Brainbug Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 1 minute ago, IronJimbo said: damn That movie is more intense when you always know what the germans are saying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 6 hours ago, Daxtreme said: #30 Donnie Yen vs Collin Chou Flash Point (2007) China (Cantonese) Directed by: Wilson Yip Fight Choreography: Donnie Yen, John Salvitti, Hua Yan, Kenji Tanigaki Starring: Donnie Yen, Louis Koo, Collin Chou Worldwide Box office: $6,177,725 ($5,000 Domestic!) Synopsis: A hot-headed inspector takes on a small but powerful Vietnamese-Chinese gang, after a series of crimes and murder attempts committed and putting an undercover cop and his girlfriend in great danger. My rating for this movie: ★★½ My rating for this specific fight sequence: ★★★★½ A generic movie on the surface, and in substance as well, if it weren't for the quality of the final fight. On opening week-end, this movie was #101 on the chart with $3271. Over-performance or under-performance? No idea! This is the first of many appearances by Donnie Yen. Those of you who know him will not be surprised in the slightest at this statement. So, what this fight's all about? What's remarkable about Donnie Yen is the sheer variety of fight stances and different martial arts that he knows and masters. In this movie, instead of his usual Chinese Wushu combination of martial arts, he goes for... Mixed Martial Arts and boxing. And damn does he pull it off! The final fight is so engrossing because it's so different -- it's like watching a live MMA match. The 2 of them grapple each other, gauge each other, attack and back off like in real life... definitely a great fight worth watching! One could easily mistake this fight for a real match. Sadly, it's the only thing worth watching in this movie. Sequence: Okay if this isn't your number one fight, then I don't know what can top it. I mean, this is one of the greatest fights I've ever seen. I've not seen this movie but oh my God, poor Tony. He gets the shit kicked out of him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daxtreme Posted May 27, 2018 Author Share Posted May 27, 2018 Just now, baumer said: Okay if this isn't your number one fight, then I don't know what can top it. I mean, this is one of the greatest fights I've ever seen. I've not seen this movie but oh my God, poor Tony. He gets the shit kicked out of him. Donnie Yen is a legend! Love your reaction! Collin Chou also incredibly underrated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Is Collin Chou the Tony character? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daxtreme Posted May 27, 2018 Author Share Posted May 27, 2018 20 minutes ago, baumer said: Is Collin Chou the Tony character? Yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valonqar Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Lots of amazing fights! Gotta check out some of those movies that I've missed/never heard of but this thread recommends! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 @Daxtreme I found a couple of Donnie Yen movies on Netflix. Is Chasing the Dragon, Iceman, Monkey King any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daxtreme Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 Iceman was decent, but not more than that in my opinion. Monkey King I didn't like although Donnie Yen is doing what he can here. Kinda entertaining movie though, in its own way. I haven't seen Chasing the Dragon. You could give it a try if it's on Netflix I guess. If you want great Donnie Yen recommendations, I suggest waiting for more entries in this top 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Daxtreme said: Iceman was decent, but not more than that in my opinion. Monkey King I didn't like although Donnie Yen is doing what he can here. Kinda entertaining movie though, in its own way. I haven't seen Chasing the Dragon. You could give it a try if it's on Netflix I guess. If you want great Donnie Yen recommendations, I suggest waiting for more entries in this top Well, I went with IP Man. I haven't seen any of them and man, Yen is damn amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Donnie Yen is a bona fide star in China. His movies make bank, no doubt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Wang Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 (edited) Trying to catch up with the thread after work. The playground fight in Police Story 2 is my favorite of that movie, it's so good! Undisputed 2/3 are great, glad to see them get some love here. Yes, that final fight in Flash Point is stupid good BKO was really bad. Bad enough that the great stunts and fights just kinda washed away, lol. 1 hour ago, Daxtreme said: If you want great Donnie Yen recommendations, I suggest waiting for more entries in this top I loooooove the dojo fight, so I'm hoping it's that one. That's another showpiece fight I like to put on for people. Since were all in the mood for some fights here, I'll recommend a couple of my favorites from Jackie Chan. He's the one I know the