Your favorite 'opening credits' SEQUENCE?

[moviegyrl]

I loved the sequences during the opening credits of the Old School flicks! super:cool: These are my faves:
- HOT, COOL & VICIOUS
- CHALLENGE OF DEATH
- THE EAGLE'S KILLER
- INVINCIBLE ARMOR
- THE LEG FIGHTERS
- THE EAGLE'S CLAW

How about yours?

[Monk Sante]

Crystal Fist
Thundering Mantis
Eagles Killer (I dont know there's something about that music that gets me hype up!- ha,ha,ha)
cantonese iron Kung Fu
Monkey kung Fu
Leg Fighters

[The Dragon]

I love the opening sequence of 3 Evil Masters aka The Master, with Chen Kuai Tai and Wang Lung Wei. The way the film opens and the fight ensues is a thriller. Also The Opening to Delightful Forest, Ti Lung ripping into Lau Kar Yung with wreckless abandon. A very intense fight resulting in a most brutal killing to open a film.

Btw, I understand these are Shaw selections, however, they are still two of the best opening sequences ever.

Special shout out to Jackie Chan:

Shaolin Wooden Men
Snake in Eagles Shadow
Drunken Master (Though not Jackie but Hwang Cheng Li in opening)
Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin

For old school flicks, these title sequences aren't bad.

[kungfood]

I love those opening sequences where the star(s) were filmed in a studio with a red, yellow, white, blue, etc., light shining on them. Or the title sequences with someone training in an open field/mountainside.

My favorites include:

Disciples of Shaolin
Crystal Fist
The Hot, the Cool, and the Vicious
Fighting Ace (Kid's Ace in the Hole)
The Invincible Armour
36th Chamber of Shaolin
Kid with the Golden Arm
Duel of the 7 Tigers
The Leg Fighters (Invincible Kung Fu Legs)
Challenge of the Masters
Heroes Two
Warriors Two
The Five Venoms
My Young Auntie

And many others...

[Morgoth]

Nice thread moviegyrl. I like all the ones mentioned, especially the 3 Evil Masters opening.

Others-

Lost Swordship
Hitman in the Hand of Buddha
Iron Monkey (Kuan Tai)
8 Escorts
Ninja in the Dragon's Den
Secret Rivals 2
Showdown at the Cottonmill
Legend of a Fighter
Buddha Assassinator

[Bus]

Duel of the 7 Tigers has to be my favorite of all time music and everything was on point.. is a classic intro.. i also liked the intro of mystery of chess boxing

[Endsang]

Odd Couple
36th Chamber of Shaolin
Disciples of the 36th Chamber
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
The Hot, the Cool and the Vicious
Executioners from Shaolin
Invincible Armour (!)

Basicly anything that starts with a demonstration of shapes and style.
Also, I wish this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m22NECVD_dE was the opening to my Knockabout DVD. It's just a promo reel, right?

[ironfistedmonk]

You can't beat The Master (3 Evil Masters), that is the single greatest opening scene ever IMO.

[Endsang]

How could I forget! It's not a classic movie, I know, but I HAVE to mention Once Upon a Time in China.
This was the first "real" kung fu flick saw, and the intro simply spellbound me.

[fabhui]

Mine would have to be the opening for Warriors Two featuring Leung Kar Yan and Cassanova Wong in the bamboo forest. The voice over that goes with it just polishes the whole thing off nicely! ;)

[peringaten]

Judgement Of An Assassin's a favourite, absolute perfection start - pushes the film completely steamtraining it immediate; the rest's very nice, but doesn't live up to the expects from that off, I feel. Lion Vs Lion is also nice for the start.

Disciples Of Shaolin's probably my number one. The eventual music swell combined with that celluloid gets me like a motherfucker every time.

[AlbertV]

Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu was a funny opening sequence especially the "Jesus on the cross" reference and Jackie taking on a 1-foot long wooden dummy!!!
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
The Eagle's Killer where both John Chang and Hwang Jang-Lee showed their skills
Snake in the Monkey's Shadow

These are my favorites...

[quixote64]

Master of the Flying Guillotine has my favorite opening sequence ever. ever.

some others i like:
5 Deadly Venoms
Legendary Weapons of China
36th Chamber of Shaolin
Secret Rivals 2
Drunken Master

[thekfc]

I second that. How could I forget! It's not a classic movie, I know, but I HAVE to mention Once Upon a Time in China.

