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oh snap
so this is the long awaited (by me) US release of Muay Thai Chaiya, which may be the best muay thai themed movie nobody knows about. The choreography here is much more realistic than in anythign you'd get from jaa or paana-montana, but that suits the movie itself more - it's actually a decent coming of age drama about kids growing up learning muay thai and then getting involved in unsavory shit. there have been english friendly bootlegs going aroudn but their translation is abhorrent, having a proper version would be clutch as fuck.
trailer:
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so this is the long awaited (by me) US release of Muay Thai Chaiya, which may be the best muay thai themed movie nobody knows about. The choreography here is much more realistic than in anythign you'd get from jaa or paana-montana, but that suits the movie itself more - it's actually a decent coming of age drama about kids growing up learning muay thai and then getting involved in unsavory shit. there have been english friendly bootlegs going aroudn but their translation is abhorrent, having a proper version would be clutch as fuck.
trailer:
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he is gonna be Abbot White in the man with the iron fist, basically same role as he had in kill bill
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drizzle, have you seen this and is it as awesome as the trailer?
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huh never ever heard of it
looks pretty great, nice find
looks pretty great, nice find
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BTW, HKflix is no mas
went out of buziness, which isn't surprsing
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went out of buziness, which isn't surprsing
RIP shitty online store / most amazing kungfu movie dvd reference database that ever existed
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so im sure this has been covered, feeling kinda lazy going thru 18 pages...
my understanding of Kung-Fu revolves around SB movies, and Jet Li flicks. Bruce Lee is a given and I'm not too down w/ J. Chan (unless you can convince me otherwise). I come in here asking for help in expanding what limited understanding of KF flics I have.
Give me a rundown on Jet Li, and which Shaw Bros. I need to invest more time into. Fist of Legend & New Legends of Shaolin are my favorite Jet Li flicks. Fist of the White Lotus being my favorite SB flic.
I wanna take baby steps into KF, cause I know theres alot to digest.
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my understanding of Kung-Fu revolves around SB movies, and Jet Li flicks. Bruce Lee is a given and I'm not too down w/ J. Chan (unless you can convince me otherwise). I come in here asking for help in expanding what limited understanding of KF flics I have.
Give me a rundown on Jet Li, and which Shaw Bros. I need to invest more time into. Fist of Legend & New Legends of Shaolin are my favorite Jet Li flicks. Fist of the White Lotus being my favorite SB flic.
I wanna take baby steps into KF, cause I know theres alot to digest.
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dragon dynasty SB releases are as good as any place to start, most of them are classics
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watched this last nightSpartan wrote:drizzle, have you seen this and is it as awesome as the trailer?
stay away and don't waste your time, it's a pile of crap. the trailer itself is way better than the movie
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yeah i'm pissed i spent 10 on the bootleg
get miracle fighters or some other nutty Yuen clan joint from the late 80s early 90s instead.
get miracle fighters or some other nutty Yuen clan joint from the late 80s early 90s instead.
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ooooh yeah, def get that, that's a must.
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for a movie with a 5 dollar budget starring WWE's Trish Stratus, this looks oddly watchable. this chick can throw a good looking punch, pun kinda intended and not intended
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lol @ that bitch doin wraslin moves. there better be some fuckin female titties in that shitdrizzle wrote:for a movie with a 5 dollar budget starring WWE's Trish Stratus, this looks oddly watchable. this chick can throw a good looking punch, pun kinda intended and not intended
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daaaaaaam
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cinematography looks borderline hero-levels
this might end up as the best of the recent swordplay crop, and it's been a strong fucking crop already
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cinematography looks borderline hero-levels
this might end up as the best of the recent swordplay crop, and it's been a strong fucking crop already
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its supposed to be getting released in 3d in the us soonish, i'd see that
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Takashi Miike's new joint.
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Awesome that hes staying in that lane for a while.
Gonna see this tonight. Kung-fu comedy apparently. I'm fairly excited for it.
Twitch review
Fans of Hong Kong martial arts films have long-bemoaned the fact that the city seems to have let this one-time cornerstone genre slip through our fingers, never to be recovered. Save for Donnie Yen, who seems to be singlehandedly keeping things afloat, finding successors to the thrones of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li has proved pretty difficult. Donnie has arguably only a few years left in him, Wu Jing has never quite fulfilled his potential as a bona fide action hero, and the same can be said for Fan Siu Wong, while the younger generation has yet to offer up a genuine "star".
Taking all this into consideration, the young writer/director duo of Derek Kwok (THE PYE DOG, THE MOSS) and Clement Cheng have taken the opposite approach for their latest movie and assembled a cast of aging Shaw Bros alumni, including Leung Siu Lung, Chan Koon Ti, Chan Wai Man and Lo Meng, as well as diminutive actor/composer Teddy Robin, to play out an action-packed comedy of restaurateurs defending their property from encroaching gangsters. But fear not, GALLANTS is so much more than simply COCOON with kung fu, it's a love letter not only to martial arts and its stars of yesteryear, but a reaffirmation that wisdom does not necessarily come with age, and that age itself is an abstract concept. Youthfulness is a state of mind.
