Please recommend to me what you think are the top twenty Wire Fu movies for rent on Netflix. My son and I are going to hold a **Hong Kong Wire Fu Movie ** Festival when he comes home from college for a week at Thanksgiving.
Movies on the list so far:
Master of the Flying Guillotine
Dreadful Melody
Iron Monkey
Tsui Hark’s Vampire Killers
The Legend of the Swordsman
The Bride With White Hair
What must-see Shaolin movies am I missing? What would you add?
Go for anything directed or choreographed by Yuen Woo-Ping, including Twin Warriors (Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh) and Magnificent Butcher (Sammo Hung).
Wire Fu is such a big category, I’ll list some of my favorites:
Fong Sai Yuk and Fong Sai Yuk II - Enjoyable fun fare with Jet Li
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - yes it was very fantasy oriented but wowsers
Legend of Drunken Master (Drunken Master II) - Not really a ‘Wire Fu’ film’ but some very sublte wirework is in there, and considered one of the best if not the best Martial Arts movies.
Hero - Another one of the fantasy wirework but a beautiful film
Shaolin Soccer - goofy fun
Versus - a goofy low budget Japanese Zombie John Woo shoot-em-up
Dragon Inn - great cast, well shot
Dreadnaught - Yuen Biao shines here and great Dragon Dancing too.
Tai Chi Master - Anoter good entry by Jet Li
Prodigal Son - My favorite Martial Arts movie
(depending on how comfortable you are with your son) A Chinese Torture Chamber Story - Overall a horrible Cat III film which made it into my collection with the greatest Wire Fu sex scene in cinematic history