Anti Hero Movies

This post was pub­lished over 700 days ago and there­fore may not rep­res­ent cur­rent Out­side Con­text think­ing or opin­ion. Please, do not let that detract from your enjoy­ment of it!

Blood­s­port                              — Van Dam     

This is the film that launched the B movie star.  Very good fun and some nice act­ing moments.  A num­ber of mar­tial artists fight in a tour­na­ment in Hong Kong.

Best of the Best                      — James Earl Jones

Clas­sic mar­tial arts movie with the late, great Chris Pen.  Very bad act­ing and 80’s cheese gives way to the clas­sic and amaz­ing fight scenes.  Stars the brother Rhee and has a cameo of the great Mas­ter Cho.

The Sreet­fighter                      — Sony Chiba              

Super high level of viol­ence as Chiba plays a real badass for hire.  Great fight­ing skills shown throughout.

Game of Death II                   — Hwang Jang Lee and Bruce Lee     

Not really star­ing Bruce Lee as he was dead when this was made, but still Hwang steals yet another film as the bady.

By the Sword                          — Eric Roberts             

Great story set in a fen­cing school.  A man, look­ing for clos­ure, vis­its the school of the son of the man he killed.

The Shogun’s Samurai         — Sony Chiba        

Chiba shines in this period drama about polit­ical “king mak­ing” in Japan.

Drunken Mas­ter II                  — Jackie Chan     

Full on re-imaging of the ori­ginal.  Jackie makes fight­ing 100 people look easy.

A Bet­ter Tomor­row I/II          — Chow          

Crim­in­als Mark and Ho fight to retain their honor when their world col­lapses around them.

God of Gam­blers                    — Chow           

An amaz­ing film, of light touch and good act­ing.   Chow is bril­liant in the role and the story is funny.  Lots of action for the fans includ­ing a very fam­ous back flip.

Full Con­tact                            — Chow      

Chow as “hon­or­able gang­ster” again, this time against a sadist’s gang.

Way of the Gun                      — Ben­ico Del Toro     

Two gun crazy low life’s get involved in a kidnapping.

Pat­labor                                   — Manga                      

The one every­one over­looks because it is a PG.  A simply genius level of story.

The Search­ers                          — John Wane               

Wane acts out of the screen in this clas­sic west­ern about a man search­ing for his sis­ter who has been kid­napped by Indi­ans.  The final shot is one of the best ever filmed.

Once upon a Time in the West            — Charles Bron­son      

The one without Clint.  Ghost story again and Charles pays back the great Henry Fonda.

Dirty Rot­ten Scoun­drels                     — Michael Cane           

Simply bril­liantly funny.  Well acted and won­der­fully written.

Blade Run­ner (DIRECTORS CUT)   — Har­rison Ford          

A vis­ion of the future as Har­rison battles cyborgs, but is he one himself?

Dune (Ori­ginal Ver­sion)                     — Patrick Stew­art        

Such vis­ion, such grandeur!  Patrick is not the star, nor is he as the char­ac­ter was in the books, but he is brilliant.

Being There                                         — Peter Sellers      

I have reviewed this mas­ter work in depth on this site, look under the Archives.  Best end­ing ever in a movie.

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