most because I was obsessed for a while. Two of my favorites of his are one-on-one fights with Benny "The Jet" Urquidez. One was in Wheels on Meals: The other was in Dragons Forever: Both featured the trio of Biao, Hung, and Chan. Edited May 28, 2018 by Deep Wang 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Finished IP Man and wow is it ever good. I had no idea Yen was this charismatic and this good of a martial artist. I also didn't know it was based on a true story. Terrific film with lots of great fighting sequences. My favourite part was when IP Man wants to fight ten men and then destroys all of them. And I also didn't know that this was Bruce Lee's mentor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 As the top 25 has not begun, I will throw in the Oldboy hallway scene. Even though the winner will end up being martial arts not a crazy guy with a hammer. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 I haven't seen a lot of Yen's movies, but I have seen IP Man and liked it. But I loved Iron Monkey from 1993. Wondering if Stephen Chow's sublime Kung Fu Hustle winds up anywhere on this list. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJimbo Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 9 hours ago, baumer said: Well, I went with IP Man. I haven't seen any of them and man, Yen is damn amazing! Yeah IP man is great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJimbo Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 (edited) Pretty sure IP man vs 10 men is going to show. I'm going to try and think of your #1 now Daxtreme, i'll let you know. Edited May 28, 2018 by IronJimbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJimbo Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 @Daxtreme The Protector - Stairs fight (one take scene) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 The Hardboiled hospital tracking shot has to be in here, right? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daxtreme Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 As I said in an earlier post in here, sequences that aren't primarily people duking it out in close quarter or with weapons aren't elligible. Guns can be featured but just a bit. Hardboiled is basically only shoot-outs so it's not elligible. I do that because otherwise it's really, really hard to draw the line so it's much easier that way. It was already so hard anyway to pick, I can't begin to imagine how it would be with gun sequences included So I'm gonna resume this soon. Today we're going up to 26! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daxtreme Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 (edited) #29 Yuen Biao vs Yuen Wah | Final fight The Iceman Cometh (1989) Hong Kong (Cantonese) Directed by: Clarence Yiu-leung Fok Fight Choreography: Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Yuen Tak, Kar Lok Chin Starring: Maggie Cheung, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah Box office: HK $14,433,282 Synopsis: A frozen Ming Dynasty royal guard and the equally frigid rapist-killer he's tracking are thawed out in modern-day Hong Kong. My rating for this movie: ★★★½ My rating for this specific fight sequence: ★★★★½ This is basically Hong Kong's version of Highlander. Both Yuens are transported in time via a time machine into present-day Hong Kong -- well, 1989 Hong Kong -- where their fight will continue and cause many casualties. Here's a review by Chris Brown on letterboxd that summarizes this movie quite well: Quote A goofy film with rape, murder, hookers, time travel and necrophilia. But that final fight. Damn! Context is important for this movie I would say, I was aware watching it that it could feel really weird to lots of people. That being said, taken for what it is, I had a good time overall! The trailer is hilarious. Behold: Maggie Cheung is incredible in this movie. She gives a great, nuanced performance which I enjoyed a lot. Also, some scenes like Yuen Biao yelling at the TV or drinking from the toilet had me in stitches! If you like fish out of water movies (and epic fight scenes), this is a pretty good one! What this fight sequence's all about So this is the first time both Yuen Biao and Yuen Wah make an appearance in this top. They're incredibly dedicated and athletic stuntmen and fighters, and friends of Jackie Chan. And they duke it out in this movie... and break a lot of stuff while doing so! Those 2 are incredibly amazing on the fighting front, and never let me down in a movie I've watched with them fighting so far. This fight is pretty long, spans a couple floors and a roof, and also involves a brief machine-gun shoot-out too which serves as a way for Yuen Biao to show off his incredible acrobatics skills. More on Yuen Biao later. The sequence is on YouTube in "HD" but the video is pretty much the whole feature-length movie which I'm not gonna link here because... that's kinda cheating! Yuen Biao is the one wearing white, the other is Yuen Wah. Edited May 30, 2018 by Daxtreme 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
