Top 10 kung fu/Martial arts movies of the Decade 2000-09

[Drunken Monk]

I thought Bangkok Adrenaline was great fun, one of my favourite movies of last year!

Along with Broken Path & Merantau.

I'll agree with you on "Broken Path" and "Merantau" but I honestly couldn't tolerate the acting in "Bangkok Adrenaline." I literally had to turn it off out of frustration.

[TibetanWhiteCrane]

I see, I thought a decade would be a period of 10 years but my math is not good....

It is, the 0 counts:smile:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9= 10:nerd:

[blue_skies]

I'll agree with you on "Broken Path" and "Merantau" but I honestly couldn't tolerate the acting in "Bangkok Adrenaline." I literally had to turn it off out of frustration.

Well it's nice to have good acting and a good story but really it's the action that's the main attraction, In that Bangkok Adrenaline really excelled. It also helped that the humour worked, helping me look past any story or acting shortcomings. I can't believe Daniel O'Neill hasn't made any more movies after a superb performance. It's a crazy world.

[Soda Drink]

Ong Bak 2 --- action wise this is a true masterpiece of MA cinema. Period! I don't see the action being topped for a long time. Loved every minute of it.

Fearless --- Good if not a bit overrated.

Chocolate --- A bit silly at times but that girl is the best female fighter since Moon Lee.

Ip Man --- A great story and action... I just have a problem with Donnie Yen in general. Find him annoying for some reason.

Unleashed --- I prefer this brutal Jet Li to the "Fearless" one.

[the moose]

I can't be assed putting these in order but my top ten would probably contain the following:

SPL

Ip Man

Verses

Ong Bak

House of flying daggers

Kung Fu Hustle

Fearless

Seven swords

Azumi

Kill Bill Vols 1&2

Some other splendid ones worth a mention:

Bodyguards and assassins, The White Dragon(Wilson Yip directed this period rom com swordplay movie before he did SPL), Fatal move (underrated in my opinion), Shanghai knights(critically panned but I like it), Anna in kung fu land, Shaolin, rob-b-hood, Drunken monkey, Zatoichi.

And ones to avoid:

Ip man 2(cringeworthy anti-western theme), legend of the fist(utter garbage), house of fury, the avanging fist, the Twins efect 2 (oh dear!)

[Secret Executioner]

Thanks for the warning on Legend of the Fist, I hesitated buying the DVD but ultimately didn't.

Not sure if I can list 10 but let's try anyway:

Hero

Ip Man

Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame

Curse Of The Golden Flower

Seven Swords

House Of Flying Daggers

[the moose]

Thanks for the warning on Legend of the Fist, I hesitated buying the DVD but ultimately didn't.

Not sure if I can list 10 but let's try anyway:

Hero

Ip Man

Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame

Curse Of The Golden Flower

Seven Swords

House Of Flying Daggers

I forgot about detective Dee......Damn that movie is defo top ten material.

[masterofoneinchpunch]

I forgot about detective Dee......Damn that movie is defo top ten material.

Technically it is 2010 (same with Ip Man 2) so it does not count for this thread . I'm a fan of it as well and might make my 10's top 10 list.

Top 10:

Throw Down (2004: Johnnie To)

Hero (2002: Zhang Yimou)

Kung Fu Hustle (2004, Stephen Chow)

Ip Man (2008: Wilson Yip)

Shaolin Soccer (2001, Stephen Chow)

SPL (2005: Wilson Yip)

House of Flying Daggers (2004: Zhang Yimou)

Fearless (2006: Ronny Yu)

Flashpoint (2007: Wilson Yip)

Ong Bak (2003: Prachya Pinkaew)

Others I considered:

Tom Yum Goong (2005: Prachya Pinkaew)

Unleashed (2005: Louis Leterrier)

Chocolate (2008: Prachya Pinkaew)

I'm a fan of The Twilight Samurai (2002: Yôji Yamada) and The Hidden Blade (2004: Yôji Yamada), but they are more jidei geki than MA film.

[Gwai LO]

In no order

Ong Bak 2

Fearless

Chocolate

Storm Warriors

Ip Man

Kill Bill 1-2

Merantau

Dragon Tiger Gate

SPL

TYG

i couldnt decide on only 10. so some honorable mentions

Versus

Kung Fu Hustle

Shamo

Bodyguards Vs Assassins

im sure i could add way more. asking me my favortie Martial Arts Movies, is like asking to pick a favorite child.

[Secret Executioner]

I have some more that could make it, but that I haven't watched yet:

The Banquet

Dragon Tiger Gate

Flashpoint

Fearless

New Police Story

Forbidden Kingdom

TYG

Not sure if Legend Of The Fist or 14 Blades would count (though I listed another 2010 film, the first Detective Dee, in my earlier list), but I also have those.