Martial Arts
The Mythic Fist Collection: Once Upon a Time in China II / Fist of Fury / Magnificent Butcher / New Fist of Fury (2009)
Director: Lo Wei, Sammo Hung, Tsui Hark
Starring: Bruce Lee, Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao
Ancient Chinese martial arts tradition dictates that only those loyal initiates who trained the longest and fought the hardest were to have access to... Read more
The Odd Couple (1979)
7.7/10
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Sammo Hung, Ka-Yan Leung , Liu Chia-Liang, Chan Lung, Chung Fat, Ching-Ying Lam
Every ten years the King of the Sword (Sammo Hung) and the King of the Spear (director Liu Chia-liang) meet for a duel that inevitably ends in a draw.... Read more
The One (2001)
5.9/10
Director: James Wong
Starring: Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham
It's Jet Li squared and then some in an explosive mix of martial arts and sci-fi that finds L.A. sheriff's deputy Li battling his evil doppelganger fr... Read more
The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
7.4/10
Director: Chang Cheh
Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Chiao Chiao, Huang Tsung-shun
One of the classics of martial arts cinema, this is often referred to as the first real martial arts film, focusing as it does on techniques and style... Read more
The Promise (2005)
5.6/10
Director: Chen Kaige
Starring: Cecilia Cheung, Hiroyuki Sanada, Nicholas Tse, Dong-kun Jang, Liu Ye, Chen Hong
From the director of 'Farewell My Concubine' comes this visually stunning tale of passion, set in China's mythical past, that unfolds against a backdr... Read more
The Protector (2005)
7.1/10
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Starring: Tony Jaa, Petchthai Wongkamlao, Bongkoj Khongmalai, Xing Jing
Martial arts prodigy Tony Jaa ('Ong Bak') returns with more jaw-dropping, gravity-defying moves, on the hunt for two stolen elephants that were intend... Read more
The Protector 2 (2013)
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Starring: Tony Jaa, Jeeja Yanin Vismitananda, RZA
Kham (Tony Jaa, "Ong Bak") is the last in a long line of traditional guards who watch over Thailand's war elephants. When one of these elephants is st... Read more
The Raid (2011)
7.6/10
Director: Gareth Evans
Starring: Donny Alamsyah, Tegar Satrya, Pierre Gruno, Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Ray Sahetap...
A.k.a. "The Raid: Redemption". Innovative martial arts action marks this Indonesian thriller about a young SWAT recruit (Iko Uwais) fighting to stay a... Read more
The Rebel (2006)
7.1/10
Director: Truc Charlie Nguyen
Starring: Johnny Nguyen, Thanh Van Ngo, Dustin Nguyen, Stephane Gauger
Vietnam's most expensive movie to date is an historical martial arts drama set during the French occupation of the 1920s. Johnny Ngyuen is part of an... Read more
The Shaolin Temple (1979)
5.9/10
Director: Xinyan Zhang
Starring: Jet Li, Yue Hai, Yue Chen Wei
This was the first Hong Kong- Kung Fu action film to be shot in mainland China, and also Jet Li's first major film, 18 year-old Jet Li brings his incr... Read more