Good wuxia movies?

[John Q. Mayhem]

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.

 

[frankthedm]

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?

 

[Dark Jezter]

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):

Spoiler

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]

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/

 

[frankthedm]

I saw the trailer for "ZU warriors" in the theater years ago. About farking time. & yes it looks uber-kewl

 

[trancejeremy]

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]

Hmmmmm

 

[Geoff Watson]

'Iron Monkey' is excellent.

Geoff.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Well since you don't mind the chick-flick aspects of those two, House of Flying Daggers.

I've seen that one, didn't remember

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

 

[Bonzi]

Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle are pretty decent if you like offbeat comedy mixed in.