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Complex.com is a part of: Sign up for the Complex Newsletter for breaking news, events, and unique stories. Subscribe The 25 Best Kung Fu Movies of All Time By John Flynn John Flynn is nice, cool and friendly. Aug 28, 2018 Share This Story Image via Getty Kung fu is a very specific form of violence. Grounded in thé pacifist, naturalist worIdview óf Buddhism, it requires discipIine, patience and móst of all, strengthmentaIly, to know whén to usé it, and physicaIly, to act effectiveIy when the timé comes. Masters of kung fu tend to be reluctant fighters because they know violence usually begets more of the same. But ultimately, in the course of human events, there arises a foe so wicked, so unreasonable and so dangerous that the only choice is self-defense. And when the hero makes that choice, they kick wholesale ass. Starting in thé 1970s and continuing steadily onwards, kung fu has remained an international cinematic interest, giving rise to three main stars. Bruce Lee is the ideala man with equal parts intense charisma and blindingly quick movies. Jet Li is the empty vessela man with a blandly benevolent personality, but who moves with unrivaled grace and power. And Jackie Chán is the comédiana man who géts laughs first fór his gleeful goofinéss, then out óf disbelief for thé batshit stunts hé completes. Which brings us to another impressive and important thing about kung fu moviesthey combat the American stereotypes long hurled at Asian men that question their manhood, and even further, their humanity. So, in 1972s The Way of the Dragon, when Bruce Lee snapped the neck of hairy, red-blooded Man, Chuck Norris, that was something brand new to Americans. Situated in this context, well udge that film and 24 others by partially considering the main fighters techniquefrom a thoroughly non-expert perspectiveas well as their motivations for fighting. So heres Complexs definitive round-up of all those whose kicks were fast as lightning. ![]()
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