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Post by Eric Bergeron on Jun 3, 2018 23:44:41 GMT
Anyone have a good list of movies with good chinese swordplay in them? would love to check some stuff out.
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Jun 4, 2018 4:18:04 GMT
I have a couple suggestions. Maybe we can work up a big list of our favorites.
- Last Hurrah For Chivalry (1979)
- Duel To Death (1983)
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Post by bluetrain on Jun 4, 2018 18:58:44 GMT
My favorite one is Reign of Assassins. Here is a clip of one of the most interesting scenes:
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I have watched that scene over and over, it's so well done.
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Post by rjodorizzi on Jun 4, 2018 20:08:50 GMT
I always liked Hero and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Hero in particular has a great fight scene with a sword v spear that is pretty rad.
A little more on the fantastical side but still neat!
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Post by stormmaster on Jun 4, 2018 20:32:15 GMT
not a movie but into the badlands is one of the newer shows that has the flying kungfu of chinese movies of the past, its great fun and its on its 3rd season now
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Post by Eric Bergeron on Jun 5, 2018 4:31:07 GMT
My favorite one is Reign of Assassins. Here is a clip of one of the most interesting scenes: . I have watched that scene over and over, it's so well done. I must say that fight was awesome! Never heard or seen this movie before so now I gotta check it out that fight scene was intense and I don't think i've ever seen a dagger like those before. |
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Post by bluetrain on Jun 5, 2018 9:45:13 GMT
I also liked where the (potential) assassin uses the term "acupoint." The movie has some weird characters but good guys, too.
Another fairly good Chinese action movie is Shaolin (2011). Jackie Chan is in the movie in a typically humorous role but he isn't the star. It's basically about Chinese war lords fighting with one another but most of the story takes place at the Shaolin temple. It's destroyed at the end, which happened in real life in the 1920s. It's been restored since then and, like just about everything else, it has a website. It's really a kung fu action movie, super well done but with only a little swordplay.
It's never too late to sharpen your sword.
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Post by Eric Bergeron on Jun 7, 2018 0:34:20 GMT
Crouching tiger hidden dragon & Crouching tiger hidden dragon: sword of destiny are two great movies, the second one isn't as good as the first I did enjoy it very much. It even has Liuyedao in one particular scene which was cool, you don't see that dao often it is usually the oxtail getting the screen time.
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Post by pgandy on Jun 7, 2018 2:58:58 GMT
The girl in frame at :29 must have a sword designed for Wushu the way that blade flexes. That’s a big beef of mine about Wushu and the weapons. I’ve heard it said regarding a wushu martial artist that if they used a real oxtail dao instead of that whippy thing they use they would lose an ear, or more.
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Post by albrecmt01 on Jan 19, 2019 8:50:14 GMT
Hey! Even I want to know about it. I am going to stick around this post so that I get to know about all the good movies and shows available online. Also, I am planning to watch series by Andy Yeatman with my kids. I hope I find more of it for the vacation. |
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Post by pvsampson on Jan 21, 2019 4:57:28 GMT
Red Cliff has a few good scenes.
Edit: Also God of War. I had to go looking for the name as I had forgotten,and there is some decent sword play in this movie.
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Post by zabazagobo on Feb 13, 2019 1:54:21 GMT
Just stumbled on this thread. Jet Li in Hero had tons of awesome scenes, if I remember right its the one that had a really intense dao/sabre fight in it where the furniture had a very bad day. Donnie Yen in Ip Man had a couple scenes involving swords that were kind of cool, but really that trilogy is a love letter to wing chun.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a classic as well. There's quite a few other movies I'm blanking on, but I remember House of Flying Daggers also being a good time, not very heavy on swordplay though.
Into the Badlands is an awesome show. A friend recommended it and I've been thanking him ever since, very fun show with some really cool choreography.
Also, for entertainment, consider SwordMaster (2016 movie)... it's...well...umm....dramatic. But rather entertaining in a somewhat rather silly way. The bone claw scene makes me lose it laughing. Similarly, "The Ice Man" starring Donnie Yen is a hilarious movie for a myriad of reasons, if you can excuse how ridiculous it is and how it isn't remotely grounded in reality, it's a fun occasion for good laughs during movie night.
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Post by stormmaster on Feb 13, 2019 1:56:25 GMT
I recently saw SwordMaster and i thought it was a fun film, very pretty
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Feb 13, 2019 2:02:08 GMT
Just stumbled on this thread. Jet Li in Hero had tons of awesome scenes, if I remember right its the one that had a really intense dao/sabre fight in it where the furniture had a very bad day. I think you're actually thinking of Fearless; admittedly, it's been years since I've seen either one, but I remember that Li's character in Hero used a jian, while there's a huge scene in Fearless where Li and another guy are fighting in a tavern with dao that ends with basically everything in the building in pieces. Only reason I remember it, though, was that the antagonist was using a 9-ringed dao and, at one point, Li blocked a thrust by ramming his thumb through some of the rings. |
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Post by zabazagobo on Feb 13, 2019 2:20:41 GMT
Just stumbled on this thread. Jet Li in Hero had tons of awesome scenes, if I remember right its the one that had a really intense dao/sabre fight in it where the furniture had a very bad day. I think you're actually thinking of Fearless; admittedly, it's been years since I've seen either one, but I remember that Li's character in Hero used a jian, while there's a huge scene in Fearless where Li and another guy are fighting in a tavern with dao that ends with basically everything in the building in pieces. Only reason I remember it, though, was that the antagonist was using a 9-ringed dao and, at one point, Li blocked a thrust by ramming his thumb through some of the rings. Yep, that's the one! Got the two confused. Such great movies, both |
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Post by MOK on Feb 13, 2019 18:05:13 GMT
I'm a big fan of old school Hong Kong cinema. Chinese Ghost Story, The Bride with White Hair, Tsui Hark's Dao (AKA The Blade)... very fantastic, of course, though not much more than CTHD.
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