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Deadliest Art: The Best of the Martial Arts Films

  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Genre: Film, TV & Radio
  • Movie Type: Martial Arts
  • Director: Sandra Weintraub
  • Release Year: 1990
  • Run Time: 90 minutes

Plot

Piecing together exciting film footage of martial arts performances, Deadliest Art demonstrates the reasons for the popularity of martial arts combat in visual entertainment. The history of the art, including basics of the Eastern philosophies that govern it, provides insight along with the demonstration of various types of martial arts fighting. Touching on the skills and frame of mind necessary to perform feats of this kind, this film showcases the beauty of defense without weapons, as well as special techniques required to incorporate the use of weapons, and the ways in which the martial arts have been showcased in the film industry. ~ Sarah Sloboda, All Movie Guide

Cast


Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Yuen Biao
Lee Van Cleef
Bruce Lee
Angela Mao Ying
Cynthia Rothrock
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jackie Chan
Sammo Hung
Sho Kosugi
Chuck Norris
John Saxon

Credit

Sandra Weintraub - Director
 
 
 

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