A YEAR OF GIVEAWAYS: Immortal Iron Fist Volumes 1-3
93 Comments | Posted: February 15th, 2010 | Filed under: Contests
The winner of last week’s copy of Dante’s Inferno for the XBox 360 was Morgan Johnson of PoorMojo.com! Congratulations, Morgan! When I get my copy from EA, I’ll zip it over to you tout suite.
This week, we’re back to comics but not leaving brutal violence and exotic locations behind! I’ve got volumes 1-3 of Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker’s acclaimed The Immortal Iron Fist. To get a chance to win hardcover editions of The Last Iron Fist Story, The Seven Capital Cities Of Heaven and The Book Of The Iron Fist, all you have to do is name your favorite martial arts film in the comments. As always, I’ll use Random.org’s number generator to pick a winner and they’ll be able to curl up and enjoy some pulp-influenced Mighty Marvel Martial Artistry!
Enter before 12:01AM EST on Saturday, February 20 to qualify for the draw. The winner is determined using the Random.org number generator.
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Please note that because of shipping costs, this contest is for residents of the United States of America and Canada. You must leave your email address with your comment to qualify, as I’m not going to spend any time hunting down someone who didn’t want to be contacted about their amazing prize. One comment per person and yes, I will know if you cheat and will probably mock you in public.
At the moment, it’s the Thai film ‘Chocolate’ about an autistic girl who can replicate any move she sees.
Currently available on Netflix streaming if you like things that are awwwesome.
The Matrix, Kill Bill 1, and Kung Fu Hustle.
Either SHAOLIN SOCCER or SPIRITUAL KUNG FU.
Ong Bak. Kicking people with flaming pants. COME ON.
Dynamite Warrior because its about a cowboy who rides around on fireworks.
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon? Does that count?
I’m going with Kung Fu Hustle.
Jackie Chan’s Drunken Master.
The Last Dragon is kiiind of the first and last word in Kung-Fu movies, you guys.
Jackie Chan’s “Mr. Nice Guy” — kung fu and cooking!
Enter the Dragon will always hold a special place in my heart.
“Game of Death” has a special place in my heart for the Bruce Lee/Kareem Abdul-Jabbar fight.
For sheer crazy fightin’ virtuosity, I have to go with Ong Bak 2 (not the Protector!) or Enter the Dragon. Chocolate is a close second, though, as is Chan’s Drunken Master.
If pastiches are allowed, then yeah, Kill Bill.
Only the Strong. A poorman’s Brandon Lee bring capoeira to the streets of Miami.
That’s a pretty goddamn tough question, but since I’m kind of disappointed in the answers so far (with a few exceptions), I gotta say Drunken Master 2. Also good: Magnificent Butcher, Iron Monkey, Wheels on Meals, Once Upon a Time in China, Fist of Fury, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. Yes.
Jackie Chan’s THE FEARLESS HYENA, which features the fighting technique based on four emotions. A friend of mine let me borrow his Beta tape copy of the movie when I was a kid, and I must have watched it a couple of dozen times at least.
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Roadhouse?
Honestly though, the correct answer here is Drunken Master.
Return of the Dragon. I mean, Bruce Lee ripping out a chunk of Chuck Norris’ chest hair and blowing it in his face? C’mon, man.
It’s gotta be Ong Bak 2. They basically said “Plot? Meh. More face-kicking.”
What’s not to love?
Much as I love Enter the Dragon, I have to give the honor of “favorite” to The Five Deadly Venoms.
I’m very disappointed no one has said The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter. I also have a soft spot in my heart for Return to the 36 Chambers.
Wang Lung Wei doesn’t get enough respect. The man was the Washington Generals of the Liu Chia Liang oeuvre, and always made the hero look good.
The Big Boss with Bruce Lee. Mainly for the scene where he eats a big bag of chips while “taking out the trash.”
I’ve got some pretty fond memories of Jet Li’s Fist of Legend.
36th Chamber of Shaolin. I saw in on a Saturday afternoon with my mom. I was seven and she bought a gigantic tub of caramel corn. I really should call her up and thank her.
