Time to start a fight... Absolute #1 Kung Fu film of all...?

[Guest The Angry Guest]

Wow, this is impossible to say which one is number one. :|

[Guest justkungfuman]

I have a favorite that most have not seen and it's a Shaw Brothers classic. No good copies available anywhere....I have two copies quality fair on one and poor on other. Come on Celestial show these collectors what they are messing.....

To Kill A Mastermind

[Guest Chinatown Kid]

Goodbye Bruce Lee, His Last Game of Death

JK

Btw, Markgway told me to say The Iron Dragon Strikes Back is #1, which is a fave of his. :b

[Guest morgoth]

:lol :lol :rollin :rollin :lol :lol

That is a favorite of Mark's:b

[Guest GwaiLoMoFo]

It Ain't.

??

Care to elaborate on what "Ain't"?

[Guest stormybman]

"If I had to narrow it down to one....... "Prodigal Son" ........ no "8 Diagram"........ DRAW"

It Ain't no draws, simply what YOU may feel is number one! Remember the title of this thread... " Time to start a fight..."

No Top Tens, Best Lists, commit to a favorite. The one Kung Fu film you would pay to see, take with you anyplace, recommend to people who don't like 'em, etc. .....

We're talking YOUR vote for #1!!! At the end of this we can tally and see what's the consensus. It can be a terrible movie, a Bruceploitation, Basher, whatever. Just select.

As far as i'm concerned, it's FOF, balls to bones! 8)

"Do we fight alone....? Or, all together?!"

[Guest natoral]

Shaolin V Lama

It was my first so i'm biased. :hat

[Guest FiveSwords]

It's almost a toss up for me, but just beating out 36th Chamber is...

8 Diagram Pole Fighter

Awesome, awesome film.

[Guest Egocentrik1]

to me it was a fight between:

the victim

prodigal son

8 diagram pole fighter

martial club

36th chamber

36th made it NO 1 !!

thats the perfect kung fu flick !!!

[Guest Chinatown Kid]

What about Heroes of the East?!

[Guest GwaiLoMoFo]

Ok, ok, Simmer down na ! :lol

Ill go with "Prodigal Son" then. The film is just close to perfect on every level imo.

[Guest rederror]

Got to be Eight Diagram

[Guest stormybman]

"Ok, ok, simmer down na !"

:lol

" Do we fight alone....? Or, all together?!"

[Guest W Hong]

I have more than one possible choice for #1 kung fu movie of all time:

"Golden Swallow"

"Martial Arts of Shaolin"

"Master of the Flying Guillotine"

"Enter the Dragon"

"Way of the Dragon"

"OnceUATIC"

"Fist of Legend"

"Black Mask"

It's too hard to narrow it down from that list and decide which is the #1 kung fu movie. I might also add on "5 Element Ninja", but that movie is probably not called a "kung fu" movie.

[Guest dbtb]

Before reading through the thread,in my mind it distilled down to Fist of Fury (Chinese Connection). As many times as I've seen it, I can sit down and watch it again from the beginning, end, or middle. A close second would be Enter the Dragon. Most kung fu films since then strove to match the standards and jolt these films gave audiences.

[Guest peringaten]

For me personally, as hard as it should be to narrow it down - Disciples Of Shaolin.

[Guest stormybman]

"... I can sit down and watch it again from the beginning, end or middle."...

:hat !!!

"My name is Chen... I want your Master!"

[Guest killer meteor]

I'd go for Fist Of Fury for the sheer impact it had on me. For repeated viewing value, Encounter Of The Spooky Kind or Crippled Avengers

[Guest rederror]

Very difficult but Drunken master 2 is looking very good at the moment.

[Guest TheManInWhite]

Fist of Fury (known in the US as Chinese Connection). I wouldn't be typing right now in this forum if it wasn't for this film. It had a groundbreaking experience on my life to the point where my brother and I actually took karate lessons. It had the entire package (plot, acting and of course the action). Bruce's raw emotions jump off the screen right at you. This movie stoked the fires of the love affair I have with the KF genre.

Avenging Eagle is another film that has impacted me greatly, and it comes in a very close 2nd in terms of my all time favorites.

[Guest ukrevrend]

Very difficult decision......So many classics to choose from, but being a fan of 'Shapes' for me it has to be 'Warriors Two', Fong Hak On's Mantis is awesome, saw it twice in the cinema back in 79/80, countless VHS versions,1 VCD and now 3 DVD versions.

Sammo I salute you!!!!

p.s Honorary mention to 'Prodigal Son' 'Kid From Kwangtung' 'The Victim' and 'Iron Fisted Monk'

Bless:hat

[Guest falkor]

[Guest dager in the cotton]

the four invincibles

[Guest Iron Boat]

I'd say Boxer From Shangtung,....Kung Fu Scarface, what more could you ask...

[Guest schleg64]

So far, I'd have to say "Enter the Dragon". I admit that it isn't Bruce's best film ("Fist of Fury" takes that honor), but ETD is the kind of film I never get tired of seeing over and over. I can't count the number of times I've seen it over the years.