When it comes to making features like this one, i love the idea of coming up with my own personal “100 Great Kung Fu Movies” of all time. It is tough choosing just 100 because you know there are many more great Kung Fu movies that are not on the list.
I have decided that to make the list, a movie must have a few hand to hand moments during fight scenes in the movies chosen. If for example its mainly sword play with one fight scene hand to hand it won’t make the list. Its old school “style” Kung Fu movies, not modern day settings.
I understand everyone will have their own personal favorites and some may not agree with my list and that’s fine because it’s nice to have different opinions on this genre which keeps it fresh and alive when having good debates.
Anyway, thank you...
I have decided that to make the list, a movie must have a few hand to hand moments during fight scenes in the movies chosen. If for example its mainly sword play with one fight scene hand to hand it won’t make the list. Its old school “style” Kung Fu movies, not modern day settings.
I understand everyone will have their own personal favorites and some may not agree with my list and that’s fine because it’s nice to have different opinions on this genre which keeps it fresh and alive when having good debates.
Anyway, thank you...
- 6/27/2015
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Like millions of you around the world, i love Kung Fu movies. It is the only real genre that keeps me going back for more and that is why i will always love Kung Fu movies.
I know many of you have probably seen many of the movies i will post about, but this is also for anyone new to the genre of Kung Fu and even Swordplay and looking for other movies to enjoy. I hope you enjoy the movies i have listed and please feel free to comment about any of the movies. Part 1-9 also on the website to check out.
1.Boxer From Shantung (1972)
Studio: Shaw Brothers
Director: Chang Cheh, Pao Hsueh Lieh
Cast: Chen Kuan Tai, David Chiang, Cheng Li, Cheng Hong Yip, Ku Feng
Fight Choreographer(s): Lau Kar Leung, Lau Kar Wing, Chan Chuen, Tong Gaai
2.Once Upon A Time In China II (1992)
Studio: Film Workshop,...
I know many of you have probably seen many of the movies i will post about, but this is also for anyone new to the genre of Kung Fu and even Swordplay and looking for other movies to enjoy. I hope you enjoy the movies i have listed and please feel free to comment about any of the movies. Part 1-9 also on the website to check out.
1.Boxer From Shantung (1972)
Studio: Shaw Brothers
Director: Chang Cheh, Pao Hsueh Lieh
Cast: Chen Kuan Tai, David Chiang, Cheng Li, Cheng Hong Yip, Ku Feng
Fight Choreographer(s): Lau Kar Leung, Lau Kar Wing, Chan Chuen, Tong Gaai
2.Once Upon A Time In China II (1992)
Studio: Film Workshop,...
- 1/26/2015
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Like millions of you around the world, i love Kung Fu movies. It is the only real genre that keeps me going back for more and that is why i will always love Kung Fu movies.
I know many of you have probably seen many of the movies i will post about, but this is also for anyone new to the genre of Kung Fu and even Swordplay and looking for other movies to enjoy. I hope you enjoy the movies i have listed and please feel free to comment about any of the movies.
1.Heroes Two (1974)
Director: Chang Cheh
Cast: Fu Sheng, Chen Kuan Tai, Bruce Tong, Wong Ching, Fong Sam, Fung Hak On, Lau Kar Wing
Fight Choreographer(s): Tong Gaai, Lau Kar Leung
Studio: Shaw Brothers
2.Shaolin Plot (1977)
Director: Huang Feng
Cast: James Tien, Chan Sing, Casanova Wong, Sammo Hung
Fight Choreographer(s): Sammo Hung...
I know many of you have probably seen many of the movies i will post about, but this is also for anyone new to the genre of Kung Fu and even Swordplay and looking for other movies to enjoy. I hope you enjoy the movies i have listed and please feel free to comment about any of the movies.
1.Heroes Two (1974)
Director: Chang Cheh
Cast: Fu Sheng, Chen Kuan Tai, Bruce Tong, Wong Ching, Fong Sam, Fung Hak On, Lau Kar Wing
Fight Choreographer(s): Tong Gaai, Lau Kar Leung
Studio: Shaw Brothers
2.Shaolin Plot (1977)
Director: Huang Feng
Cast: James Tien, Chan Sing, Casanova Wong, Sammo Hung
Fight Choreographer(s): Sammo Hung...
- 11/3/2014
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Like millions of you around the world, i love Kung Fu movies. It is the only real genre that keeps me going back for more and that is why i will always love Kung Fu movies.
I know many of you have probably seen many of the movies i will post about, but this is also for anyone new to the genre of Kung Fu and even Swordplay and looking for other movies to enjoy. I hope you enjoy the movies i have listed and please feel free to comment about any of the movies.
1.Hell’s Wind Staff (1979)
Director: Tony Wong Yuk Long, Tony Liu Jun Guk
Cast: Hwang Jang Lee, Meng Hoi, Meng Yuen Man, Jason Pai Piao
Fight Choreographers(s): Corey Yuen, Chin Yuet Sang, Hsu Hsia, Yuen Shun Yee
Studio: Yuk Long Movies
2.Incredible Kung Fu Master (1979)
Director: Cheung Tung Cho
Cast: Sammo Hung, Tung Wei,...
I know many of you have probably seen many of the movies i will post about, but this is also for anyone new to the genre of Kung Fu and even Swordplay and looking for other movies to enjoy. I hope you enjoy the movies i have listed and please feel free to comment about any of the movies.
1.Hell’s Wind Staff (1979)
Director: Tony Wong Yuk Long, Tony Liu Jun Guk
Cast: Hwang Jang Lee, Meng Hoi, Meng Yuen Man, Jason Pai Piao
Fight Choreographers(s): Corey Yuen, Chin Yuet Sang, Hsu Hsia, Yuen Shun Yee
Studio: Yuk Long Movies
2.Incredible Kung Fu Master (1979)
Director: Cheung Tung Cho
Cast: Sammo Hung, Tung Wei,...
