Member Drunken Monk Posted June 17, 2022 Member Share Posted June 17, 2022 I also went for the dojo fight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Omni Dragon Posted June 17, 2022 Member Share Posted June 17, 2022 I voted for 'The Dojo vs. Pan-Asian fighters sequence'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted June 18, 2022 Member Share Posted June 18, 2022 The dojo too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted June 20, 2022 Author Member Share Posted June 20, 2022 Last call for votes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted June 20, 2022 Author Member Share Posted June 20, 2022 Okay, the final results for One-Armed Boxer are: 1. The Dojo vs. Pan-Asian fighters sequence - 77.78% 2. Jimmy Wang Yu vs. Pan-Asian fighters (Climax) - 22.22% 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted June 20, 2022 Author Member Share Posted June 20, 2022 This week: U.S. Seals 2 (2001): Big Group Melee Big climax (Michael Worth and Karen Kim vs. Damian Chapa, Sophia Crawford and Andi Cheng) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sym8 Posted June 21, 2022 Member Share Posted June 21, 2022 It’s been a long time since I saw this one so after re watching the clips here I picked the mass brawl,corny at times but very enjoyable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted June 25, 2022 Author Member Share Posted June 25, 2022 A heads up for everyone to vote. We only have two votes so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted June 27, 2022 Member Share Posted June 27, 2022 Voting for the big melee. It just seems to have more variety and better energy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted June 27, 2022 Member Share Posted June 27, 2022 I didn't love either fight but the mass brawl was much better than the finale. It's goofy as hell but that Dan Southworth vs Andy Cheng segment is worth the price of admission alone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted June 28, 2022 Author Member Share Posted June 28, 2022 Okay, this wasn't a very popular film to poll. I'll cut the line here. The results for U.S. Seals II are: 1. The Big Group Melee - 80% 2. Michael Worth and Karen Kim vs. Damian Chapa, Andy Cheng and Sophia Crawford - 20% 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted June 28, 2022 Author Member Share Posted June 28, 2022 This week, we have The Young Master (1980) - Whang In-Sik vs. Constables Jackie Chan vs. Yuen Biao Jackie Chan vs. Whang In-Sik 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member paimeifist Posted June 28, 2022 Member Share Posted June 28, 2022 Jackie and Yuen Biao easy. Love this movie, probably my favorite classic kung fu style flick from Jackie - but that “angry style” in the finale is WHACK! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 28, 2022 Member Share Posted June 28, 2022 I prefer Whang's first fight. It's so modern. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted June 28, 2022 Member Share Posted June 28, 2022 I love the final fight and the fight with Yuen Biao. But they don’t quite do it like Hwang In Shik’s escape. That particular fight feels like it’s from a totally different film. It’s got so much energy, innovation and uniqueness. It may not be the longest fight or have the most exchanges but it’s a raw beatdown we seldom saw around that time. Pure genius with some monumental stunt work. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted June 28, 2022 Member Share Posted June 28, 2022 Yeah, Whang In-Sik vs the Constables is the best fight to me. Chan vs Biao in the bench is some nice cinematic kung fu comedy, but doesn't really stack up. I've always been disappointed in the finale of this movie. It's mainly Chan getting a beatdown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sym8 Posted June 28, 2022 Member Share Posted June 28, 2022 Hwang vs constables for me.I feel this was the first glimpse of Chan moving away from the traditional shapes fight choreography and trying something different and I love it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member starschwar Posted June 28, 2022 Member Share Posted June 28, 2022 No options for the fan/skirt fights? Regardless, I voted for the finale. Is that Jackie's longest one on one to date? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted June 29, 2022 Author Member Share Posted June 29, 2022 2 hours ago, starschwar said: No options for the fan/skirt fights? I thought about those, but they weren't mentioned by @sifu iron perm in the other thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted June 29, 2022 Author Member Share Posted June 29, 2022 5 hours ago, ShaOW!linDude said: Yeah, Whang In-Sik vs the Constables is the best fight to me. Chan vs Biao in the bench is some nice cinematic kung fu comedy, but doesn't really stack up. I've always been disappointed in the finale of this movie. It's mainly Chan getting a beatdown. @ShaOW!linDude's words are my words. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member starschwar Posted June 29, 2022 Member Share Posted June 29, 2022 (edited) There is something missing from the finale. The idea of Jackie overcoming preposterous amounts of physical abuse to defeat his enemy is all well and good. But it would have felt more meaningful if the two characters had any screentime together before the fight! I get that his brother's freedom serves as the stakes, but the lack of interpersonal drama takes away from the severity of the brawl. Whang In-Sik's escape is pretty great, no doubt- the rapid zooms and associated sound effect were spoofed as a relatively deep cut in Kung Pow. The guitar-heavy music for that scene in the export score is especially badass. Edited June 29, 2022 by starschwar 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member paimeifist Posted June 29, 2022 Member Share Posted June 29, 2022 The Whang In-Shik breakout scene is definitely an amazing scene - buts it’s more like a showcase for him than a fight. With him pulling off amazing moves and the opponents just flying away (which is still very awesome, lol) I prefer the back and forth razor sharp choreography of the Chan and Biao fight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member FightingFool Posted June 29, 2022 Member Share Posted June 29, 2022 Jackie vs Yuen Biao. Use of bench is great. Jackie vs Lily Li is too short. Never cared much of end fight in otherwise terrific movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 29, 2022 Member Share Posted June 29, 2022 5 hours ago, starschwar said: The idea of Jackie overcoming preposterous amounts of physical abuse to defeat his enemy is all well and good. But it would have felt more meaningful if the two characters had any screentime together before the fight! I get that his brother's freedom serves as the stakes, but the lack of interpersonal drama takes away from the severity of the brawl. That would make a good idea for a topic: movies where the very final fighter is someone who the hero hasn't met. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted June 29, 2022 Moderator Share Posted June 29, 2022 32 minutes ago, Cognoscente said: That would make a good idea for a topic: movies where the very final fighter is someone who the hero hasn't met. In the words of Jean-Luc Picard - make it so. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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