[WalkOn]

Game of Death
The Hot, the Cool, and the Vicious
Kung Fu Executioner
Dragon on Fire
Master Killer
Crystal Fist
Duel of the 7 Tigers
The Leg Fighters
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
The Five Deadly Venoms
Ninja Exterminator (The Devil Killer)
Rebellious Reign
Tai Chi Master

[rederror]

Crystal Fist

[Sifu]

My absolute favorite is the animated opening for Showdown at the Cotton Mill. It's so original, and the movie theme is really loud and get's you pumped.

The other two live-action faves are Legendary Weapons of China and Challenge of the Masters.

[Morgoth Bauglir]

I forgoth to list Ninja vs Shaolin Guards. Best scene of the movie.

[The Dragon]

How about 5EN? The blood spewing out over the credits along with the battle scenes to open the film set up the story and action to follow quite nicely.
:cool:

[Morgoth Bauglir]

^^:cool:^^

[TheManInWhite]

Here's my favorites:

The Master (3 Evil Masters) - easy the best opening ever from the dialogue to the action
The Hot, the Cool & the Vicious - seeing those three display their unique styles was awesome
Masked Avengers - that haunting music set up the 1st scene perfectly
Duel of the 7 Tigers - another awesome display of many different styles
Dirty Ho - cool start with Gordon Liu/Wong Yu opposing those soldiers
Executioners of Shaolin - starts with great fight between Pai Mai and the monk San Te

[Iron_Jinon1]

there is far too many to mention really...even as I am not biggest fan of liu chia liangs movies,his opening credit sequences are more often than not very good.
"invincible armour" has very good one,hwang jang lee presenting Iron Skin and Eagles Claw.When saw that 1st time thought this will be one hell of a movie.and it delivered:)

[Sifu]

there is far too many to mention really...even as I am not biggest fan of liu chia liangs movies,his opening credit sequences are more often than not very good.

Wow, how wrong you are! Not only do Legendary Weapons of China and 36th Chamber of Shaolin have some of the best, but he made Gordon Liu pretty famous for doin them!

[Iron_Jinon]

Wow, how wrong you are! Not only do Legendary Weapons of China and 36th Chamber of Shaolin have some of the best, but he made Gordon Liu pretty famous for doin them!
as old saying goes..for each his own^_-...had he made bloodthirsty movies like chang cheh he would have likely been supreme..but instead he made nonviolent stuff with touch of comedy(I do like my young auntie,shaolin challenges ninja&master killer)....

[Sifu]

I agree

[Morgoth Bauglir]

had he made bloodthirsty movies like chang cheh he would have likely been supreme..but instead he made nonviolent stuff with touch of comedy(I do like my young auntie,shaolin challenges ninja&master killer)....

That is true for the most part, except for 8 Diagram Pole Fighter. That was extremely violent. Damn I love that movie.

[Sifu]

He was good! That's what I'm sayin.

[5 Element Boxer]

There are so many great intros out there, like...

Challenge of the Masters (tops!!!!)
Shaolin & Wu Tang
Invincible Armour
Legendary Weapons of China
36th Chamber of Shaolin
Warriors Two
Shaolin Martial Arts
Eagle's Claw
Shaolin vs Lama
Ninja in the Dragon's Den
Shaolin Intruders
Clan of the White Lotus
My Young Auntie

[Iron_Jinon]

That is true for the most part, except for 8 Diagram Pole Fighter. That was extremely violent. Damn I love that movie.
8 diagram is awesome indeed...pity fu sheng did not make his way into final confrontation:(

[Sifu]

It was violent, a rarity for Lau-Kar Leung. But still who can compare that to the extreme violence in some Chan Cheh classic, he went overboard sometimes. What do ya think :o

[sammofan]

Warriors Two is my fave!

[Sifu]

Warriors Two is my fave!

Another classic :cool:

[Endsang]

I kinda liked the opening for 'Martial Club', with Lau Kar Leung talking about lion dancing etiquette while Gordon Liu and Robert Mak is performing in the background. Was kinda pleasant compared with the darker openings like in Executioners of Shaolin. :)

The opening for Drunken Monkey was pretty dope as well. Possibly the best part of the movie. True classic shaw style.

[FiveSwords]

Without a doubt, #1 is...

36th Chamber of Shaolin

I've been known to just loop that over and over.

Five Deadly Venoms, The Lost Swordship, & The Leg Fighters are favorites of mine as well.