- 10/30/2014
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Popular Monday Night Double-Feature Block to Present Full Month of Horror Madness
Culver City, Calif., Sept. 26, 2011 - Sony Movie Channel is celebrating Halloween throughout the entire month of October as its weekly double-feature block Mandays takes a stab as Killer Mandays.
“Sony Movie Channel is thrilled to bring such high quality horror films to our viewers during the month of October,” said Superna Kalle. “With such prestigious filmmakers as John Carpenter and Tsui Hark programmed for Killer Mandays, our audience will be screaming for more.”
The thrills will continue online when from Monday, October 3rd - Thursday, November 3rd, sonymoviechannel.com will launch a “Killer Mandays Costume Contest,” where people can submit a photograph of their best horror costume. The winner, voted on by the public, will win a Sony Blu-ray Player and a “Resident Evil” Blu-ray collection. Additional prizing to ten second place winners will include a “Resident Evil” Blu-ray collection.
Culver City, Calif., Sept. 26, 2011 - Sony Movie Channel is celebrating Halloween throughout the entire month of October as its weekly double-feature block Mandays takes a stab as Killer Mandays.
“Sony Movie Channel is thrilled to bring such high quality horror films to our viewers during the month of October,” said Superna Kalle. “With such prestigious filmmakers as John Carpenter and Tsui Hark programmed for Killer Mandays, our audience will be screaming for more.”
The thrills will continue online when from Monday, October 3rd - Thursday, November 3rd, sonymoviechannel.com will launch a “Killer Mandays Costume Contest,” where people can submit a photograph of their best horror costume. The winner, voted on by the public, will win a Sony Blu-ray Player and a “Resident Evil” Blu-ray collection. Additional prizing to ten second place winners will include a “Resident Evil” Blu-ray collection.
- 9/26/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Destination Films
Horror ooze and martial arts ahhs cross swords in this atmospheric genre novelty, written and produced by prolific Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark. His colleague Wellson Chin takes the helm for the mostly silly period exercise, but it's Tsui's name that will draw genre fans to midnight shows when Vampire Hunters, aka The Era of Vampire, bows Friday in Los Angeles and May 30 in New York before its DVD release by Sony next month.
The story centers on four martial arts warriors with intriguing monikers and two-dimensional, cartoonlike personalities: Lightning (Chan Kwok Kwan), Wind (Ken Chang), Rain (Lam Suet) and Thunder (Michael Chow). Under the tutelage of their master Ji Chun Hua, who makes an impression as the ultimate hero of the piece), and with the help of a nifty compass that's sensitive to undead activity, they're intent on destroying the Vampire King, the evil corpse of a general who is turning zombies into fellow flesh-eaters.
The foursome pass themselves off as servants at the Jiang estate, where the patriarch (Yu Rong Guang) jealously guards the cache of gold he's accrued from his wax-manufacturing business. It turns out that he also has trouble letting go of people, having created a kind of wax museum of preserved bodies on his property. Soon enough they're hopping through the shadowy rooms, awakened by the Zombie Wrangler (Chan Koon Tai) as part of a robbery plot that involves a debt-saddled gambler, whose sister (Anya) is Jiang's young widowed daughter-in-law. If that sounds confusing, the movie will do little to clarify matters.
Plot and character are secondary here to the primal battle of noble warriors and creepy supernatural beings. Through sylvan mists, wedding scrims and red lanterns, ominous music and a textured sound design, the film effectively builds a mood of dark doings, albeit while generating few believable moments. Good and evil duke it out with swift-moving martial arts leaps and swordplay, action that's so finely sliced and diced that it never quite connects. Neither does the film as a whole, but it's a quick thrill ride that will mildly entertain fans of Hong Kong action and gore.
Horror ooze and martial arts ahhs cross swords in this atmospheric genre novelty, written and produced by prolific Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark. His colleague Wellson Chin takes the helm for the mostly silly period exercise, but it's Tsui's name that will draw genre fans to midnight shows when Vampire Hunters, aka The Era of Vampire, bows Friday in Los Angeles and May 30 in New York before its DVD release by Sony next month.
The story centers on four martial arts warriors with intriguing monikers and two-dimensional, cartoonlike personalities: Lightning (Chan Kwok Kwan), Wind (Ken Chang), Rain (Lam Suet) and Thunder (Michael Chow). Under the tutelage of their master Ji Chun Hua, who makes an impression as the ultimate hero of the piece), and with the help of a nifty compass that's sensitive to undead activity, they're intent on destroying the Vampire King, the evil corpse of a general who is turning zombies into fellow flesh-eaters.
The foursome pass themselves off as servants at the Jiang estate, where the patriarch (Yu Rong Guang) jealously guards the cache of gold he's accrued from his wax-manufacturing business. It turns out that he also has trouble letting go of people, having created a kind of wax museum of preserved bodies on his property. Soon enough they're hopping through the shadowy rooms, awakened by the Zombie Wrangler (Chan Koon Tai) as part of a robbery plot that involves a debt-saddled gambler, whose sister (Anya) is Jiang's young widowed daughter-in-law. If that sounds confusing, the movie will do little to clarify matters.
Plot and character are secondary here to the primal battle of noble warriors and creepy supernatural beings. Through sylvan mists, wedding scrims and red lanterns, ominous music and a textured sound design, the film effectively builds a mood of dark doings, albeit while generating few believable moments. Good and evil duke it out with swift-moving martial arts leaps and swordplay, action that's so finely sliced and diced that it never quite connects. Neither does the film as a whole, but it's a quick thrill ride that will mildly entertain fans of Hong Kong action and gore.
- 5/21/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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