#wire-fu

[videoreligion]

Brawl Busters (1978)

[fuforthought]

Welcome to another installment of “Why I love kung fu movies.”

[yasbxxgie]

Snippet of the official trailer for the 2009 Brasilian historical fantasy feature film “Besouro (The Assailant)”, directed by Joao Tikhomiroff, and starring Ailton Carmo in the lead role. The film centers around Besouro Manganga, a Capoeirista from the early 1920s to whom was ascribed many heroic and legendary deeds.

The film’s fight scenes were choreographed by Huan Chiu-Ku, who is most famous for his choreography of the Matrix & Kill Bill films. Even though the main protagonist specializes in Capoeira, Hong Kong cinema-style “wire fu” elements were used to give the martial art a more fantastical depiction. Afro-Brasilian mysticism also plays an integral part of the film, as the protagonist is eventually visited by many Ifa orishas.

The film can be seen on Amazon Prime & YouTube with english subtitles. [x]

[smashfictionpodcast]

Have your deep philosophical statements ready and get ready to fly, kids, because swords and stage wires are about to cross in deadly but also awesome fashion! Morpheus, one of the major leaders in Zion's war against the conquering machines, has traveled deep into the Matrix in search of a new weapon -- the legendary Green Destiny. He has traveled so far, in fact, that he somehow finds himself in China during the Qing Dynasty, and standing between Morpheus and the Green Destiny is its former wielder, the legendary Li Mu Bai, a man who fights like some bizarre combination of a crouching tiger and a hidden dragon. Neither wire-fu warrior wants this fight, but Morpheus needs the Green Destiny and Li Mu Bai has no intention of letting him take it. As a great master once said, some motherf*ckers are always trying to ice skate uphill. Colin Mulkerin returns to Smash Fiction to give us his tips for a perfect Agent Smith impression, along with his signature brand of breathless argument. Meanwhile, everyone else forgets they're on an audio-only program and starts describing their impractical sunglasses or their sick martial arts poses while the judge swings on wires in the rafters.

We're sorry, but you can totally see the wires in this week's martial arts-off match.

[videoreligion]

Brawl Busters (1978)

[videoreligion]

Brawl Busters (1978)

[videoreligion]

Brawl Busters (1978)

[videoreligion]

Brawl Busters (1978)