Not much is known about “The Great Game” at the moment, aside from the fact that it’s a prequel depicting the founding of the “Kingsman” organization. I actually preferred it over Into the Badlands and Wu Assassins. In a dystopian world of cyborgs, floating cities, and the cutthroat sport of Motorball, the amnesiac cyborg Alita, yearns to start a new life in the utopian metropolis above, that is Zalem. However, what makes “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” a real wild card for martial arts fans is the presence of Mike Moh of “Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist” fame in the role of Bruce Lee. Alita did not stand by in the presence of evil and in so doing captured the hearts of millions around the world.
His early exposure developed into a lifelong passion and fascination with all forms of martial arts and tremendous passion for action and martial arts films.

Brad is also an aspiring writer and deeply desires to share his love for martial arts and martial arts movies with the world! You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. However, now that the release date of “Triple Threat” is set, we can go ahead and take a look at the other contenders for 2019!). When that crescendo finally arrives, “Avengement” wraps the story up with the mother of all bar fights, and to call it an explosive final bar-room brawl would be the understatement of the year. Stay tuned as we’ll have more on each entry on the list as they make landfall throughout the year.

It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Privacy Then hold tight, readers – here (in descending order and with trailers where available) are KFK’s Top 15 Most Anticipated Martial Arts Movies for 2019! And for the record, a team-up between those two seriously needs to happen! The series will focus on a young man named Kai Jin, played by Iko Uwais, who discovers he’s the next incarnation of the supernatural warrior known as the “Wu Assassin”.

That’s “Siezed” in a nutshell, and from the synopsis, it certainly sounds like a pulse-pounder of action and suspense set against a ticking-clock scenario. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. However, as Winston observes, considering who they’re going after, that makes the odds about even, with Mr. Wick battling his way to a meeting with the High Table to remove the bounty from his head. Never before has it been a compliment to say that an action movie franchise has Jumped The Shark, and “Hobbs and Shaw” stands as proof that the “Fast and Furious” franchise has truly pulled off the seemingly impossible! Raising the bar for both action on the small screen and wire-fu on any screen, the latter half of its third season would sadly be announced as its last. Here it is, at last, the year’s obligatory Jackie Chan adventure!

https://kungfukingdom.com/top-15-most-anticipated-martial-arts-movies-of-2019 Season Three of AMC’s martial arts drama “Into the Badlands” took an unusually large break after wrapping up the first eight episodes of its sixteen-episode third season. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below; Like, share and join in the conversation on Facebook and follow us on Twitter & Instagram.

In the meantime, get all LIT up in a FUniverse of dynamite movie reviews, in-depth interviews, more Top 10’s, Top 5’s, gear up KFK-style, and subscribe for more explosive action on YouTube! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. I’m surprised there was no mention of the TV show Warrior. With his pro-wrestling background and “G.I. With Scott Waugh’s “Project X-Traction”, he’s decidedly leaning more heavily into the former, as the film will see him teamed with WWE legend John Cena. Tarantino previously ventured into martial arts filmmaking with his 2003-2004 two-parter of bladed bloodletting, “Kill Bill”. “War” reigned supreme over 2019’s Bollywood box office, and took viewers on a zig-zagging spy-vs-spy chess game that’s equal parts “Mission: Impossible” and “Fast and Furious”. Parting will certainly be such sweet sorrow for “Into the Badlands”, as the show has not only re-imagined the Chinese classic “Journey to the West” as a post-apocalyptic adventure, but also delivered some of the best martial arts action ever seen on the small screen. However, what truly brings the movie together is Alita herself, with Rosa Salazar’s captivating performance at once channeling a girl with the purest of hearts and a warrior with the most furious of fists. As the three pillars of the film, Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, and Imogen Poots each channel a different angle of martial arts mastery and masculine identity that forms the core of the movie, while the script unnerves the audience whilst tickling its collective funny bone.
The “Kingsman” franchise frankly has as much of a tenuous relationship with reality as “Austin Powers”, and that’s just what makes it so endearing. When it comes to martial arts entertainment, Netflix has been on a major winning streak, and with a motley crew like that on board, there’s no reason to think that it won’t continue with “Wu Assassins”! The duo portray a pair of Special Forces soldiers tasked with transporting a group of Iraqi civilians along Baghdad’s “Highway of Death” and into the safety of the Green Zone. We are writers, martial arts practitioners and film-makers consumed by a passion for everything connected to the martial arts, and we love sharing it! Cookies Contact Us Making the theatrical rounds as we speak, female-led action movies are all the rage these days, but they’ve also become commonplace enough that one cannot stand out from the pack on that attribute alone. Putting a stop to the illicit activities of elephant poachers won’t be Vidyut Jammwal’s only rodeo in 2019 (although “Junglee” certainly looks pretty sweet itself). Merging urban crime with martial arts mysticism, “Wu Assassins” follows Kai Jin, played by Iko Uwais, an aspiring San Francisco chef who finds himself bestowed with the supernatural abilities of the Wu Assassin and tasked with bringing down the five Wu Warlords, one of whom just happens to be his adoptive Uncle Six, played by Byron Mann. That’s really all that’s needed for this entry – sometimes, a wildly creative, high concept premise is plenty enough to get butts in seats. For lovers of action, “Furie” looks like an absolute blast! You’d certainly never guess she spent the last two weeks of production on the former with her foot broken and in a cast. Even teaming him up with a grizzled Jackie Chan is bound to yield a little levity! In any case, two chapters into the “Kingsman” franchise, KFK is down for more! Just listing off the talent that comprises the principle cast of “Triple Threat” is enough to send any red-blooded action aficionado into an ecstasy of anticipation, much less seeing it unfold before their eyes. Whether it was a buddy-movie team-up of former adversaries, a single mother on a desperate mission to rescue her kidnapped child, a cat-and-mouse game between two super spies, or an urban crime series with supernatural elements, there’s no denying that all who sought the thrill that only the most sharply-orchestrated stunt work and martial arts action can offer were very happy campers by the year’s end, indeed. Aside from that, “Siezed” also reunites Scott Adkins with acclaimed filmmaker Isaac Florentine. Alita Battle Angel practices the martial art form Panzer Kunst. Mark Dacascos: The Driver — Action Special, Colby Covington: Inside the Mind of MMA’s Biggest Supervillain, Into the Badlands: Season Three (part two). The Korean Bruce Khan pulls off a stunner in Revenger. As he’s gotten older, and his body having gone through an ever-increasing amount of wear-and-tear, Jackie’s made a clear effort to reinvent himself. The first ten minutes of “Commando 2” alone is one of the best opening action set pieces of the last half decade, and in each chapter of the “Commando” franchise, the ease with which Vidyut’s carried the film has been exceeded only by his infectious charisma and exceptional physicality. Our heroes soon find themselves teaming up with Jaka, who is on his own quest for revenge after the death of his wife in the team’s earlier mission. Warrior was great. Mark Dacascos: The Driver — Action Special, Colby Covington: Inside the Mind of MMA’s Biggest Supervillain. Boasting the longest running time of the franchise, not only is “Parabellum” massively upping the stakes and the scope of the series, but it’s also recruited a huge cavalry of action movie heavy hitters – namely, Mark Dacascos, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tiger Chen, Yayan Ruhian, and Cecep Arif Rahman.