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