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The Deadliest Art - The Best of the Martial Arts Films [VHS]

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This could be the best martial arts tape I have ever had the pleasure of purchasing. The scenes contained in this compilation are some of the very best ever caught on film and until just recently, thanks to the popularity of Jackie Chan and Jet Li, had never been seen by a U.S. audience.

This tape basically gives you a history of the martial arts in film. It starts with the granddaddy of them all Bruce Lee in some amazing and rare footage. The tape then goes into detail about the stars of today (today being the lates to mid 80's) and shows a number of clips from their movies.

I highly recommend this tape for any Jackie Chan fan or Martial Laws Sammo Hung. They have clips of these stars in their prime when the could arguably called the biggest action stars in the world. Yes the U.S. rarely opened the doors to these Asian stars who took most of the rest of the world by storm.

Towards the end of the tape it takes you into more of the cult aspects of martial art films. Mostly films with wire work and mystical plots even Ninjas!

If you are unsure of getting that one Jackie Chan tape or that one Jet Li tape, take a look at this one first. You will not be disappointed!

This is mostly a showcase of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan,Samo Hung and other greats.The fight are some the greatest ever made for the silver screen.If one movie could show in 90 minutes the real meaning of "Martial Arts",this movie is it.

A collection of film clips from some of the best. Great fast paced action excerpts from movies of Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Samo Hung & other greats. Fun to watch! Dont expect a story. This is good for reference & previews of movies of this genre to add to your collection.

Before all this Jackie Chan mania was going on, no one knew who he was, even though he had done more than a dozen movies in HK and had a strong underground following. This documentary (even thought it was also not widely released on video) introduced us to Jackie, as well as Samo Hung, Yuen Biao, Angela Mao and Cynthia Rothrock. It also has the only good fight scene with Jean Claude Van Damme in it.

The documentary begins with a collage of fight scenes which are exciting to watch and get louder and louder until in cumulates into a wild scene with Hung, Chan and Biao. Then the narrator, John Saxon appears and introduces each scene. At that time (1990), the only way to get Jackie Chan movies were from bootleg copies so watching these clean images were like a godsend. There are also interviews with Chan and Samo Hung.

If you are an experienced Martial Arts fan, this movie may not be for you since you've already seen all the scenes in this movie. However, if you are a rookie looking for good fight scenes, try this movie out. You will be impressed.

Note: They missed out on the biggest Martial Artist ever. There are no scenes with Jet Li....Sorry....Rating: B

A compilation film that uses movie clips and interviews to give an overview of the martial arts action genre. Narrated by John Saxon, the lion's share of the film concentrates on the three brothers-Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. Other stars are Bruce Lee, Cynthia Rothrock and many others.

This is a very fast paced film. It is a documentary like you've never seen. Ninety minutes of almost nothing but fighting. It shows you how to use many types of martial arts weapons, it show you the intense training that these great martial artist went through, and it shows how to use the altamate weapon...the fist.

Scene after scene of your favorite stars in their most action packed films, John Saxon narratorates this classic in the martial arts films.

Narrated by John Saxon, who played a fellow martial artist in "Enter the Dragon" with Bruce Lee, Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan... Wait, they're all potrayed in this tape! Along with Jet Li and the others this documentary gives you insight on how it is to be a martial artist. Gives you good, clean information and very crisp fight scenes.

Some of the all time greats are featured in this film - particularly - Benny "The Jet" Urquidez (?)who never seems to get proper recognition for his great skills.

hands down the best martial arts documentary ever!!!! It had the best scenes in martial arts history. Most of these movies you can't find in the US.

This is the best martial arts Documentary
about martial arts in film I ever seen.
I real hope 20th century fox can put this film
on DVD. I'll buy it on the spot.