- City Hunter, The Jackie Chan movie w the Street Fighter references, he is Chun Li and E. Honde (not Honda bcuz Mitsubishi deal, thanks Atomic Snack Bar for the trivia).
- Five deadly venoms, of course.
- Last Hurrah for Chivalry. John Woo (yep). Damien Lau.
- Millionaires Express. Comedy, Sammo Hung and Yun Be Yau (spelled? Americanized might be Biao Yuen).
- Duel to the Death. Xhinese and Japanese(?). Swords, ninjas.
--- My comments below on The Five Deadly Venoms ---
If I haven't raved about how much I love this movie, I'll do it a little now. One of the classics we used to watch growing up on Sunday mornings at like 9AM or 10 AM... let's see, there was "Monster Matinee" which got us there and then eventually these Kung Fu movies... what was the time-slot called again? Kung Fu Theatre sounds right.
Loved the animal themes. The Snake had the fangs for the right hang, tail for the left hand (look at the guy in white/silver up there). The Toad had impenetrable skin, handy. Scorpion had a kick representing the sting. Centipede could move faster than anybody, hitting flying plates as if he had 100 arms and legs. Lizard was my favorite actor/animal, but the wall climbing was pretty weird.
There was mystery, there was really impeccably choreographed, stylized but believable fighting, and there was a lot of fun dubbing. The whole thing is great... has to be one of the best.
And yeah, some of my top ones include:
- Five Deadly Venoms
- The Kid with the Golden Arm
- Five Shaolin Masters
- 36th Chamber of Shaolin
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