[achiever]

It looks like the good guy's gonna prevail, BUT... Pei Mei withstands a killer head blow/ eye gouge, traps the monk's leg in his crotch, breaks his leg, and kills him!

TALK ABOUT CALSSIC!

[Sifu]

Without a doubt, #1 is...

36th Chamber of Shaolin

HA! Thank you :cool: Gordon Liu's the man. When he flails his fists through that waterfall in the opening he looks so badass!

[Morgoth Bauglir]

if you liked the opening credits in 36th chamber, you should check out Shaolin Drunken Monk.:p

[FiveSwords]

if you liked the opening credits in 36th chamber, you should check out Shaolin Drunken Monk.:p

Well, looks like Shaolin Drunken Monk is next on my "To Buy" list. :D

[Morgoth Bauglir]

The opening credits are kinda similiar, but the movie is actually pretty bad. If you are a hardcore kung fu fan you may like it. THere are some good fights with Gordon vs Chien Yuet San and Eagle Han. And there is a one armed guy in the movie.

And if you like Shaolin Drunken Monk, be sure to check out its companion piece, Fury in the Shaolin Temple (which is another bad movie:D).

[Sifu]

It was alright, just obviously not up to par with 36th Chamber :rolleyes: Very few movies are!

[Morgoth Bauglir]

Sheeit, I could name a hundred right now:D

[Sifu]

Sheeit, I could name a hundred right now:D

Well then our opinions differ greatly, oh well :(

[Morgoth Bauglir]

Well then our opinions differ greatly, oh well :(


I doubt our opinions differ too much on this. I give 36th Chamber a perfect 5/5, but there are many many other movies I would say are up to par with it.

[FrankBolte]

my top 5

Tigress of shaolin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ0uq53BTe4

Enter the fat dragon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG1qshYokiw

knockabout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m22NECVD_dE

Butcher wing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNtSIqL6Aws

Disciples of shaolin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZJe1OQmOqk

[Sifu]

AH! Great movies. I thought I'd turn 'em into actual vids instead of hyperlinks, don't know if you knew you could do that here, but it's a nice feature. To tell you the truth, I'm not a big fan of Disciples of Shaolin's opening. It's just a less epic version of 36th's!

my top 5

Tigress of shaolin
tQ0uq53BTe4

Enter the fat dragon
YG1qshYokiw

knockabout
m22NECVD_dE

Butcher wing
kNtSIqL6Aws

Disciples of shaolin
QZJe1OQmOqk

[FrankBolte]

yes its less epic but better performed..its the iron wire set,tit sin kuen and its something like the original..

36th chamber i didnt mention cos it was already plenty of times..

[Sifu]

36th chamber i didnt mention cos it was already plenty of times..

True :o I guess it'd be redundant. I agree with several of your choices though.

[Endsang]

Not classic movie, but..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXotN4Z0Ml4

[The Dragon]

Hey guys, how about the opening to Dreadnaught? It had some very good action with White Tiger going ape on the cops who were trying to arrest him and his wife at that little teahouse. When they murdered his pregnant spouse, it was all she wrote!:p He was driven mad by his loss...

[DRUNKEN UNCLE 68]

I Have To Throw In Billy Chong's Display In "super Power". Also The Missing Opening Sequence From "knockabout" With Yuen Biao And Sammo Hung- You Can Find That On You Tube. And There Is Also The Opening Sequence Of The Bloody Tattoo A.k.a. The Loot!!!:)

[Righteous Master]

My current fav is The 36th Chamber of Shaolin.

[Sifu]

My current fav is The 36th Chamber of Shaolin.

I agree!

[The Dragon]

Enter The Dragon has an exciting, opening. The fight between Lee and Sammo is very energetic. The camera angles are good, and the flow of the action is direct, and ever so subtle.

[Sifu]

Enter The Dragon has an exciting, opening. The fight between Lee and Sammo is very energetic. The camera angles are good, and the flow of the action is direct, and ever so subtle.

I disagree. To me, the opening is only good because of Sammo's presence. And Bruce of course, it didn't feel too fluid.

[MasterDrunk]

Me again, maniac Thread starter. Hope it hasn't been done for a while. For me you can't beat a great opening to set the tone for the Kung-Fu ride your about to go on. So iv'e put my own 5 favs off the top of my head down. And to see if anyone agrees/ want's to adds them.

