed so far. A couple of sequels that outdo the original are Undisputable II and III. Michael Jai White and Scott Adkins in part II and just Scott in III. Speaking of Mr White, one of his others, Bone, has some great fighting. He is one of the most underated action stars around. Should have been Hollywood A-list.
And though it’s not a “fight” film, Bronson is a film filled with a whole lot of punching among other violence. Also makes you want to learn more about the fellow the film is based around.
Someone mentioned Ninja Assassin. If you haven’t seen this, it is time to quit playing around and BUY the dvd or blue ray. That movie had all it takes to match up as a “classic” martial arts movie with over the top blood spatter…that is, if the general public wasn’t so damn jaded.
The 2000’s…the only era where someone can watch a movie where cars transform into robots, assassins fly through the air and slice body parts in graphic detail, CGI damn near looks real on a planet filled with blue giant people riding flying pterodactyls …only to have them walk out the theater saying, “That SUCKED!”.
[quote]admbaum wrote:
Hero - Jet Li[/quote]
This is mandatory if you have nutz.
Hell, even if you don’t.
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Fearless[/quote]
Incredible.
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Kill Bill 1&2[/quote]
A living classic. I am very glad David Carradine got a chance to go out like that. In fact, is there anyone here who hates this movie?
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Anything with Gordon Liu especially Drunken Monkey circa 2002
The Octagon (its got Chuck Norris for Petes sake)
and of course Bruce Lee (Fist of Fury, Way of the Dragon, and Enter the dragon)[/quote]
Bruce Lee almost doesn’t need to be mentioned. Even if his stuff doesn’t match up, it is still classic just because he’s in it…The Green Hornet.
Yes, for “combat” strictly. Saving Private Ryan is damned realistic.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Me. Tarantino movies are like Shakespeare plays, five minutes of interesting dialogue, four hours of boring nonsense.
The Patriot
We Were Soldiers
Braveheart
Gladiator
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]jeauxford wrote:
The Rock taking on the offensive line in the Rundown , [/quote]
Agreed. The opening scene of that movie has enough ballz to be a movie by itself.[/quote]
I think Walking Tall has some damn good fight scenes in it, plus it has The Rock smashing a casino up with a board.
My favorite: - YouTube
Not the greatest fight, but really cool scene: - YouTube
I think the bar fight in Out for Justice is the best in movie history. Too bad Seagal became a fat slob.
[quote]Vicomte wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Me. Tarantino movies are like Shakespeare plays, five minutes of interesting dialogue, four hours of boring nonsense.[/quote]
U Suck.
[quote]Josann wrote:
I think the bar fight in Out for Justice is the best in movie history. Too bad Seagal became a fat slob.[/quote]
I love the fact that there is a jumpsuit-clad bar patron named “Sticks”, who presumably just sits around waiting for trouble to start.
The Musketeer.
True story: Anything Yuen Wo Ping touches turns to martial arts must-see-ness. He’s the Fight choreographer for the Matrix, Iron Monkey, Kiss of the Dragon, Hero, The redux version of Legend of Drunken Master, and The Musketeers is a festering testament to the fact that he can turn the shittiest movie into a pretty good fight flick based solely on his own awesomeness and the daring of his stunt doubles.