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June 2002 (USA) more
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A look at the history of martial arts films from their chinese roots to the present, presented by Samuel L. Jackson. | add synopsis
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David Carradine ... Himself - Interviewee

Jackie Chan ... Himself - Interviewee
Pei-pei Cheng ... Herself - Interviewee
Raymond Chow ... Himself - Interviewee

Tom Cruise ... Himself

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo ... Himself - Interviewee

Samuel L. Jackson ... Himself - Narrator

Ang Lee ... Himself - Interviewee

Bruce Lee ... Himself - Interviewee (archive footage)

Raw Leiba ... Himself - Interviewee
Chia Hui Liu ... Himself - Interviewee
Chia-Liang Liu ... Himself - Interviewee
Hoi Mang ... Himself - Interviewee

McG ... Himself - Interviewee
Cynthia Rothrock ... Herself - Interviewee

Steven Seagal ... Himself - Interviewee
Stanley Tong ... Himself - Interviewee

John Woo ... Himself - Interviewee
Robert Yuan ... Himself - Interviewee

Roger Yuan ... Himself - Interviewee

Corey Yuen ... Himself - Interviewee
Ronny Yu ... Himself - Interviewee
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USA:105 min | Poland:100 min
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Bruce Lee: To me - okay? - to me, ultimately martial art means honestly expressing yourself. That is very difficult to do. more
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Features Wong Fei Hung (1991) more

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Who is this aimed at ?, 24 October 2007
5/10
Author: phillip-58 from United Kingdom

Obviously made for an American audience who are just discovering martial arts films. Any experienced fan will like the archive footage but wonder why Crouching Tiger features so heavily and so many other seminal films are missing or barely mentioned. I'm also curious why in such a high quality production, some films, such as Jackie Chan's Drunken Master look like they were taped off a TV. The footage of the Shaw's Studio was fascinating as were the interviews, especially by Raymond Chow on Bruce Lee. But Tsui Hark features too much and Steven Seagal is interviewed but none of his films are even mentioned, nor van Damme. So like the proverbial curate's egg, good in bits but could have been so much better.

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