1.Warriors Two
2.The Hot The Cool And The Vicious
3.Snake in The Eagle's Shadow
4.Master Of The Flying Gulliotine
5.The Thundering Mantis


"When I Lose? I Wont even notice, I'll be to busy looking good." Jim Kelly ETD

[Sifu]

ANOTHER THREAD THAT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE! Wow, you're on a roll MasterDrunk! :D

http://kungfucinema.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3957&page=3

[Morgoth Bauglir]

haha, you are on fire Masterdrunk:D

[Sifu]

Another fave, definitely puttin some new ones up, I just can't remember which! :confused:

[Morgoth Bauglir]

Another fave, definitely puttin some new ones up, I just can't remember which! :confused:

Thanks, please keep us informed.

[Chinatown Kid]

Two faves of mine are the opening intros of Billy Chong's Jade Claw aka Crystal Fist and Kung Fu Executioner.

[MasterDrunk]

Sorry Sifu. Guess im a bit impulsive, lethargic etc When it comes to doing homework . Don't know what the cut off time would be for resurrecting a topic, but will definitely do more scanning before having any more 'brainwaves' Figured in would surely have come up b4 but didn't spot in my brief scans. Will do my utmost to avoid such errors of judgement in future. So as to avoid giving reason for yours {any1 else's} disapproval. As you really don't strike me as the sort of person I would want to engage in any sort of banter {properly visa versa} with. So hopefully you will have no reason to voice opinions on any subject I may comment on/ raise in the future. And if you do ill simply ignore them, say what you like obviously {freedom of speech etc} but as to trying to rile annoy/put me off etc I'll quote my K-FU hero Bruce Lee "Don't waste yourself" .Once again sorry.

[oldeschool17]

36 Chamber of Shaolin, Five Venoms, Delightful Forest, Five Elemental Ninjas

[Morgoth Bauglir]

Here's some of my favs-

Lost Swordship
Hitman in the Hand of Buddha
Iron Monkey (Kuan Tai)
8 Escorts
Secret Rivals 2
Showdown at the Cottonmill
Legend of a Fighter
Buddha Assassinator
Leg Fighters
3 Evil Masters

My #1 would be Ninja in the Dragon's Den.

And good choices Masterdrunk. Love that music at the beginning of MOTFG.

[Bravery]

Sorry Sifu. Guess im a bit impulsive, lethargic etc When it comes to doing homework . Don't know what the cut off time would be for resurrecting a topic, but will definitely do more scanning before having any more 'brainwaves' Figured in would surely have come up b4 but didn't spot in my brief scans. Will do my utmost to avoid such errors of judgement in future. So as to avoid giving reason for yours {any1 else's} disapproval. As you really don't strike me as the sort of person I would want to engage in any sort of banter {properly visa versa} with. So hopefully you will have no reason to voice opinions on any subject I may comment on/ raise in the future. And if you do ill simply ignore them, say what you like obviously {freedom of speech etc} but as to trying to rile annoy/put me off etc .I'll quote my K-FU hero here Bruce Lee "Don't waste yourself" .Once again sorry.


Don't apologise for starting topics that are old, if you didn't see it you didn't see it. Let the people who have a problem with it deal. If they choose to walk aroun the mountain rather than step over the mole hill, it's there problem. Ignore and don't make it yours

[MasterDrunk]

Nice choices Old Skool17 . Morgoth a fair few there I ain't seen.But yer love the NITDD one {great tune } and the MOTFG brilliant opening and theme {they sampled it briefly in Kill Bill} And Bravery cheers for comments but the guy's entitled to take certain things seriously if he wants to ,he's obviously very passionate about the genre/forum and probably thinks who's this joker posting old stuff/ silliness and as our Icons/names would suggest were defiantly not similar characters so may not exactly get on have similar views etc. But its been cool chattin with some fans on here so ill be trying to stick to some guidelines as while the novelty factor will ware off a bit soon and overdoing threads comments will fade I'm sure its a forum ill be checking out for a long time.

[Morgoth Bauglir]

Don't let him get to you. I think he has a goal of pissing off everyone on this forum one by one. If that's not his goal, then he has me fooled. I just try to ignore him for the most part, and it works out pretty well.

