Tom Yum Goong is indeed completely bonkers, especially the legendary stairway fight. Another scene which just blows my mind is the alleyway stand-off between Donnie and Wu Jing in SPL (might be considered a spoiler if you haven't seen it yet). So fucking brutal. And speaking of Korean movies: A Bittersweet Life is not only a fabulous piece of filmmaking in my opinion, it is also most hardcore... Oh and of course Bronson, which basically IS one long fight...
Some gunplay mixed in, but still a great fight/action sequence. You can skip a couple minutes in until the action starts. District B13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8ClZ-Bx ... re=related The opening chase sequence in this flick is unbelievable!
Thanks for all these clips - I'm making a list of movies to watch! The fight club scene from Ong Bak is a fave of mine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tSrPY216UU And also this action scene from Casshern http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emYqURahUKI Has anyone seen Goemon? Not sure if it's released outside Japan yet...
man, I have a lot of catching up to do later today--so many good fights! Still can't post youtube stuff, but check out the fight scene by the water (probably in part 1, I think): snake and crane arts of shaolin It's a bit old school, but I love this movie! jackie chan is in it, but he's doing it a little differently here. in this fight scene, he fights three dudes.
whoa. that reminds me of that old school movie "crippled masters" I think the title was. that kung fu girl was really fast.
supercop (this one is funny; he doesn't want to hurt the kid, but the kid is an ass kicker just the same): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubzkx6Ms0aU rumble in the bronx: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpEQKvkby-k operation condor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANSoIkU4elc
Alright, keeping this party going. Though I think there are some better cinematic fights listed here. One of my favorite fighting movies is Fighter in the Wind. I won't post the final fight, I don't want to spoil anything.
The fight scenes in the first Transporter were pretty cool. This Jet Li in the Police room in Kiss of the Dragon...also cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTTZTweoSJ0 "The battle with the guards was magnificent. Your skill is extraordinary." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgCwyHr7Fzs
My copy of Ip Man has really shitty subs...but I got the jist of the movie. It was awesome. If someone has a copy with better subs, let me know. The subs reminded me of this: http://winterson.com/2005/06/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west.html
Thanks to all the people mentioning Ong-Bak - I just watched it tonight. Great fighting! Decent enough story (but basically the same as The Protector). Tony Jaa is pretty freaking amazing.
Found here some older films that I saw as a kid but didn't know how to search on youtube, so glad brings back memories.
