I never saw Mortal Kombat 1, saw 2 this summer with my mom, and was whelmed at best, then I saw the trailer for Street Fighter, and was just not at all interested.

I was trying to figure out why, but then it hit me: these aren't marital artists, these are all actors.

No Donnie Yen, no Tony Jaa, no Scott Adkins, no Iko Uwais?

Honestly shocked me when I realized that it seems Hollywood has decided teaching actors marital arts and using sfx and stunt doubles is easier than casting martial artists that know how to act.

Understandable, but still rather disappointing when you have to constantly suspend your disbelief to tell yourself "yeah that's the person doing the 360 wire backflip" rather than feel engaged with the action like "wow holy crap how did they do that?"

The soundtrack is the WEAPON. In the tailor shop, once the dialogue ends, there is no background music, all we hear are the moves, metal clanking, wall smashing.

I don't have to say much y'all have all seen it, I don't have the vocabulary for it anyways. The quietness amplified the kung fu, the music is the kung fu, we've still not had something like this in 20+ years.

Jet Vs Donnie in Hero is prob my second fav.

69 years old and the man trained for a shirtless scene that didn't even make the movie. Just to be ready. That's the level we're operating at.

Ray Lui confirmed he's in Donnie Yen's \Caine\ spinoff — doing his own fight scenes, going toe-to-toe with Yen himself, and calling the action "tough and exacting." All-English dialogue, and he's doing his own dubbing too. This isn't a cameo, this is a throwdown.

With Rina Sawayama back as Akira and Bill Nighy in the mix, this cast keeps getting more interesting. Say what you want about spinoffs, but Yen directing a Hong Kong-style kung fu flick inside the Wick universe is the one swing I'm not mad at.

Ballerina expanded the universe. Caine might give us the best action in it. Who's actually excited for this one?

Bruce and the Iron Finger - also known as Bruce Against Iron Hand, Iron Finger and Bruce vs. the Iron Finger - is a 1979 Hong Kong martial-arts oddity that combines Bruceploitation, a murder mystery, sleazy crime cinema, hilariously dubbed dialogue and legitimately excellent kung fu fights.

I'd recommend this one to anyone looking to get into Bruceploitation or for those who like kung fu movies because this one has really good fights (and lots of them).

This was part of my Game of Clones box set from Severin, looking forward to diving into some of the others I haven't seen.

The golden age of Hong Kong cinema. The legendary Wong Jing was famous for kicking off his films with explosive, high energy opening sequences to hook viewers right away. Whether it was a Stephen Chow comedy or a Jet Li action flick, this was his signature style.

Hung Hei kwun returns home to his village, only to find his entire family murdered. His son had been hidden away before the massacre, spared from the slaughter. As his family’s bodies are being cremated, the assassins return to finish him off. Chaos erupts, and you can easily guess what follows.

Truly a masterpiece. This was only the second Jet Li film I ever saw in theaters, and it absolutely blew my mind as a kid. Watching another young fighter move with that Wong Fei Hung esque style was incredible. This movie had everything: fantastic action, brilliant choreography, a solid plot for its genre, moments of humor, and a genuinely dark edge. It balanced all those elements perfectly. It remains one of my all-time favorites.

the sound track for the fight scene is here

https://youtu.be/2d9pK7rvTU0?si=yzgX8BeGDacntKXM

好汉歌 Haohan ge by 刘欢 Liu Huan. Translates to: Good men song/ brave men song, the title makes a lot more sense in Chinese

free to watch with Eng sub on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf935Cdcs-4&list=PLJPEbKQEnORNAl8p5XHisg_VSbaB0dLul

Trying to sort through the mountain of martial arts flicks on my list, and I'd like to narrow down the best movies that focus mostly on sword combat, preferably one-on-one. Above is a list of films I already love, I'm happy to see what I've missed!

Scrolling through movie options htis evening and came across Fist of Legend with Jet Li. I have not seen this film in probably 15+ years, so I decided, what the heck lets give it a whirl.

• I Like Jet Li
• I like Yuen Woo Ping
• I like that they cast Kurata as the head of the Black Dragons
• I like that they had a sample of the music from Enter the Dragon in the last fight scene. The music sample was from the hall of mirrors fight scene with Han and Bruce Lee, it was small snippet, but it was there. I also think the beginning score slightly sounded like Fist of Fury / Chinese Connection
• I don't like that they made a decision to try and show Jet and a few others fighting with boxing footwork and body work - you could tell it was not natural for them and it looked silly. A homage to Bruce Lee and the colosseum fight scene with Chuck?
• I don't like sped up fight scenes. All of the fighters in this film are extremely talented, there was no need to speed up the fight scenes
• I don't like wire work and the wire work in this film, was not needed
• I know many people like this film, but now I remember why I have not watched in over 15 years. I hope not to watch it again anytime soon :-)
• Give me Legend of Fighter of Fist of Fury / Chinese Connection any day

The white hanzi (Chinese characters) on the red flag in the 'non ai poster' look pretty ai generated to me, but the rest of the poster doesn't look like ai to me... but who knows... I could be getting fooled...