[mark187]

"let's get outta here...that guy's crazy!" ~Thundering Mantis, hilarious intro!!

personally, I love the intros/opening credits to The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, probably because they were the first two martial arts films I watched in their entirety. there are a ton of other good ones though

[MasterDrunk]

Yer cool Morgoth. Not bothered really, just wanted to get the message over that he shouldn't "waste himself" but he's prob got a point in the raising recent threads dept .And yer Mark just saw the TM 4 the 1st time a few days ago , His slapstick opening fight and then the 'mad' intro with him havin some sort of fit on the floor , set the scene nicely {print I had wasn't the best hope it gets a remastering one day if it already hasn't} Regarding the Brucie's haven't seen those two in a while can't remember the intro's {shame on me} But Enter the Dragon {my 1st K-Fu and still one of my favs } had a cool intro with Lalo Schfrin's funky score and clips of BL JK JS, deserves to be up there.


"Man you come straight out of a comic book" JK ETD

[Endsang]

I loved the initial seremony in Gang Master, starring Austin Wai.

[thekfc]

OUATIC - where all the people training on the beach
New Legend of Shaolin - Jet & his Kid, the sword or the toy.

[oldeschool17]

not so much the intro but i love the music for the intros of Shaolin Temple and Life Gamble

[Sifu]

OUATIC - where all the people training on the beach

Epic, did they do that for the second as well. Or did are you thinking of OUATIC II. Great stuff though, the intro and ending of OUATIC III featured the lion dancers. Pretty impressive as well, too bad it was a crappy movie :(

[thekfc]

Both OUATIC 1 & 2 do have the training sequence on the beach, the difference are before getting to the beach training, in Pt 1 - Lion dance on the boat (sub version) then beach training, the dub version just starts with the beach training & in Pt 2 - White Lotus Cult training then Jet on train & beach training.

OUATIC 1 Dub Opening:
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OUATIC 1 Sub Opening:
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OUATIC 2 Opening
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OUATIC 3 Opening:
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[Sifu]

SO HARD TO CHOOSE WHICH IS FAVORITE! :eek:

[CrazyFrog]

I kinda like the one for Warriors Two, with Leung Kar Yan and Casanova Wong showcasing their abilities in the (fake) bamboo forest. Don't know why but it just is cool!

[Sifu]

Another thing that came to mind is the scale, each one increases in scale, the budget for OUATIC III, whether it was a good movie or not, was astronomical. But of course it had to be, OUATIC II grossed over 30 mil :eek:

OUATIC 1 Sub Opening:
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OUATIC 2 Opening
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OUATIC 3 Opening:
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[The Dragon]

I disagree. To me, the opening is only good because of Sammo's presence. And Bruce of course, it didn't feel too fluid.

You got to be kidding...

[Sifu]

Will do my utmost to avoid such errors of judgement in future.

Honestly, that's all I wanted. I'd hate for you to leave like you said you were. We need the posters, let's not mention this crap anymore. Let's get to the movies, try our best to keep the forum clean (guess I didn't realize that means arguments as well) together... :D No hard feelings intended, I'll chill. I hate confrontations.

[Bus]

mystery of chess boxing
secret rivals 2
snake strike fist
shaolin vs wu tang
hitman in the hand of buddha
duel of the 7 tigers
legend of a fighter

[Black Dragon]

Legendary Weapons
3 Evil Masters
Iron Monkey
Born Invincible
5 Deadly Venoms

[Sifu]

Iron Monkey

The original, right?

[Morgoth Bauglir]

Iron Monkey intro- animal cruelty at its best:p

[The Dragon]

The Man From Hong Kong, with Wang Yu at the academy training the cadets, and the intro song "Sky High" strikes up... It's one of the best theme songs ever for a MA flick.
:D

[Shaolivevil]

THE BIG BOSS
WARRIORS TWO
EXECUTIONERS OF SHAOLIN
FLAG OF IRON
THE DELINQUENT
THE SAVAGE 5
CHINESE SUPER NINJAS
SHANGHAI 13

[WuxiaFan]

I love Bruce Lee's openings, especially:
FIST OF FURY
WAY OF THE DRAGON

[jrcma]

One of my favourite openings but it just before the credits is Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars the bit where it talks about wars, space shuttles ect & then said 'However, none of these has anything to do with the story that follows.' lol:)

[June]

KUNG FU EXECUTIONERS (billy chong & carl scott)

[lillippa328]

Drunken Monkey...


because it was in 2002/2003 and it had that classic Shaw brothers opening to it from the 70's/80's!!! Loved the vintageness!

[jiujitsu77]

for me, regardless if there is fighting in the opening credits, it has to have a good tune....kinda like a spaghetti western (believe it or not, that is how i know if the movie is going to be good, so far im not wrong...yet)

all the bruce lee films had KILLER opening tunes.
snake in eagles shadow is great because of the music AND jackie's forms

also...life of a ninja has and awesome opening sequence. ninjas and chicks mud-wrestling. who could ask for more?

