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Originally Posted by omega145

Gordon Liu was also an excellent star for martial arts movies.

Agreed, Gordon Liu is fantastic. Many of his movies feature some of the most unbastardized and well-crafted Hung Gar scenes I've ever seen. The clip you posted is one of my favourite scenes of all time. A lot of Jackie's work (especially modern stuff) is often over peppered with wushu acrobatics. However, Legend of the Drunken Master is a good example of him using much cleaner Kung Fu. Also, a large chunk of his work in Snake in the Eagle's Shadow is pretty awesome. Then again, these two were Yuen Wo Ping films so it shouldn't come as a surprise that a talent like Martial Arts athlete Jackie Chan would look great in a Yuen Wo Ping product. I mean the guy made Keanu Reaves/Laurence Fishburne look like they "knew Kung Fu"...

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Originally Posted by vampireheart

I like my asian "kung fu" "gun fu" or "gun kata" (when dealing with guns) with a sci-fi twist and a Wuxia-esque themes. There are a ton of films that I love the choreography and color of especially when it comes to asian cinema.

Some of my favorites, in no particular order...

Shinobi - Heart Under Blade (Japanese)

House of Flying Daggers (Chinese)

Ichi (Japanese)

The Returner (Japanese)

Oldboy (Korean)

I was going to create a thread on foreign films but this thread kinda fits so ill just post here instead.

Great list, man. The only film I was kind of hoping I'd like a little more than I did was House of Flying Daggers. I think it was trying too hard to ride off the wuxia craze that Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon reignited and for me at least, it was a bit too stylized.