FROM KUNGFUCINEMA.COM: I know this isn’t a top 10 list, but if there was to be a number one, DRIVE would be it. You CANNOT say any American martial arts film is better than DRIVE.
Directed by Steve Wang with fight choreography by Koichi Sakamoto, and starring the always impressive Mark Dacascos, DRIVE truly is not only the best American martial arts film ever made, but one of the best martial arts movies period, from any country. The fights are incredible, each one utilizing a different environment – from close-quarters motel room fighting to a fight set in a futuristic bar where all the bad guys are on motorcycles – with each one besting the previous sequence. This is true Hong-Kong style choreography and surpasses the fighting in a huge amount of Asian martial arts films.
It’s also really funny, with the RUSH HOUR-style pairing of Dacascos and Kadeem Hardison proving just as effective as Chan and Tucker. It’s essentially a hilarious road movie that stops off at different places (very frequently) in order to have lengthy, intense fight sequences that never get boring and are always inventive. Everything about this movie is ace, and you really cannot call yourself a martial arts fan if you haven’t seen this movie. I guarantee that you will enjoy it.
Brittany Murphy is in it too, which is nice.
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