

Tarantino previously ventured into martial arts filmmaking with his 2003-2004 two-parter of bladed bloodletting, “Kill Bill”. Set in the hustle and bustle of 1969 Hollywood, the film will reportedly follow the exploits of Rick Dalton and Cliff Booth, played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, and their attempts to break into the business, set against the backdrop of the Manson Family murders. You know you’re in for a wild ride of surreal knocking on the fourth-wall when Quentin Tarantino’s in the director’s chair. The year’s looking amazing already, just from last year’s holdovers! Think you’re ready for what the rest of 2019 has in store? Then hold tight, readers – here (in descending order and with trailers where available) are KFK’s Top 15 Most Anticipated Martial Arts Movies for 2019! However, now that the release date of “Triple Threat” is set, we can go ahead and take a look at the other contenders for 2019!) “ Junglee”, “ Big Brother“, “Enter the Fat Dragon”, “ Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy“, “ Kung Fu Big League“, “ Invincible Dragon” and “ Triple Threat” (and when it comes to THIS one, realistically, it’s still in the number one spot. So, before diving right in, here are some holdovers from last year’s list that didn’t make landfall for most of us last year, but which should do so this year! However, before we proceed any further, a quick side note – martial arts fans are accustomed to our genre being a little on the unpredictable side than most when it comes to release dates, whether due to logistical issues or the nature of foreign imports. This year is set to hit us with superhuman warriors brought to life with motion capture, the next rodeo of the world’s most lethal assassin, the return of the famed mentor of Bruce Lee, along with the long-awaited realization of Bruce’s pet project, and an absolute cavalcade of warrior women! And we can plainly see that 2019 has a smorgasbord of goodies for action aficionados to look forward to. We’ve already run our countdown of 2018’s Top 10 Martial Arts Movies, along with the Top 10 Martial Arts Fights of 2018, but now, the time has come to look ahead. Whether it involved taking a drive to the local multiplex or pulling up the latest action-packed hit to arrive on streaming platforms, 2018 treated us to twelve months of bare-knuckled, hot-blooded, martial arts-laden adventure!

Here are some recent & modern-era vintage Chinese and Hong Kong films for comparison Flat tires, a mortar ambush, an enemy sniper, a terrorist double-cross and dozens more enemy assailants than expected keep the Jiaolong Assault Team on their toes. Lam is more interested in upping the odds against his soldiers. And of course that business is to do anything and everything to help the Chinese cause.īut for the most part, Operation Red Sea avoids the in-your-face jingoism that’s been a hallmark of recent Chinese releases. Captain Yang is all business, even when it means sacrificing his team. There’s a rookie soldier who doubts his courage, a tough-as-nails female with a heart of gold, an arrogant sniper who learns to appreciate his spotter. Unfortunately, the characters are pretty generic. And despite some obvious effects, the crashes and explosions are far more ferocious than Hollywood offerings.
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Individual stunts are outstanding, like the zip lines snipers use to set up rooftop shooting sites.

Lam’s sense of scale and logistics are remarkable, with scenes unfolding across a war-ravaged city cross-cut with tense desert showdowns. The mission was similar in Wolf Warrior 2, but the real inspiration here seems to be Black Hawk Down.
