Director's Cut Episode 138: The Martial Arts Movies That Made Us

==Show Notes==
: We both run down our TOP FIVE favorite martial arts movies.
==Films Discussed==
* Martial arts films
** The 36 Crazy Fists (1977) Dir. Chen Chi Hwa 
** 36 Chambers of Shaolin (1978) Dir. Lau Kar-leung 
** Heroes of the East (1978) Dir. Lau Kar-leung 
** Snake in the Eagles Shadow (1978) Dir. Yuen Woo-ping 
** The Magnificent Butcher (1979) Dir. Yuen Woo-ping 
** Knockabout (1979) Dir. Sammo Hung 
** The Victim (1980) Dir. Sammo Hung 
** The Miracle Fighters (1982) Dir. Yuen Woo-ping 
** Fantasy Mission Force (1983) Dir. Kevin Chu 
** Drunken Tai Chi (1984) Dir. Yuen Woo-ping 
** Taoism Drunkard (1984) Dir. Yuen Cheung-yan 
** Police Story (1985) Dir. Jackie Chan 
** Heart of Dragon (1985) Dir. Sammo Hung 
** Operation Condor (1986) Dir. Jackie Chan & Eric Tsang 
** Millionaires Express (1986) Dir. Sammo Hung 
** Eastern Condors (1987) Dir. Sammo Hung 
** Paper Marriage (1988) Dir. Alfred Cheung 
** The Iceman Cometh (1989) Dir. Clarence Fok 
** Pedicab Driver (1989) Dir. Sammo Hung 
** Gambling Ghost (1991) Dir. Clifton Ko 
** Once Upon a Time in China 2 (1992) Dir. Tsui Hark 
** The Master (1992) Dir. Tsui Hark 
** Fong Sai-yuk (a.k.a. The Legend) (1993) Dir. Corey Yeun 
** Fong Sai-yuk II (a.k.a. The Legend II) (1993) Dir. Corey Yeun 
** Drunken Master II (1994) Dir. Lau Kar-leung 
** Don't Give a Damn (1995) Dir. Sammo Hung 
** High Risk (a.k.a. Meltdown) (1995) Dir. Wong Jing 
** My Father Is A Hero (a.k.a. The Enforcer) (1995) Dir. Cory Yeun 
** Another Meltdown (a.k.a. The Black Sheep Affair a.k.a Meltdown 2) (1998) Dir. Wai-Lun Lam 
** Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000) Dir. Ang Lee 
** Romeo Must Die (2000) Dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak 
** Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002) Dir. Tsui Hark 
** The Twins Effect (a.k.a. Vampire Effect) (2003) Dir. Dante Lam & Donnie Yen 
** Ong-Bak (2003) Dir. Prachya Pinkaew 
** Born to Fight (2004) Dir. Panna Rittikrai 
** SPL (2005) Dir. Wilson Yip 
** Contour (2006) Dir. Eric Jacobus 
** City of Violence (2006) Dir. Ryoo Seung-wan 
** The Raid (2011) Dir. Gareth Evans 
** The Raid 2 (2014) Dir. Gareth Evans 
** SPL II: A Time for Consequences (2015) Dir. Cheang Pou-soi 
* The Musketeer (2001) Dir. Peter Hyams 
* Black Swan (2010) Dir. Darren Aronofsky 
* Pina (2011) Dir. Wim Wenders 
* Drive (2011) Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn 
* Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Dir. Anthony & Joe Russo 
* Beyond Skyline (2017) Dir. Liam O'Donnell 
== Discussion Notes ==
*Why do we like martial arts cinema?
*The styles of Hong Kong, Chinese, and Japanese martial arts films
*Grady Hendrix's Hong Kong-A-Thon
*Chinese Opera Trio - Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao
*Justin's Top Five
**Drive (1997) Dir. Steve Wang
**The Prodigal Son (1981) Dir. Sammo Hung
**Dirty Ho (1979) Dir. Lau Kar-leung 
**Duel to the Death (1983) Dir. Ching Siu-tung
**Iron Monkey (1993) Dir. Yuen Woo-ping
*Will's Top Five
**Enter the Dragon (1973) Dir. Robert Clouse
**Drunken Master (1978) Dir. Yuen Woo-ping
**Warriors Two (1978) Dir. Sammo Hung
**The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984) Dir. Long Kar Leung
**Once Upon a Time in China (1991) Dir. Tsui Hark
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