The following two have the same opening score:
89- My Kung fu 12 Kicks, Opening Credits (Bruce Liang, Ku Feng, starring)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObXWeLAwoy4
90- Monkey Fist Floating Snake, Opening Credits
Number 91 has the same opening music; it’s from the soundtrack of Day of Anger.
91 - The Invincible Armour (opening credits, w/ Hwang Jang Lee. Clip also includes John Liu, Lee Hoi-San and a young Yuen Biao)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q81p5a4893k
end fight: John Liu and Tino Wong vs. Hwang Jang Lee.
And speaking of Day of Anger.
92- It was the inspiration to 7 Commandments of Kung fu (Chang Yi, JacK Long):
93 - Sun Dragon (Final fight; Carl Scott & Billy Chong vs. Louis Neglia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh-JmxoFN3I
Carl Scott is a student of Kenpo legend Steve Sanders (Steve Muhammad), and he appeared in only a few movies. He was considered one of the better Western MA-ists to appear in Chinese films.
Louis Neglia was a kickboxing champion from the New York area, and Sun Dragon was his only(?) acting appearance in a movie.
Billy Chong, a.k.a., Willy Dozan, was one of the most physically-gifted and charismatic MA movie performers, but was himself in only a few movies in HK/Taiwan. He made many more in his native Indonesia and Malaysia.
Sun Dragon’s story mainly takes place in Arizona, but only a couple of shots were done there, at the Grand Canyon. The vast majority was shot in Taiwan, doubling for Arizona, including this end fight. Sun Dragon was ultra low-budget, and had some of the worst (and weirdest) English dubbing ever, but was fun and the fights are mostly good.
94 - Lady Snowblood (trailer, w/ Meiko Kaji. This film was clearly the main inspiration for Kill Bill Vol. 1)
95- The Executioner, Sonny Chiba starring
96- Chinese Hercules, Chan Wai Man, Yang Sze. This movie was like a Chinese version of On the Waterfront.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssKWdeZV5s8&feature=related
97- The Quiet Man, John Wayne, Victor Mclaglen starring. A fun watch that never gets old.
98- Spartacus, Kirk Doulgas, Woody Strode starring. According to the autobiography by Woody Strode, “Goal Dust”, the following fight scene was 15 minutes long and included empty hand fighting. Most of it, obviously, was cut. I do not know if they ever restored it. It would definitely be worth seeing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5W8NpyYI0M&playnext=1&list=PL541AF117A0156346
99- The following were the inspiration to the outtakes the Jackie would use at the end of his movies. They are from Cannonball Run And Cannonball Run II:
100- Ong Bak 3, Tony Jaa starring. I thing Tony Jaa was successful in portraying a spiritual transformation in the character he portrayed. I enjoyed the fight choreography:
101 - Iron Angels 2 (Moon Lee vs. Yuen Tak)
102 - The Magnificent Butcher
(Kwan Tak-Hing vs. Lee Hoi-San)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEvn1ASYWgk&feature=related
(Sammo Hung vs. Feng Hark-On and Lee Hoi-San)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OmQP23RXU0&feature=related
(Sammo Hung vs. Lee Hoi-San)
103 - Yes Madam (end fight. Michelle Yeoh vs. Chung Fa; Cynthia Rothrock vs. D!ck Wei)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz-4WIFhA6U&feature=related
One of Michelle Yeoh’s first films (I believe it was her 2nd). Cynthia Rothrock’s first, and probably best onscreen performance. I particularly liked how, although Michelle Yeoh wasn’t a “traditionally-trained” MAist, that she had an onscreen intensity when she was young that made her performance particularly convincing.
104 - So Close (Vickie Zhao Wei and Karen Mok vs. Yasuaki Kurata)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBLq1ei8PsE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB0xBlTx2D4&feature=related
105 - The Iron-Fisted Monk (Sammo Hung, Chen Sing, Fung Hark-On, Dean Shek, etc., end fight)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92qMtf9SOOw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXk5vtB6I9Q&feature=related
106 - Marco Polo, a.k.a., The 4 Assassins (end fight, featuring Fu Sheng, Chi Kuan-Chun, Kuo Chui, Tang Yen-Tsan, Wang Lung-Wei, Leung Kar-Yan, Gordon Liu, and featuring Richard Harrison)
fighting begins @ approx. 8:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgf12eWqMVo
107- The Master Strikes, End fight scene (Ti Lung, Chan Wai Man). This is considered by many to be Part II of the Kung Fu Instructor. What makes this scene so great is that is is performed by outstanding martial artists who happen to be great actors as well. The acting by Chan Wai Man is outstanding here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rl4_LuV9jw
108- Savate (aka The Fighter) Olivier Gruner. I don’t know what happened to his MA movie career. He seemed to disappear just as people were finally learning how to pronounce his name. His second movie Nemesis, is essential viewing for Terminator fans as it fits in seamlessly with the Terminator saga.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyy3wzTePzg
109- The Eagle Killer. end Fight (Hwang Jang Lee, John Chang) This flick almost totally ruined my interest in Chinese MA. Hwang Jang Lee played a villain who also happened to be ghay. His character established the terms of the student/teacher relationship when he tied Chang’s character to the “bench” in the brothel. It totally freaked me out because it had me thinking that that was what all masters did.
mickey,
What I remember of The Eagle’s Killer was that Hwang Jang Lee’s villain played a very cruel trick on John Chang’s character by putting him in that bad situation with some g@y kung fu bodybuilders(?). Not necessarily that Hwang’s character was g@y himself. Anyway, that was my impression.
Hi Jimbo,
Up until that time Hwang’s character never accepted the guy as his student. It was only after that time, at the end fight scene, that he called the guy his student.
mickey
110 - Duel of the Seven Tigers (opening credits: featuring Cliff Lok, Lee Koon-Hung, Chiu Chi-Ling, Chan Sau-Chung, Sin Lan-Yuk, Yang Pan-Pan, Han Ying-Chieh, and Phillip Ko)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzew-baftHQ
111 - The 7 Grandmasters (Jack Long vs. Corey Yuen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Iu0Ab3qzg
(end fight; Li Yi-Min vs. Alan Hsu (a.k.a., Hsu Chung-Hsin. Also featuring Jack Long)
112 - The Boxer Rebellion (featuring Chi Kuan-Chun, Fu Sheng, Richard Harrison, Hu Chin, Wang Lung-Wei, etc.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLDArzFbehE&feature=related