Member Chinatown Kid Posted January 7, 2008 Member Share Posted January 7, 2008 One guy that really gave a great kicking performance was Ken Lo in Drunken Master 2, sadly he never seemed to rise to this level again and seems to have vanished from the scene today. I wonder what ever happened to him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 7, 2008 Member Share Posted January 7, 2008 He's been in at least 3 movies per year for the last 6 or 7 years, but for some reason he doesn't get to do fight scenes anymore. He fought a bit in some horrible Steven Seagal movie a few years ago, but that's all I can remember as far as fight scenes go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chinatown Kid Posted January 7, 2008 Member Share Posted January 7, 2008 Yeah I guess that's why I haven't really noticed him in anything for so long, seems like such a waste that filmakers didn't let him show off his kicks more. Lo vs Billy Chow would have been a great match-up as both come from kickboxing backgrounds and were tough, I'm sure they could have come up with a brutal, hardhitting fight scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 7, 2008 Member Share Posted January 7, 2008 They fight in the beginning of Kickboxer's Tears. It looks like they are just lightly sparring, but it is still a good fight and much more realistic than most kickboxing matches that take place in movies. Its pretty amazing how long they go without a cut. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSiLseqKdxw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chinatown Kid Posted January 7, 2008 Member Share Posted January 7, 2008 Cool, thanks for that clip Morgoth. I had never saw this flick before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 7, 2008 Member Share Posted January 7, 2008 Its a pretty good movie. Worth watching, but only for the fights, and all of those are on youtube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted January 7, 2008 Member Share Posted January 7, 2008 I have the movie on video. It's one of my favorites, mainly because of the fights. Plus, Yukari Oshima kills her real husband (at the time) Mark Cheng in one scene. Plus, it's nice to see Gabriel "Turtle" Wong in a more serious role as Ken's trainer Quy. Wong usually appeared in Stephen Chow comedies in the 90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 8, 2008 Member Share Posted January 8, 2008 Yeah Gabriel Wong was good in Kickboxer's Tears. He gave me a few good laughs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member SimonMW Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 He fought a bit in some horrible Steven Seagal movie a few years ago, but that's all I can remember as far as fight scenes go. He also had a sort of short rematch with Jackie Chan in The Myth. Actually regarding that film there were some neat fights in there. And they could have had really good one on one fight. But they went the silly special effect route instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopperusa1 Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 what's the name of the kicker at the end of "the young master?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WhiteTiger1 Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 what's the name of the kicker at the end of "the young master?" Biao Yuen or maybe Pei Wei have to watch again to know for sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 Whang In-sik. Same guy Jackie fights at the end of Dragon Lord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WhiteTiger1 Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 Whang In-sik. Same guy Jackie fights at the end of Dragon Lord. I should of watched it first. I knew they played on the movie, just have not watched in a while. I should of researched the question first.. I have my dah hat on!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 Its my favorite Jackie movie of all time so I kinda know a lot about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member tai_shin_mun Posted February 3, 2008 Member Share Posted February 3, 2008 I think there is not best.John Liu,tan tao liang,ca sa fa,kwon young moon and hwang jang lee seems all very good. However when it comes best kicker in movies nobody is better than hwang jang lee. I did read f cynthia rothrock told in interview hwang did not pull his kicks and maybe jackie felt them too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Coliseum1972 Posted February 3, 2008 Member Share Posted February 3, 2008 What's the movie where a pre-fame Jackie Chan plays a blacksmith , the main guy in it has some decent kicks ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted February 3, 2008 Member Share Posted February 3, 2008 hmmm, maybe you are thinking of John Woo's Hand of Death? http://youtube.com/watch?v=4zm7vWPVUUw I can't remember if he plays a blacksmith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chinatown Kid Posted February 3, 2008 Member Share Posted February 3, 2008 Yeah Morgoth he is talking about Tan Tao Liang, who starred in Hand of Death. Tan is more than a decent kicker, he is up there with the best of them no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted February 3, 2008 Member Share Posted February 3, 2008 They don't call him flashlegs for nothin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted February 4, 2008 Member Share Posted February 4, 2008 I did read f cynthia rothrock told in interview hwang did not pull his kicks and maybe jackie felt them too.. Jackie did feel it. In Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, Hwang accidentally kicked Jackie's tooth out. I also heard that Hwang almost didn't get the role in the movie because they weren't going to give him his visa. Ng See-Yuen told the local authorities, "Get me someone local who can kick like him and I will accept it." Obviously, Hwang got his visa There was rumors that Hwang was padded in his fight against Cynthia in No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder but after seeing Hwang in Street Soldiers where he fights another kicker, Jun Chong, Hwang had bulked up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Endsang Posted February 5, 2008 Member Share Posted February 5, 2008 I guess that is why Jackie allegedly preferred working with Wang In-Sik rather than HJL after he kicked his tooth out. Maybe he had better control of his leg power, or maybe Jackie just took it personal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ekisha Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 John Liu and Sun Chien. ________ 24 ADVICE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted August 4, 2008 Member Share Posted August 4, 2008 I'm going to consider Nicholas Tse a superkicker because he has trained hard for his films and aside from Dragon Tiger Gate, he pulled off some nice kicks in Invisible Target, especially when he holds a thug against the wall with his leg and get's Jaycee's police ID back and looks at it with his leg still against the thug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chinatown Kid Posted August 6, 2008 Member Share Posted August 6, 2008 I wish Hwang and Tan Tao Liang would have been paired up together in a movie in their prime, as far as I know these two legends have never shared the screen together. Another thing that would have been interesting to see would be Tan against Liu, that would have been a right leg(Liu) and left leg(Tan) showdown! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted August 6, 2008 Member Share Posted August 6, 2008 I totally agree CK. Those would've been hellacious battles. We should come up with a Fantasy Superkicker Battle Royale. Pit the best against each other Hwang, Tan, Liu, Casanova, Won-Jin, Lo...something like that. Would be awesome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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