I'm looking for a good martial arts flick with NO gratuitous wire work

[nobody]

Does anyone have any suggestions?

[-=NiGHTS=-]

Fist of Legend with Jet Li should serve you well.  As should most of Bruce Lee's work.

[JohnL]

>Fist of Legend with Jet Li should serve you well. As should most of Bruce Lee's
>work.

What, you mean all martial arts master don't fly?



Post Edited (09-04-04 19:05)

[Fearless Freep]

What, you mean all martial arts master don't fly?


Then I want my money back form my classes, that's the only reason I was taking TaeKwanDo

Actually, I'm currently watching Gary Daniels' Deadly Target  It's a pretty stupid movie, plot wise, but I like the fights as I can regognize a lot of the moves.  No wire work, and "Barney Miller" fans will recognizeMax Gail ("Wojo") as the police captain

[nobody]

JohnL: "What, you mean all martial arts master don't fly?"

Hopefully not.

[Yaddo42]

Not fly? Why else would they call him Jet Li? heh heh heh......

[Mr. Hockstatter]

Anything by Bruce Lee.  The Chinese Connection is my favorite, but you can't really go wrong with any of them.

[orson]

check out the street fighter with sonny chiba, no wire work and very good flick

[Yaddo42]

Are you looking for strictly "martial arts" movies or would samurai films count in a broader definition?

[Ed]

I personally like Bruce Lee's work, I am very partial to the tower, probably due to a certain NBA star.  I also have a fondness for Jim Kelley, I like the way he moves. I also would like to thank you for this post... I really dislike "Wire Fu" in my martial arts movies, ESPECIALLY that moves where the hero (usually) flies through the air on their back, bicycling and making about a thousand kicks to the face of their opponent.  I want to see realistic martial arts, not wire and CGI silliness!  
-Ed

[nobody]

Samurai films might work, but mainly I was looking for a film where the fighting was done without weapons. I could possibly get into some sword fighting, but I'm definitely not looking for a shoot-em-up action flick.

And I don't want the fighting to be unbelievable, like "Crouching Tiger", or goofy like a lot of Jackie Chan films are. The less flying and one-liners, the better.

[Eirik]

Blood Sport???

It's martial arts AND its a Bad (in the good sense) Movie!

I agree with wire fu too.  It's idiotic on the same level that American action movies where the hero is under constant automatic weapons fire and never gets hit is idiotic.  I was laughing my ass off when I saw Crouching Tiger in the theater.  I thought is was the most visually stunning waste of seven bucks I've ever sat through.

But if it was real, imagine how unstoppable the Chinese Olympics basketball teams would be!