Cheung (Wong You Nam) is a fairly inept real estate clerk. His frustrated boss sends him on an extended assignment, to meet with a local landowner as he attempts to retrieve his leased properties. Before he can touch base however, Cheung is accosted by a gang of local thugs, only to be rescued by the elderly Tiger (Leung Siu Lung), whose dazzling martial arts scare the goons away. Enamoured by his rescuer, Cheung follows Tiger back to his restaurant to convince Tiger to teach him. There he meets the chef, Dragon, another aging martial artist and learns they are both pupils of the legendary Master Law (Teddy Robin), whose restaurant they have been looking after since Law slipped into a coma 30 years ago.
Soon enough Cheung ingratiates himself with Tiger and Dragon, and is attracted to Tiger's niece Kwai (Jia Xio Chen) only to discover the landowner is actually Mang (MC Jin), a former classmate he used to bully. Mang has since become a proficient fighter at Pong Ching's Martial Club and is looking for revenge, while Master Pong (Chan Wai Man) seems also to have unsettled scores with Tiger and Dragon, so invites them all to compete in an upcoming contest. Pong's goons inadvertently awaken Master Law from his coma, and the restaurant is swiftly returned to its previous incarnation - The Gate of Law Martial Club, where training begins for a series of decisive stand-offs.
This synopsis doesn't begin to explain the real stories within GALLANTS. These elder statesmen of kung fu have plenty to prove, especially when swept into the conflicts of the younger generation, faced with losing their livelihoods and affronted by the PR hype and marketing spin surrounding Pong Ching's Martial Club. To say these guys are kicking it old school is a massive understatement and there's no way they're giving up without a fight.
Kwok and Cheng's film is an invigorating breath of fresh air that takes a huge gamble on a cast devoid of young, glamorous A-listers, but it's one that pays off handsomely. Not only do these geri-action heroes prove they've still got the moves, the flexibility and the speed they had 30 years ago, but they also make for humorous, endearing and charismatic leading men - not least Teddy Robin, whose post-coma amnesia and playful vulgarity pretty much steal the film away from his combative contemporaries.
While the directors show a real love for these heroes, and while plenty of respect and reverence is paid, they restrain from making GALLANTS simply a checklist of references to classic martial arts movies, letting the film stand tall on its own merits. GALLANTS bounces along with a youthful exuberance and energy that makes other recent martial arts releases like TRUE LEGEND or even BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS seem positively archaic by comparison. As they scramble to emulate Hong Kong's glorious past, GALLANTS plucks the finest fruits from that golden period and pitches them perfectly at today's modern audiences. While you can't teach an old dog new tricks, GALLANTS proves beyond any doubt that the old dogs can still teach the rest of us a thing or two.
Gonna see this tonight. Kung-fu comedy apparently. I'm fairly excited for it.
Twitch review
Fans of Hong Kong martial arts films have long-bemoaned the fact that the city seems to have let this one-time cornerstone genre slip through our fingers, never to be recovered. Save for Donnie Yen, who seems to be singlehandedly keeping things afloat, finding successors to the thrones of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li has proved pretty difficult. Donnie has arguably only a few years left in him, Wu Jing has never quite fulfilled his potential as a bona fide action hero, and the same can be said for Fan Siu Wong, while the younger generation has yet to offer up a genuine "star".
Taking all this into consideration, the young writer/director duo of Derek Kwok (THE PYE DOG, THE MOSS) and Clement Cheng have taken the opposite approach for their latest movie and assembled a cast of aging Shaw Bros alumni, including Leung Siu Lung, Chan Koon Ti, Chan Wai Man and Lo Meng, as well as diminutive actor/composer Teddy Robin, to play out an action-packed comedy of restaurateurs defending their property from encroaching gangsters. But fear not, GALLANTS is so much more than simply COCOON with kung fu, it's a love letter not only to martial arts and its stars of yesteryear, but a reaffirmation that wisdom does not necessarily come with age, and that age itself is an abstract concept. Youthfulness is a state of mind.
Cheung (Wong You Nam) is a fairly inept real estate clerk. His frustrated boss sends him on an extended assignment, to meet with a local landowner as he attempts to retrieve his leased properties. Before he can touch base however, Cheung is accosted by a gang of local thugs, only to be rescued by the elderly Tiger (Leung Siu Lung), whose dazzling martial arts scare the goons away. Enamoured by his rescuer, Cheung follows Tiger back to his restaurant to convince Tiger to teach him. There he meets the chef, Dragon, another aging martial artist and learns they are both pupils of the legendary Master Law (Teddy Robin), whose restaurant they have been looking after since Law slipped into a coma 30 years ago.
