D&D General Best on screen adaptations of Wuxia D&D multiclassed Bard/Monks and Western Prohibition-Era Gangster Plot Themes

[CleverNickName]

Similar to the barbarian and bard polls. This time, Wuxia-themed D&D multiclassed Bard/Monks that combine elements of Hong Kong Action-style films with western, Prohibition-era "gangster" themes. Which adaptations do you feel from the poll work best to exemplify this build? On screen only, no literary references.

(Hat tip to @Sacrosanct . Mimicry is the highest form of praise, you know.)

(It's a parody poll. -500 internets to anyone who takes this seriously.)

 

[Sacrosanct]

It is, but you only have two options? And I was going in alphabetical order. Now I'm all messed up

 

[Fenris-77]

Well this has to be the most specific poll I've seen in many a year. I'd vote, but there are too many options.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Prakriti]

You forgot Arnold Schwarzenegger in Jingle All the Way.

 

[Jacob Lewis]

 

[Salthorae]

Whew... I voted for the right one!

 

[Count_Zero]

No mention of Huang Xuemei from Deadful Melody?

 

[CleverNickName]

Fair points, all. These are some excellent on-screen adaptations of Wuxia Bard/Monks. But the poll is not just about the Wuxia Bard/Monks. It's about Wuxia Bard/Monks using Western, Prohibition-era Gangster plot themes.

Blast, I'm taking this too seriously. -500 internets to me, hoisted by my own petard.

 

[Longspeak]

I voted for the harpists. I just LOVED their routine, and their awesome music. I bought the soundtrack, but every time I listen to it I need to find a new place to live.

 

[Count_Zero]

I voted for the harpists. I just LOVED their routine, and their awesome music. I bought the soundtrack, but every time I listen to it I need to find a new place to live.

Yep, the musicians were great, and just all the little shout-outs to other martial arts films (the harpists to Deadful Melody; Cooley, Donut, and Tailor were all from '70s and '60s martial arts films like 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (literally for Donut - the actor who played him was also the lead in 8 Diagram Pole Fighter), and in the Chinese version, Landlord and Landlady are the protagonists of Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (changed to Paris and Helen of Troy in the English Subtitled version). All we were really missing is a guest appearance by Bolo Leung.

 

[Longspeak]

Yeah, that was why I loved that movie so much. The shout-outs from Stephen Chow to those older movies really made up for the fact that when I first heard of "Kung Fu Hustle," I was expecting dancing, not a con man.