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Game of Death (1978)
Laugh Out Loud Funny but Great Ending to the Best Martial Artist to Live
The only reason why this movie gets a five because of the end. From the start this movie is comical. Is hilarious cause its so bad. In one scene they have a man talking to "Billy" and they have a shot of Billy looking at him in the mirror. The reflection of Billy is a picture of Bruce Lee's head on top of a man sitting which you can see his actual head sticking out of the clip of Bruce Lee. Its comical how bad this is and its sad because Bruce Lee deserved better than that when he died. Tell you the truth I would advise skipping the whole movie (except the floating head, its too funny pass up) to the end of the movie where the actual Bruce Lee fights in a tower. With the famous yellow and black jumpsuit (seen in Kill Bill volume One in homage to Bruce Lee) Bruce Lee fights 4 battles with different opponents on different floors to get to the "boss" Dr. Land. The best of the fights is the fourth one with Kareem Abdul Jabbar where he fights an impossible opponent. The end with the fights is the best part, but if you actually watch the movie your will have a few laughs.
Jing wu ying xiong (1994)
Great Martial Arts Movie
Jet Li at his prime. Jet Li's remake of THE CHINEESE CONNECTION by Bruce Lee not The Fist Of Fury by Bruce Lee is well done and slightly alterted so its not the exact same thing although Jet Li's and Bruce Lee's name is the same in the movie. Anyone who is a fan of Jet Li or old kung fu movies should love this movie and is on my top ten list of greatest kung fu movies. Very good fighting scenes that are realistic and not a lot of other fake things in them like wire fu and other things like that. Its a very pure kung fu movie and is a great homage to Bruce Lee's CHINEESE CONNECTION not Fist of Fury (although that is a great Bruce Lee movie).
Ying xiong (2002)
Close Contender Of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
This movie was a great movie for Zhang Yimou to start his career. The martial arts in this movie are great and at the same time tells a story of controversy. Jet Li's swordplay is brilliant (seen in first fight with famous martial artist/actor Donnie Yen who also matches Jet Li's skill with the sword with his spear). Also, surprising skill from Tony Yeung with such a short sword. Stunning cinematography especially with the color theme with each different part of the movie. A must see for all action movie lovers with an actually good plot. And if you don't get it at first, watch it again and you will, that way you get to see all of the great battles over again. A well done movie that is has Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon running for its money.