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Leo Putt as Lord Wang brings some much-appreciated comic relief to what in lesser hands could've been an overly-grim slug fest of the "mechanical martial arts" variety (wherein the standard katas are performed by actors whose expressions never change).
DYNAMITE WARRIOR is a superlative blend of super-heroic feats, Thai martial arts techniques, and magic.
great cast with uniquely drawn characters, great un-stereotyped hero, sweet heroine, flying martial arts, Shakespearean "aside" characters, fantasy, terrific comedy, and an abrupt ending.
Being a big fan of martial arts, they were a big part of why I watched this at all... and I would be lying if I claimed that I was not impressed with them.
True Vengeance delivers lots of hardcore action for all you martial arts fans, but the plot had some room for improvement.
Great martial arts action makes this cheap, low-budget, and poorly acted Yuen Woo-Ping film fairly entertaining and likable.
I see about 2 or three martial arts films a week and this was the worst subtitled yet.
Once there was a time when I thought Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was the very best martial arts movie man could make.
Once I saw King Hu's martial arts masterpiece A Touch of Zen I was rather surprised since it exceeded in almost every level.
The acting of the men sucks, but at least they seem to know what they're doing when it comes to martial arts.
We see a 'Godfather-type' theme here, it gives for a decent plot for a bare bones martial arts action movie...and Chuck Norris delivers.
Van Damme give's one of his best performances to date, and for the first time use's his brain and fist's instead of his martial art expertise.
Echavarria is a great martial artist but a bad actor.
My initial reaction upon finding out about "Kill Bill" was largely disappointment ("aren't martial arts films just boring, repetitive fight scenes tied together with a silly story of heroes striving to uphold a sub-human 'code of honour'?").
Li's characters often portray the martial arts code of honor very well.
I expected it to be another boring martial arts movie with clichéd story lines and bad acting.
He's a real martial artist with a strong build, unlike Satcha Mitchell who's a skinny B-grade actor, with no physique.
A team of American special agents lead by super smooth ace martial artist Jones (the ever cool Jim Kelly) travel across Thailand to rescue June (Judith Brown sporting in atrociously overdone Southern accent), the daughter of a U.S. senator who's been abducted by the evil Rangoon (Sam Hiona doing a third-rate Fu Manchu impression).
If you don't laugh and enjoy the bad acting and cheapness of martial arts movies, you won't enjoy this show.
If you're a true martial arts movie lover, rent this movie.
Kiss of the Dragon is a hyperactive martial arts movie with a heavy European feel.
Allow me to belabor this point: Lewis, the first full contact heavyweight karate champion of the world, apparently took his acting lessons as seriously as he does his martial arts- and it shows (again, briefly, in glimpses).
As for martial arts credits; although this film has a brilliant choreographers' portfolio, the empty hand scenes are very very average, Sun Chien being even well below it.
Nevertheless, I want to emphasise that the cast is magnificent, bringing a distinguished selection of Shaw Brothers martial art actors together and making this film a perfect...8!
"So Close" is about two Hong Kong hottie sister assassins (Qi & Wei) who use martial arts, guns, and hi-tech gadgetry to take out an army bad guys...something about evil corporations and a score to settle for killing their father.
I am a huge fan of anime and manga, and my second fav genre is Chinese martial arts films.
I rented it from Blockbuster because one of 3 favourite actresses is in it: Brittany Murphy, and because I'm a martial arts fan, and I'd just started reading up on Mark Dacascos.
They're not horribly deep or meaningful, but they are usually very entertaining with Jackie's nice blend of impressive martial arts and humor.
They fail, thanks to some geeky kids who apparently know martial arts.
Jet Li in his third US movie again plays credible and hard and does not compromise his great ability in the martial arts by use of embarrassing buffoonery as Jackie Chan has chosen to do(particularly in RUSH HOUR and its sequel).Li engages in a long series of well choreographed fight scenes against a variety of foes including a lone fight against a gymful of karate students(another nod to THE MAN FROM HONG KONG)and faces a particularly nasty villain in the form of the excellent Tcheky Karyo who is on peak form here.
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