Although I’m tempted to go with Riki-Oh just for the head-crushing, Ong Bak was the first movie to make me excited about dudes getting kicked in the head since Bruce Lee marathons in high school. So, props to Ong Bak.
Enter the Dragon.
Lady Snowblood
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, of course
Master of the Flying Guillotine.
(I also have a soft spot for Mysteries of Chessboxing, since I had just learned how to play Chinese chess when I saw it.)
Kung Fu Hustle
It’s not a very original pick, but I could watch Hero over and over again.
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin or if sword flicks are allowed any of the older Zatoichi films
Street Fighter.
The Sonny Chiba one, durrr.
I’m a big fan of a lot of the Shaw Bros. classics, but my #1 spot goes to Kung Fu Hustle.
Have to join with the Ong Bak crew – but since that’s boring I’ll also point out that
“God of Cookery” is an often overlooked Stephen Chow film.
Parts of it are rough to nigh-unwatchable – but the “Iron Chef meets Stephen Chow” trappings are a hoot.
Does “Super Inframan” count? If not I’d say Jackie Chan’s “Armour of God” (aka “Operation Condor 2″) is probably my favorite.
Master of the Flying Guillotine. Love this film. The Sony Chiba Street Fighter is pretty great as well for completely different reasons.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the first one of course.
Big Trouble in Little China
I very much enjoyed Kung Fu Pand– er, I mean Hustle. Also, the Legend of the Drunken Master.
Gonna have to go with ‘Enter the Dragon.’
I’m going to have to go with Kung Fu Hustle because when I first watched it, I had a big stupid smile plastered across my face. Such a fun movie.
The only true answer is Enter the Ninja, starring Franco Nero.
My heart says twilight samurai my brain says Legend of Drunken Master
Kung Fu Hustle
Dragons Forever is delightful as both kung fu and a screwball comedy. So that’s awesome.
No points for uniqueness of my response, but I can’t think of a kung fu movie that I enjoyed more than Kung Fu Hustle.
I blush to say it’s another Kung Fu Hustle. I suppose I need to get out more.
If we go beyond movies, then the “Monkey!” TV series — cheesy 1970s Japanese TV adaptation of the _Journey to the West_, dubbed into bad English for Australia and Britain — is pretty awesome. The fight scenes are cheap and crude, but they still rock.
Doug M.
Enter the Dragon. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.
Chou aka Queen Boxer
Fantasy Mission Force is pure undiluted crack. Just read this wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_mission_force
Either Kung Fu Hustle or Kung Pow.
Since I’m pretty sure Chinese Ghost Story 2 doesn’t count, I’m going to say Jet Li’s Fong Sai-Yuk. Great film, and the sequel is just as good.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman’s Cane
Definitely “Enter the Dragon”
Either Legend of Drunken Master or Kung-Fu Hustle. Now I want to watch ‘em both again.
No love for Black Belt Jones?
“I’m Batman, motherf***er.”
I’m gonna have to go with the chorus saying Kung-Fu Hustle, though there is a part of me deep down inside screaming Big Trouble In Little China just because it’s so surprisingly good for what it is and Kurt Russell does exactly what a white American action star should do in a movie like that — get out of the way and let the martial arts dudes do their thing!
Favorite: MAGNIFICENT BUTCHER and FIST OF LEGEND
Ong Bok. I hear there’s a sequel I must see.
No mention yet of two of my favorites, My Young Auntie and Wing Chun, but all time I have to admit my favorite is probably Bloodsport. I’ve always been a sucker for its mix of real & imagined fighting styles.
The Legend of Drunken Master a/k/a Drunken Master II.
You know, i honestly have to say that my favorite is Police Story, call me a softy for early Jackie Chan flicks…
I’m a purist, so…
The Next Karate Kid, starring Hillary Swank.
ong-bak the thai warrior!
Hero/Ying xiong was always a favorite martial arts film of mine.
Drunken Master, Legend of Drunken Master and Jet-Li’s performance in Unleashed.
Wing Chun, just for the tofu fight.
