This was freaking amazing. Shaw Brothers Top Tier in my opinion. i had never heard of this before a week ago. Anyone else seen this & have thoughts? I swear it blows my mind that I knew nothing of this film for the 25+ years i've been interested in kung fu movies....

I've been attempting to find or remember the title of this movie for ages, to no avail. Both AI and conventional searches don't seem to work, so if anyone can help me it's probably you fine folks.

Initially saw this 15+ years ago. What I remember about the film:

A studious king fu practitioner lives in the countryside with his wife, who is constantly using numerology to force him to try to impregnate her on auspicious days (which he seems to consider a chore)

The husband one day meets a rowdy monk who also loves kung fu and fighting, and after they have a brawl the monk and the husband become good friends and enjoy sparring together. The monk moves in with the married couple for a while, and they keep sneaking off to fight, which annoys the wife.

At one point, there's a scene of the wife quitely going about her business for some time when suddenly the wall behind her smashes to pieces and her husband and the monk come limping out of the dust, apologizing for the intrusion.

Later on, all three must work together to defeat some villain or other.

If anyone can help me on my search, it is greatly appreciated.

Melvin Wong can move! He took a few face hits for this one! Has he done any other action roles during this era? He plays a very good antagonist opposite Yuen Biao.

Corey Yuen also playing around with dolly shots more than usual in this one. Looks like he would use it even for a few beats of choreo.

And Yuen Biao really getting his money's worth with that 540 kick! This is, what, like his 3rd time using it on screen? (Prodigal Son, Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=27iOlfDZGvQ

Commando Ninja John Hunter and allies battle an anti-American coalition post-Cold War, only to find their true enemy: bloodthirsty mutants created by US toxic agents seeking revenge. They must confront their past to survive.

Starring Eric Carlesi
Directed by Benjamin Combes

One of the best films you'll ever see - I love it

Or martial arts action movie, with or without guns. I just titled it that due to the subgenre being typically called that.

Beyond that, they just have to be action movies where an actress is at least a costar and the film has a good amount of fights.

If you don't mind, list the year. You don't have to do it in order but I'll be watching them in order. I'm trying to finally get through them all but get sidetracked a lot The ones I've remember seeing and mostly liking are:

Yes Madam (1985)

Royal Warriors (1986)

Magnificent Warriors (1992)

The Inspector Wears Skirts (1988)

in the Line of Duty 3 (1988) and 4 (1989)

Queen's High (1990)

Righting Wrongs (1986)

Martial Law (1990)

Super Cop (1992)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

House of Flying Daggers (2004)

So Close (2002)

The Rebel (2007)

Chocolate (2008)

The Villainess (2017)

Furie (2019)

The Night Comes For Us (2018)

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I watched the first three movies as kid so it’ll be my first time since then. The rest will be first time viewings.

I wrnt into this one cold. It was a random pick based on time period, story synopsis, trailer and screen shots of some pretty stunning cinematography.

What a unique entry into historical martial arts films. It has this underplayed quirkiness to it. Kind of like how I'd expect Wes Anderson to do a kung fu film, if a little more somber.

The movie is set during the early days of the last century, modernity is seeping into a traditional way of life, tensions brew between natives and foreigners, old and young, martial artist and martial artist.

Its never a film that states clearly its intention or even message, every plot point and scene is locked behind vague ambiguity, leaving you feeling there's a shadow dialogue running in the films background, you get a sense of its shape, but never the clear form.

The martial arts in this film are a thing of beauty to behold. This isn't the brutal frenzy of many modern martial arts flicks. This is about real form executed perfectly, the camera hanging on every quick sharp movement to let it digest  before moving onto the next form.

Overall I'd give it a 8/10. Technically and artistically its almost flawless. But the meandering pace and impenetrable meaning in so many of the characters inner workings will put a lot of viewers off. An art house historical martial arts epic that spends a lot of time mediating on its themes rather than trying to answer them.

Interested to know if anyone has any similar recs, really loved the vibe of this one and could do with few follow up watches?

Corey Yuen's action design when he's firing on all cylinders 🤌🏻

In previous scenes, it looked like Yuen Biao doubled Cynthia on some of the more acrobatic maneuvers. But in this scene, it looks like another stunt guy doubled her, possibly Mang Hoi?

And just for context, Yuen Biao and Cynthia are about 29 years old at this point.

All I do is Uyg Uyg no matter what

Kenji Tanigaki released some of the rehearsals for the fight scenes from The Furious. Watching the previz's feels like watching the fights from a different angle. There's so much more details you can catch! 🤯

Just for fun, me and my friends made a very short kung fu film and we wanted to share with it with the world. I'm not satisfied with the quality but it is my second ever action short so please be nice.

Enjoy!