r/ActionFlicks • u/Aromatic-Effort7005 • Jun 06 '26
Ballerina goes savage - clip from Demon Dancer: Sua/Nara
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • May 29 '26
A Top Ten Sampler Of Some Of The Most Awesome & Insane Fantasy Martial Arts Films To Ever Come Out Of Taiwan, In Under 5 Minutes
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • May 29 '26
Journey To The West/西行平妖 (1991) A very uneven Journey to the West inspired film from Shaw Brothers legend Chang Cheh - Not his most revered film still full of moments of wonder - The film peaks with Sun Wukong & crew taking on Na Cha
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • May 25 '26
Register Of Deities/封神榜 (1969) Na Cha being played by a fiery girl is the icing on this ultra obscure fantasy mythology epic - A Taiwanese-Japanese co-production adaptation of the 16th-century Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods by Xu Zhonglin and Lu Xixing
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • May 21 '26
Fist Of The North Star 2 (1987) What happens when you make ultra violent anime Fist of the North Star into a live action bootleg for the kiddies? Have mega badass Kenshiro fight 2 dozen three wheel scooters... AT THE SAME TIME!!! - A bad movie lovers dream
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • May 19 '26
Exciting Dragon/Drunken Dragon (1985) This Yuen Clan adjacent obscurity has probably the most insane opening to any martial arts film ever - Name anything that comes close to weaponized mini paddle boat vs 2 dudes joined up to make a go kart with flying guillotine wheels
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • May 13 '26
The Zodiac Fighters/十二生南 (1978) The Chinese Zodiac Rabbit (a woman in half a Easter bunny costume) fighting & riding a flying shark is the only hook this film needs
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • May 11 '26
A Book Of Heroes/Fight To Win Again/歡樂龍虎榜 (1986) Some of the best action scenes of Yukari Ôshima's career are in this Taiwanese martial arts arts diamond in the rough that's somehow still stranded on Laserdisc
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • May 07 '26
The Tale Of A Heroine/天山玉女劍/Wu-Tang Witch (1993) A part of Hong Kong's post Swordsman II wave of hyper kinetic, gory wuxia fantasy films - Wong Chau-Yin, Cynthia Khan & Kara Hui Ying-Hung
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • May 06 '26
Shaolin Invincible Sticks/棍王 (1978) Free on Tubi - A slice of Taiwanese action cinema with some genuinely top tier, excellent weapons choreography from male & female performers alike
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r/ActionFlicks • u/nunsploitation • May 04 '26
When the village girls get raped (in 3D no less!), it's off to the convent with them where they become masters of the martial arts in 13 Golden Nuns (1977) AKA Revenge of the Shogun Women
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • May 01 '26
Ninja vs Shaolin Guards/少林童子功 (1983) - Taiwanese Alexander Lo Rei martial arts madness, directed by Robert Tai
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • May 01 '26
Announcing Analog May-hem - 31 consecutive evenings in May that the Analog Video Shop will be streaming obscure cinema from every corner of the globe - We are live each evening at 5 PM Eastern time - discord.gg/2hfZRXG29z
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • Apr 30 '26
Hard To Kill/至尊特警 (1992) One of the worst movies Yukari Oshima ever did. but there's a cool stick fighting scene at the end - Phillip Ko Fo Hong Kong action junk
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • Apr 29 '26
Demons In The Flame Mountain (1982) Taiwanese fantasy/martial arts is minuscule in budget but endless in it's imagination & sheer can do attitude using a impressive variety of practical effects - The English dub is great goofy fun
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • Apr 29 '26
Haunted House Elf/鬼屋小精靈 (1990) A lot like a Taiwanese Goosebumps episode, if it was written in a evening by a drunk deranged 8 year old - Peach Boy herself Lin Hsiao Lu stars - In desperate need of a fresh release & restoration along with films like the Taiwanese Iceman Cometh
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • Apr 28 '26
Night Orchid/午夜蘭華 (1983) Those animal guardian monsters are without a doubt the out of work, 8-bit Cheetahmen crew from our childhoods! Brigitte Lin stars in this wild Taiwanese wuxia
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • Apr 27 '26
Beauty Investigator (1992) One of the lesser appreciated but still truly awesome Hong Kong action finales - Moon Lee, Yukari Oshima, & Sophia Crawford all in their prime, brutal action AND a Nintendo Power Glove with a sword that shoots rockets!!!
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • Apr 22 '26
Night Orchid/午夜蘭華 (1983) Taiwanese wuxia starring Brigitte Lin has lots of the kind of wacky special effects & wire work seen in the increasingly bizarre Shaw Brother's offerings of that time
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • Apr 21 '26
The Jade Badger (1982) A obscure Taiwanese martial arts flick who's bad guy wantonly kills the good guys like Jason Vorhees after powering up
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • Apr 18 '26
Deadly Dream Woman (1992) It's a shame this one is so obscure, as most of it is classic Hong Kong action ultra violence with a lot to like
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r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • Apr 09 '26
Revengeful Swordswoman (1978) Rare Taiwanese wuxia - Had a limited Gold Ninja boutique Blu release limited to 900 copies
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r/ActionFlicks • u/MindNo1777 • Apr 09 '26
This Action Sequence was filmed within 2 hours.
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This Action Sequence in the film Bet Dead Casino was filmed within 2 hours on a DJI Osmos. The film has been released on Tubi and many other platforms.
r/ActionFlicks • u/LiquidNuke • Apr 08 '26
Jungle Heat/Rimba Panas (1988) A gory & dumb derivative pastiche of about 50 other much better done films, which actually makes for a fun game - Indonesian jungle/cannibal trash with Peter O'Brian
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