EAST MEETS WATTS.
The Shaolin Temple (1982), one of the best.
I must say Street Fighter.
Serious answer: Enter the Dragon
Real answer: Double Dragon and HOLY SHIT IMDB just said Paul Dini wrote it. Awesome.
A Fistful of Yen from Kentucky Fried Movie. “AH! A toy robot!”
Jackie Chan’s DRUNKEN MASTER.
There’s also this really old-not-really-distributed version of the Stone Monkey that was at least 12 parts. It’s likely a TV show, but each episode felt like a movie because it was so spectacular.
Jackie Chan’s Project A, though I just saw Iron Monkey again the other day and boy it’s aged well.
Master of the Flying Guillotine. A soundtrack by Kraftwerk and the ultimate weapon in the form of a hat with a chain that can yank your head off.
Enter the Dragon, still my favorite.
Return to the 36th Chamber, which saw Gordon Liu return in a different role, with a completely different actor playing his old role, which was distracting as hell. Still, all is forgiven for the film’s creation of the rarely used but surprisingly badass martial art known as “Scaffolding Kung Fu.”
Two-way tie between 1) the much maligned “Game of Death”, mostly worthless but the last 15 minutes rule completely; and 2) the much ignored “Who Am I,” with and by Jackie Chan, which also closes with a beyond-amazing lengthy kung-fu battle.
Cheerio!
I was always partial to “Wheels on Meals”, the best Jackie Chan/Sammo Hung/Yuen Biao movie ever. It was half “quirky international caper” half “kick to the face”.
Enter The Dragon! Just watched again last night instead of the Olympics.
I’m gonna go with IRON MONKEY, just because I can.
Got to be Enter the Dragon. Got to be.
For total cheese factor, The American Ninja.
I’m partial to “The Story of Ricky.”
While there are tons of better Kung-Fu films, both in terms of cheese and actual quality, Jackie Chan’s “Rumble In The Bronx” wins my heart’s top spot – if just for being the first movie I ever saw where the audience literally cheered.
I count the original Matrix movie as a martial arts movie.
Absoute favorite is 5 Deadly Venoms, but any of the Venom films are damn good.
I’m all about Enter The Dragon.
Come Drink With Me. Although 36th Chamber is a close second.
Time’s up for entries, so I figured I’d post stats. Any movie mentioned got a vote, so some posters got like 5 votes to use. I figure if they name more than one, it is surely indicative of expertise in the genre. Okay? Okay. Here are the faves, in descending order of votes.
1st: Enter the Dragon (13 votes)
2nd: Kung Fu Hustle (12 votes)
3rd: Drunken Master 2 (6)
4th: Drunken Master and
Ong Bak (tied with 5 each)
6th: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (4)
Tied for 7th: Iron Monkey, Kill Bill Vol 1, Master of the Flying Guillotine, Street Fighter (with Sonny Chiba, not Raul Julia or Kristin Kreuk) (3 each)
Tied for 11th: Big Trouble in Little China, Chocolate (2008 D: Prachya Pinkaew), Fists of Fury (AKA The Big Boss,) Fist of Legend, Five Deadly Venoms, Game of Death, Hero (Li not Hoffman), Kung Pow, Magnificent Butcher, The Matrix, Ong Bak 2, Riki-Oh (The Story of Ricky,) Wheels On Meals, and Wing Chun (2 each)
As for actors, Jackie Chan destroys the field with the lead in 14 named films (plus bit parts in 2 Bruce Lee movies.)
Jet Li is next as the star of 6
Bruce Lee has 4. Dunno why he retired so early.
Steven Chow is the star and Auteur of 3 faves.
Michelle Yeoh, Tony Jaa, and Chia Hui Liu each were leads in 2 films.
Sammo Hung just led in 1 film, but appeared in 3 others on the list (that I found.)
Finally, let’s give it up for James Hong, who not only had small roles in Dynamite Jones, Hero, and Big Trouble in Little China, but also appeared in Chinatown, Blade Runner, Airplane!, and about 350 other roles.
Cheers!