Was this the first, good Western Martial Arts movie, starring

>>83496380
It's Ironic that the movie is also about a Westerner being a better martial artist than a Chinese dude.

>>83496380
im pretty sure the original karate kid was released before this one.

Define good.

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I FIGHT TO SURVIVE

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>>83496439
Karate Kino is GOAT

>>83496410
JCVD is the real deal bro.

>>83496439
>>83496538
Exactly, the martial arts in karate kid was a fucking joke. beyond joke.

>>83496410
Implying that JCVD couldnt destroy the top 3 Chinese marital artists at the same time. He would KUMITE the SHIT out of those fools.

>>83496607
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

It's a classic film but let's not go overboard here. The soundtrack is fucking terrible and the acting and dialogue are crap. The martial arts are video-game tier. Part of what makes it so great is that it isn't great, it's cheesy and fun.

>>83496607
That scene where Mister Miyagi takes out those punks was pretty good.

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>>83496607
Lmao truth, but I love that movie tbQh

>>83496380
>Was this the first, good Western Martial Arts movie, starring a westerner?
Nah, that was Kickboxer. Jean-Claude's better martial arts film.

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>>83496380
Billy Jack.

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>>83496380
No, this is.

>>83496791
Starring a westerner, otherwise Enter The Dragon and The Street Fighter are the OGs.

>>83496759

most embarrassing awful shit ever made

>>83496791
but Bruce Lee is the star of that one, baby

>>83496823
Theoretically, Bruce Lee was a Westerner, born in San Francisco.

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>>83496380
AHEM

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>>83496863

You know darn well what he means and he means white people

>>83496380
This movie was boring. Kickboxer was cheesy, but fun. Lionheart tops them borh though.

>>83496380
>He hasn't seen Death Promise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OqZOnFKvGA

>>83496958
Not mentioning Chuck Norris. I thought this was the Internets.
>forced vengeance
>lone wolf mcquade
>silent rage
All kino

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>>83496958
Would Rocky be considered a martial arts movie, or would people make the distinction betwen martial and martial sports movie here?

>>83496380
HolUP! What about Cannon movies like American Ninja and shit like that? that was before bloodsport no?

>>83497121
boxing isnt a martial art per say...

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>>83496380
Actually Last Dragon predated Bloodsport by 3 years.

White people always taking credit for Black inventions

>>83497121
I consider boxingkino different than KinoFu

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>gay ballerina kicks
>Jean Claude was literally a ballerina before acting

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>>83497186
KEK that poster
oh man I miss the 80's

>>83497098
Chucks movies weren't martial arts movies. Just him beating people up and shooting guns.

>>83496607
you wouldn't say that to my face

>>83497248
He was actually a decent fighter. But he didn't want to mess his face up so he stopped with a 18-1 record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0pnfzVESWw

>>83497379
loved the movie, but Ralph Macchio was the most uncoordinated looking kid I have ever seen.

>>83497483
its the "karate kid" not the "karate master"

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Do you think they banged IRL?

>>83497577
It would have been nice if they didnt cast someone who looked like a 12yr old girl when they fought. Even with all the "training"

>>83497683
I know right? Ralph Macchio was actually 22 irl when filming that too

>>83497121
Even if you say boxing counts for "martial arts film" purposes, the movie doesn't have nearly enough fighting to justify the label. It's not really that much about boxing, either.

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>>83496380

A wild challenger appears.

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>>83496791

How deep into rabbit hole are you willing to go?

>>83496926

Pretty good.

>>83497288
Okay. A movie about martial arts. A literal good one. Starring an American. That would be David Carradine in the pilot episode of Kung Fu (inb4 pilots don't count as movies faggot) It was a good movie by itself and was about a Westerner that didn't need a TV show.

>>83497186
>>83497186
>>83497186

>>83498690
how is tv film, though. Was the pilot a stand-alone and then they decided to make it a show?

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>>83499018
>Was the pilot a stand-alone and then they decided to make it a show?

Pilots episodes often had limited cinematic releases as well back in the 70's. Often pilots had pretty high budgets and following episodes had much worse production values, especially if show was effects heavy.

>>83497579
She would've been dumb not to.

>>83499298
Ohh cool. Thx, anon

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>>83496380
This sort of makes me think how many of these B-movies on TV I watched before discovering Asian martial arts movies through the net.

>>83496380
yes

threeinchesofbloodsport.ytmnd.com

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>>83499499

It is fucking shame that Remo Williams didn't get sequels. Pulp books are fucking great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP69wn8xtS4

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>>83496380
This was a good old racist 80's movie

>>83496661
>The soundtrack is fucking terrible

Your goddamn bullshit opinion is fucking terrible.

https://youtu.be/dQ4XHW5Q4gU

>>83496380
Fight to Survive is on my playlist.

Hacksaw Jim Duggan's brother and based Jean Claude were pretty damn good in it, as well as the guy that played Chong Li.

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>>83496380
So Frank Dux was a ninjitsu master irl huh?

>>83502157
>fastest knockout in Kumite history (3.2 seconds)

lol

>>83496791
Agreed.

>>83496841
>>83496823
Bruce Lee was born in the US. He was an American citizen, and of his 5 movies, this one was Hollywood, not Hong Kong.

>>83501666
the song in this one is GOAT
Essential training montage core

>>83496380
This movie was on WGN or TBS at least one time a week for the entire 1990s decade