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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP
Joined: 28 May 2009 Location: Electron cloud
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:05 pm Post subject: Tell me some very good martial arts flicks please |
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Okay so I was very nicely surprised with 'Shinjuku Incident' last night. It was no '3 colours' but it was nice to see Chan doing something different from the hollywood shite save the day good guy hero he usually does.
So I want to check out some martial arts (also Yakuza films as well if you know any) films that
A. I can get at the dvd rental store in Korea (please write the hanguel if possible) or buy at Yongsan pirate dvd market
B. That have a decent non cliched story (no getting vengence on wronged master, protecting the honour of the dojo, getting revenge for the village stuff please)
C. Is not Hollywood Van Damme type rubbish but still has great production
D. Is not hackneyed (as much as I like Drunken Master and 70's stuff like that, I kind of feel like, been there, seen that...)
E. Is just different from B, C, D type stuff, you know?
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Underwaterbob

Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Location: In Cognito
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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Older Chow Yun Fat movies (Too many to name). Newer Zhang Yimou movies (Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Curse of the Golden Flower). |
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xingyiman
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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xingyiman
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Bloopity Bloop

Joined: 26 Apr 2009 Location: Seoul yo
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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Have you seen Shaolin Soccer or Kung-Fu Hustle? |
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blurgalurgalurga
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Jet Li's stuff before he became internationally known is the bomb.
Bruce Lee of course. |
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itaewonguy

Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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best of the best ( part 1) the rest are garbage...
the seventh samurai |
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP
Joined: 28 May 2009 Location: Electron cloud
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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Bloopity Bloop wrote: |
Have you seen Shaolin Soccer or Kung-Fu Hustle? |
Funny. No shite please. |
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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I've seen all the Bruce Lee and Kurasawa films and anything by Takeshi Kitano.
I would rather cut off and eat my own legs than watch Kung Fu Soccer films.
The 1st Ong Bak was ok. Nothing amazing but ok, the 2nd lame.
More reccomendations please.
You're dealing with a very hardcore cinephile here (just never really got into Martial Arts films so far) so no silly ones please. |
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mayorgc
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Bloopity Bloop

Joined: 26 Apr 2009 Location: Seoul yo
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Forgot about that. Also, check out Saat Po Long or S.P.L. It had some pretty sweet action.
Just re-read your OP and I also found the Shinjuku Incident pleasantly surprising. But the last 25% of the film... really... the guy with the make-up... that whole ending kind of killed any buzz the first 75% sparked. |
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aboxofchocolates

Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Location: on your mind
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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red shadow.
that blind samurai one- not googling it. zoytoshi or something
red belt
throw down (more of a sport movie)
all for now. |
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mua'dib
Joined: 29 Sep 2009 Location: sweating pure pocari
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:38 am Post subject: |
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Ong Bak 2 |
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Pompeyinnit
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:35 am Post subject: |
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When you say you've seen 'Ong Bak 2,' are you sure? A lot of people confuse it with 'Tom Yum Gung' (where he goes to Australia to rescue his kidnapped elephant), which is shite.
'Ong Bak 2: The Beginning' bears no relation to its prequel and is set way back in history. It's the 'story' of how the different martial art disciplines came together in Thailand. The plot is well dodgy but the fighting is fcuking quality. |
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