Soon enough Cheung ingratiates himself with Tiger and Dragon, and is attracted to Tiger's niece Kwai (Jia Xio Chen) only to discover the landowner is actually Mang (MC Jin), a former classmate he used to bully. Mang has since become a proficient fighter at Pong Ching's Martial Club and is looking for revenge, while Master Pong (Chan Wai Man) seems also to have unsettled scores with Tiger and Dragon, so invites them all to compete in an upcoming contest. Pong's goons inadvertently awaken Master Law from his coma, and the restaurant is swiftly returned to its previous incarnation - The Gate of Law Martial Club, where training begins for a series of decisive stand-offs.
This synopsis doesn't begin to explain the real stories within GALLANTS. These elder statesmen of kung fu have plenty to prove, especially when swept into the conflicts of the younger generation, faced with losing their livelihoods and affronted by the PR hype and marketing spin surrounding Pong Ching's Martial Club. To say these guys are kicking it old school is a massive understatement and there's no way they're giving up without a fight.
Kwok and Cheng's film is an invigorating breath of fresh air that takes a huge gamble on a cast devoid of young, glamorous A-listers, but it's one that pays off handsomely. Not only do these geri-action heroes prove they've still got the moves, the flexibility and the speed they had 30 years ago, but they also make for humorous, endearing and charismatic leading men - not least Teddy Robin, whose post-coma amnesia and playful vulgarity pretty much steal the film away from his combative contemporaries.
While the directors show a real love for these heroes, and while plenty of respect and reverence is paid, they restrain from making GALLANTS simply a checklist of references to classic martial arts movies, letting the film stand tall on its own merits. GALLANTS bounces along with a youthful exuberance and energy that makes other recent martial arts releases like TRUE LEGEND or even BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS seem positively archaic by comparison. As they scramble to emulate Hong Kong's glorious past, GALLANTS plucks the finest fruits from that golden period and pitches them perfectly at today's modern audiences. While you can't teach an old dog new tricks, GALLANTS proves beyond any doubt that the old dogs can still teach the rest of us a thing or two.
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gallants is amazing, best kungfu movie in ages. not necisseraly as far as the action goes (although it's up there in that regard too), but just as a movie overall. the review is dead on in the last paragraph, this one by far outdoes the current crop far as updating classic tropes to a modern sensibility. also, unlike most ma-oriented comedies, this one is actually legitimately funny. the little old dude is hysterical
while we're talking, that new Miike joint is a remake of this http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056058/
the og is very highly recommended
while we're talking, that new Miike joint is a remake of this http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056058/
the og is very highly recommended
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I was laughing my face off in the theater, especially in the start but the last 15-20 minutes lost me a bit. It's a movie with a whole lot of heart and it's charming and inoffensive, can't see anyone not liking it. The characters were all really likeable, even Jin, and I think it made everyone really connect with the movie. The little old guy is such an amazingly well-conceived character and the very convincing acting helps too.
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I don't remember seeing this being mentioned, but I just watched it today. really good.
I don't remember seeing this being mentioned, but I just watched it today. really good.
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pretty sure i posted teh trailer but not anything else
it is indeed really good, looses focus a little toward the end with multiple characters. best thing jackie chan has done in a decade, this is exactly the roles he needs to be taking. so many other great cameos too, the casting of the head abbot especially is pretty damn clutch, he had a prominent role in the og Shaolin series with Jet Li.
def recommended
it is indeed really good, looses focus a little toward the end with multiple characters. best thing jackie chan has done in a decade, this is exactly the roles he needs to be taking. so many other great cameos too, the casting of the head abbot especially is pretty damn clutch, he had a prominent role in the og Shaolin series with Jet Li.
def recommended
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very nerdobsessive and very cool. i'm a huge fan of hwang jang lee. his kicking styles make donnie yen look like a cancan dancer
honestly though, and i feel kinda bad about it, but I care more about just identifying/finding teh movies that that the clips are taken from (the ones i haven't seen i mean) more than learning about this dude's life
very nerdobsessive and very cool. i'm a huge fan of hwang jang lee. his kicking styles make donnie yen look like a cancan dancer
honestly though, and i feel kinda bad about it, but I care more about just identifying/finding teh movies that that the clips are taken from (the ones i haven't seen i mean) more than learning about this dude's life
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so, not terrible but should've been betterdrizzle wrote:daaaaaaam
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cinematography looks borderline hero-levels
this might end up as the best of the recent swordplay crop, and it's been a strong fucking crop already
not enough fights for starters, needed more cause what's here was pretty great. but the first one doesn't happen till like 50 mins in. more over, the film makers conciously choose to do that dumb shit where they say there was/is gonna be a fight but they don't actually show it.
the story is what really undermines it though, the aim is clearly to make a drama with action elements and not the other way around but the plot is just not that interesting. might help if you're familiar with chinese mythology, but i doubt it would make much of a difference. donnie yen is not really a good enough actor to carry the movie with a strong performace either.
it does look gorgeous though, Hero was clearly an inspiration in cinematography and set design. it's a shame they didn't take more from it to make a better movie.
overall it's decent but nothing to get excited about
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looks promising
looks promising
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