Talk:Martial arts film

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I think "Yuen Biao" was the name either Jackie Chan or Sammo Hung used when they were together in the Seven Little Fortunes.
 * No, "Yuen Biao" is the youngest of the Seven Little Fortunes.

One-handed karate
Is a mention of Spencer Tracy's Bad Day at Black Rock suitable?


 * I think it deserves a mention because it one of the first American films to feature someone adept at martial arts, and using it strictly defensively. — Loadmaster (talk) 17:58, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Help
I am trying to remember a movie... I dont remember who is in it. BUT, the men in the movie all learn a different kung-fu style, such as bear, snake, crane, leopard etc etc... and one by one they are assainated and one of them learns all the styles to fight the bad guy. DOes anyone know the name of the movie?? Thanks

"five deadly venoms"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.241.93.2 (talk) 07:24, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Gordon Liu
I think something should be added in the timeline about Gordon Liu since his stardome rivals that of Jackie Chan in Hong Kong.

Trying to identify
Many years ago, I saw a film which was set on some kind of island with an evil priest and an Army. At the end of the film, the priest gave a speech that it was better to reign in hell than serve in heaven and then took a hero down to a prison cell, full of snakes. The hero's two friends were already dead in the cell. The hero was locked in with the snakes, but escaped, killed the guards, and captured the priest. He then takes the priest down to the cell, who is shouting "No! NO!" and locked him in with the snakes. The hero then leaves the island just as the priest screams, being bitten by the snakes. Its a long shot, but does anyone know the name of this film?

Lacks fundamental list
The article "Martial Arts film" lacks a fundamental list of martial arts films! This article mostly contains famous and important actors to this genre. There should be a list of examples and the most famous of martial arts films. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.173.240.220 (talk) 05:13, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Kick was a good martial art movie too this year. it was thai producer but korean martial art. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.184.111.71 (talk) 08:52, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Massive cruft
Vast numbers of "stars" have been added, and now removed, without refs or any apparent reason. There's no need for them to be here. --AndrewHowse (talk) 17:37, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Unnecessary hatnote?
Why does this article need a Martial arts (disambiguation) hatnote? Who would type "martial arts film" when they're looking for any of the other items in that dab page? --Vaughan Pratt (talk) 20:03, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

What makes a martial arts film notable?
I never even heard ofNever Back Down and it wasn't well-recieved by critics, so why is it on this list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ElbowLick (talk • contribs) 03:30, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Why is there the 3 American Blade films yet only the first Once Upon A Time In China film? The list is severely skewed, it should be brief and include only genre-defining films (original pieces from Asia, not this American wannabe crap). 156.34.196.173 (talk) 22:54, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Regarding notable martial arts films
The list of notable martial arts films is in bad shape. The list clearly demonstrates recentism and a clear lack of standards regarding what is considered notable. We must be more aggressive at deleting items from the list and requiring citations and discussion if necessary for contentious items. I will give a few days for comments but I think the best way to proceed is to almost start over. I intend to chop the list down to a small "non-controversial" subset. I'm not sure if any of the films added after 2000 belong here. Jason Quinn (talk) 02:57, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Choreography
I have not been able to find any information in any Wiki article about how martial arts fight scenes were actually choreographed and performed, not even in the Stage Combat page. I would think that kind of info would belong in an article like this one and how choreography has evolved (I'd add it myself if I knew how it was done).(162.140.67.10 (talk) 16:55, 2 October 2012 (UTC))

Change to 6th pargraph of History section-major edit
I removed Kathy Long from the list of female martial artists because she does not fit that list6ing of women within the timeframe they represent. Kathy Long came along in the 90s. I added Karen Shepard to replace Kathy Long as she is a memeber of that group. She and Cynthia Rothrock were rivals in the 80s when competing, as we as acted during the same time.

Rayghost (talk) 10:23, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Added movie to Action Choreographer list in Filmopgraphy
Added Bloodmoon toAction Choreographer list.

Rayghost (talk) 10:36, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Subgenres section is overly editorialized.
The last sentence of the first paragraph states, "The most famous wuxia film made was the Ang Lee masterpiece Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which was based on the Wang Dulu series of wuxia novels: it earned four Academy Awards, including one for Best Foreign Film." There is no citation to support it being the most "famous" wuxia film ever made and the word "masterpiece" as a descriptor does not seem to be in line with Wiki standards of impartiality. I'd change it, but I don't feel qualified to identify the "most famous wuxia film made". Clean up crew? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.79.113.21 (talk) 22:03, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

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Film Blood on the Sun before Bad Day at Black Rock
The James Cagney film "Blood on the Sun" predates "Bad Day at Black Rock" by ten years and has an elaborate Judo fight. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrc1970 (talk • contribs) 21:38, 28 April 2020 (UTC)