John Q. Mayhem
Explorer
Gimme some recommendations. I've enjoyed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero, and I'm looking for some more of this style to check out.
Good wuxia movies?
frankthedm
First Post
Well since you don't mind the chick-flick aspects of those two, House of Flying Daggers.
Anybody know of a entertaining Wuxia / splatter movie? Flying people, hidden wires, firehose of blood sorta deal.
& hows the samurai werewolf movie?
Anybody know of a entertaining Wuxia / splatter movie? Flying people, hidden wires, firehose of blood sorta deal.
& hows the samurai werewolf movie?
Dark Jezter
First Post
House of Flying Daggers is pretty entertaining, even though it does have a couple of problems (spoiler tags used due to revealing parts of the ending):
Anybody notice how Zhang Ziyi's character came back to life 3 or 4 times at the end of the movie before finally dying for good? I actually found it silly instead of tragic.
trancejeremy
Adventurer
You might like The Legend of Zu
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286098/
It takes wuxia to an almost superhero level, though. And I had no idea what has going on. But it looks fabulous. Really. Some of the best visuals I've ever seen in a movie.
For a really bad wuxia splatter movie, check out Kunoichi: Lady Ninja (I think it's a series). I thought it was serious; but it's sort of like the Japanese version of Troma movies. (Also probably not wuxia, since that's Chinese. I also don't remember many wire scenes)
You might also try "Storm Riders" which I've heard good things about but haven't seen yet
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165499/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286098/
It takes wuxia to an almost superhero level, though. And I had no idea what has going on. But it looks fabulous. Really. Some of the best visuals I've ever seen in a movie.
For a really bad wuxia splatter movie, check out Kunoichi: Lady Ninja (I think it's a series). I thought it was serious; but it's sort of like the Japanese version of Troma movies. (Also probably not wuxia, since that's Chinese. I also don't remember many wire scenes)
You might also try "Storm Riders" which I've heard good things about but haven't seen yet
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165499/
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frankthedm
First Post
I saw the trailer for "ZU warriors" in the theater years ago. About farking time. & yes it looks uber-kewl 
trancejeremy
Adventurer
It was supposed to get a US theatrical release as "Zu Warriors", but apparently that didn't happen. You can get the original version (ie, non edited, non-dubbed) on DVD from Netflix/Blockbuster
frankthedm
First Post
Hmmmmm
Geoff Watson
First Post
'Iron Monkey' is excellent.
Geoff.
Geoff.
John Q. Mayhem
Explorer
frankthedm said:
I've seen that one, didn't remember
Thanks for the suggestion, though.
