Being a theatrical stunt troupe, we like to watch movies with interesting, well-choreographed fights and stunts. Here is a brief list of recommended movies from Jacob. Some of them have a year, director, and/or actor(s) to help you figure out which edition of the movie it is. (Def. of "fight porn": a movie based on a big sequences of fights and essentially no story line.)
Three Musketeers (Starring Gene Kelly)
Three Musketeers (1974, Starring Michael York and Raquel Welch)
Four Musketeers (same cast as above)
Army of Darkness (Bruce Campbell)
Black Mask (Jet Li; how to kill with CDs)
Blade II (Wesley Snipes. 1's ok, 2's better, and you're watching it for style/a few moves anyway)
Blade Runner (Harrison Ford)
Bloodsport (Jean-Claude Van-damme... well, it launched his career)
Bourne Identity (Matt Damon)
Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte Des Loups) (Mark Dacascos)
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (Paul Newman Robert Redford writ. William Goldman, as was Princess Bride)
City Hunter (Jackie Chan)
Crow, The (Brandon Lee, it took his life)
Count of Monte Cristo (most recent version)
Court Jester, The (Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone)
Cyrano de Bergerac (Gerard Depardieu)
Drunken Master I (Jackie Chan, my 2nd fave fight porn)
Duellists, The (dir. Ridley Scott)
Fist of Legend (Jet Li, fights by Yuen Wo-Ping)
Hamlet (Mel Gibson, fights by Hobbs)
Harold and Maude (no fights, but just a great movie)
Hook (Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Harrison Ford, Sean Connery)
Iron Monkey (Wo-ping fights)
Jackie Chan's First Strike
Killer, The (Starring Chow-Yun Fat, dir. John Woo)
Kung-fu (David Carradine, Brandon Lee)
Ladyhawke (Hobbs fights)
Legend of the Drunken Master (AKA Drunken Master II) starring Jackie Chan
Mask of Zorro (Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins)
Mr. Nice Guy (Jackie Chan)
Once Upon a Time in China (Jet Li, fights by Wo-ping)
One, The (Jet Li)
Only the Strong (Mark Dacascos)
Operation Condor (Jackie Chan)
Operation Condor 2: Armor of God (Jackie Chan)
Princess Bride, The (fights by Bob Anderson, in case you were curious)
Prisoner, The (Jackie Chan, one of his most dramatic)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Harrison Ford)
Rapid Fire (Brandon Lee)
Return of the Dragon (Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris)
Rob Roy (1994, Liam Neeson and Tim Roth)
Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)
Rocky (Sylvester Stallone)
Romeo Must Die (Jet Li, DMX, Aaliyah: every fight has a twist/theme)
Roxanne (Steve Martin; for comparison with Cyrano)
Rumble in the Bronx (Jackie Chan)
Seven Samurai (dir. by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune)
Shaolin Temple, The (Jet Li)
Snake in Eagle's Shadow (Jackie Chan, my favorite fight porn)
Supercop (Jackie Chan)
Tombstone (Val Kilmer)
Twin Dragons (Jackie Chan)
Who Am I? (Jackie Chan, with some wicked driving)
Willow (fights by Hobbs)
Wing Chun (Michelle Yeoh)
This list does not neccessarily reflect the movie preferences of all RoSI members.