[The Dragon]

Game of Death's opening title sequence was pretty cool with the games of chance themes centered around the clips of Lee and Norris' colosseum battle.

[jrcma]

Game of Death's opening title sequence was pretty cool with the games of chance themes centered around the clips of Lee and Norris' colosseum battle.

I think it's very much like a Bond opening.

[ThunderScore]

I think it's very much like a Bond opening.

Not to mention having John Barry compose the score...!

[AbeRudder]

Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin had a cool intro with Jackie showing off his weaponry skills. Snake in the Eagles Shadow is still my favourite with Jackie performing his snake style with the trippy music in the background.

[Bronx Rican]

Shaolin Drunken Monk is no keeper, but is at least a must-see if you're like me and need to watch something hilariously awful now and then to put a smile on your face.

Since I can't recall many at the moment, just a couple to point out that music makes the intro in my case for the most part: Dirty Ho and The Master. I'd love to get that music; I know the former is available at least.

Special mention to Life Gamble: never caught this flick until recently, and the titles were impressive. Everyone's perfectly still, and mostly dead serious, with all the beautiful flags and that well-known "Holy Grail" music playing. Made the film look very ambitious.

[crazedjustice888]

Mine would be...

Shaolin Martial Arts
Shaolin Avengers
Heroes Two
36th Chamber of Shaolin
Legendary Weapons of China
Drunken Monkey

Thats all I can think of now.

[dannyfu]

Shaolin & Wutang is the absolute best by far. Got to get the flashlegs version.

[lillippa328]

Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin had a cool intro with Jackie showing off his weaponry skills. Snake in the Eagles Shadow is still my favourite with Jackie performing his snake style with the trippy music in the background.

Oh yea Jackie did his thing for about 6-7 minutes in Snake and Crane Arts...very nice

[jkl]

Game of Death's opening title sequence was pretty cool with the games of chance themes centered around the clips of Lee and Norris' colosseum battle.


my fave too XD

[butcher wing]

i really like is shaolin and wu tang, and shaolin vs. lama and snake in the monkeys shadow

[rederror]

Got to be Crystal Fist. Music and action is perfect!

[odioustrident]

Does anyone know another opening sequence in a film like Death Games? A modern day action movie with an oldschool series of fights/demonstration in the beginning?

[inframan]

Snake in the Eagles Shadow is still my favourite with Jackie performing his snake style with the trippy music in the background.

the song is by Space: Magic Fly (http://www.google.com/url?q=http://s0.ilike.com/play%23Space:Magic%2BFly:1040338:m35807957&sa=X&ei=rRg_TL3MG4K88gb_mMCDCw&ved=0CBMQ0wQoADAA&usg=AFQjCNFVVrzK_3MK8F7dm6QSUUvRfax6Mw)

One of my favorites is Shaolin Rescuers and of course Shaolin v WuTang.

[mpm74]

Game of Death or One Armed Swordsman II.

[Fang Shih-yu]

There's something about the opening of Disciples of Shaolin with all that time devoted to Fu Sheng's moves on that near-empty Shaw "sound"stage! One can't help but be sentimental over watching the guy at his (arguably) physical peak doing Hung Fist movements even better than he did on the "3 Styles" featurette! He was taken from us too soon.

[Da 8th Immortal]

Mine would be (off the top of my dome)...

Warriors Two = training in a bamboo forest...you can't beat that

3 Evil Masters = you got a kung fu master chillin to the fullest extent waitin for three clowns to make his day

Shaolin vs. WuTang = expelled student feeelin like he's been hated on

Executioners From Shaolin = time for justice; time for revenge

Buddhist Fist = clan vs clan

Duel of the Seven Tigers = individuals showcasing the skills

The Sentimental Swordsman = one smooth dude ('nuff said)

What Price Survival = any opening with David Chiang is definitely an opening

[hutchy1111]

One of the best in my opinion is Snake in Eagle's Shadow.

Below is a You Tube link to the intro of the film along with the superb music.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFvOI-NMgrs

[emeraldforest]

Snake crane secret
school of shaolin
shaolin assassin

[inframan]

One of the best in my opinion is Snake in Eagle's Shadow.

Below is a You Tube link to the intro of the film along with the superb music.

Enjoy!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFvOI-NMgrs
That's the opening from the English version where they had to change the music. This one is the original:
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