5. Game Of Death - Not entirely a whole movie with the last 15 minutes being the "meat" of it. I love the concept that Bruce came up for this. Plus he's looks almost like a superhero in the the yellow suit.
4. Heroic Trio - While I realize that this isn't really considered a maverick of this field, but for me, the charisma between these well-rounded & distinct characters was enuff to hook me in. Plus, I defy any one not to like the villianous Kau & his "skull-cage" on a chain which, when thrown, encircles a victim’s head and decapitates them. And, I LOVE Maggie Cheung as the Thief-Catcher. One my all-time favorite female characters on film. IMO, she deserved an entire movie based on this one character alone.
3. Kill Bill 1 & 2 - Only two words can be used to describe this movie: Bad ass.
Not only is this Quentin's homage to martial arts flix, but it also includes homage's to anime & those funky, grainy 70's Bruce Lee's wannabe's that made us laugh with their unsychronized voice-overs, jagged camera movements & b-level musical sound effects. And yet, he was able to combine all this in a manner that was just plain...
well.... ... bad-ass.
2. Enter The Dragon - About as classic a martial arts movie as one can get. For the longest time this was the #1 pick for me, until....
1. 1. House Of Flying Daggers - I could on & on for pages why I love this movie so much. But instead, I'll just say that this is not only my favorite martial arts film of all time, but also one of my favorite all-time films period.
'Nuff said.
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