Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Genre: ACTION: Martial Arts Films

Genre: A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films are characterized by extensive fighting scenes featuring specific martial arts, often following the training and progress of the protagonist in training a specific style or school of martial arts. (Wikipedia)

Like: I like that you get to see fighting as an art from.

Dislike: It lacks story like every sub-genre of the action.

Websites Top's:

AFI
Ask Men
Filmsite
IMDb
Maxim
Wikipedia: Films Considered the Greatest Ever

My Top Films In This Genre (alphabetical order):

3 Nijias
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Kill Bill vol. 1
Never Back Down
The Karate Kid

The Future of Martial Arts Films

Onimusha
Kung Fu Hustle 2
Arrow


Directors:

Akira Kurosawa
Quentin Tarantino
Yuen Woo Ping
Ang Lee

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