A List of My Favorite Martial Arts Films From 2000-2010

Any time I go over a list of martial arts filmsAnother movie to include on this list would be
from the past decade, I have a very hard timeQuentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 1. Both movies
narrowing the list down to a point that I'm happyin this story are great, but number 1 has the
with. But alas, there are a lot of people out therebetter fighting sequences. The Bridge against the
that need a recommendation when it comes toCrazy 88 is one of the better fighting sequences
finding a great martial arts movie.of all time.
So without further ado, here is an attempt at theAnother great movie to watch if you are fan of
top 5 must see martial arts movies fromthese types of movies is Hero. Jet Li stars as a
2000-2010.nameless warrior and this film is told in a very
I will start this list off by mentioning the incrediblecool sequence. Jet Li tells flashbacks of various
movie, Equilibrium. This movie stars Christian Bale,battles, in a manner similar to the great Kurosawa
as well as Taye Diggs in futuristic setting whenfilm, Rashomon.
humans take drugs to suppress human emotion.No list of martial arts films would be complete for
This movie shows us the "Gun Kata," a very coolme without mentioning Tom Yum Goong. This
form of martial arts involving guns, as the namemovie stars the incredible Tony Jaa, whose
would suggest.combination of Muy Thai martial arts with jaw
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon would have todropping acrobatics makes this one of my
make any list about genre changing films. Thisfavorites.
movie was groundbreaking at the time, exposingThis was not an easy list to create, and it is quite
us to people essentially flying and running acrosspossible I will have to write a followup article with
tree tops for the first time.other great movies that didn't make this cut.