Good Chuck Norris Films

[DeathFuMaster]

Any good old Chuck Norris flicks with more martial arts instead of just Guns and war type movies???

[Killer Meteor]

An Eye for an Eye is pretty good

[KUNG FU BOB]

All his older titles are more about martial arts than guns and war. Check out THE OCTAGON, GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK, and SILENT RAGE.

[kingofkungfu2002]

A Force Of One, Forced Vengeance, Lone Wolf McQuade.

[Killer Meteor]

All his older titles are more about martial arts than guns and war. Check out THE OCTAGON, GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK, and SILENT RAGE.

I dunno, I think its REALLY stretching it to call Good Guys Wear Black a martial arts film

[KUNG FU BOB]

I dunno, I think its REALLY stretching it to call Good Guys Wear Black a martial arts film

I guess you're right. :quiet:

[Killer Meteor]

I guess you're right. :quiet:

The DVD calls it "a martial arts classic" but its mostly slow chases and lots of dull political talk

[shaolin drunkard]

Good Guys Wear Black might help if suffering from insomnia.Only OK scene is exploding of plane and short fight after that.

Slaughter in san francisco is good,it does not hurt movie norris ain`t lead star.Octagon too.Stay away from lone wolf mcquade,breaker breaker and a force of one.

His old movies have something in common with Bruce Lee flicks,loads of henchmen stand still waiting to be kicked or punched(he has very swift backround kick).

Of his action movies at least Missing in Actions,Delta force#2 and invasion usa make enjoyable viewing experience.Me recalls hero and the terror was not bad either.

[DeathFuMaster]

So The Octagon, Eye For And Eye, Forced Vengeance, and Silent Rage seem to be the "good list". I like his military stuff, but I was looking for some of his older ones hoping they would be like his performance in Way of the Dragon. So I will check these out, thanks.

[Jesse Smooth]

Lone Wolf McQuade. You gotta be in the mood for that one. :p:p:p

[jiujitsu77]

i heart sidekicks....no lie

[KUNG FU BOB]

I like the nunchaku sequence. :D

[Chinatown Kid]

I liked Lone Wolf McQuade, it had a spaghetti western feel to it and the fight between Chuck and Carradine was surprisingly good, the best Carradine has ever looked in a fight imo.

[tdb]

I have a soft spot for the Octagon and seem to recall An Eye For An Eye being pretty good.

[DeathFuMaster]

i heart sidekicks....no lie

One of my favorite movies as a kid. Used to rewind over and over back then. Mabey I'll update my vhs version one day.

Lone Wolf was alright, but as I said...Im looking for more Martial Arts stuff less guns.

[gfanikf]

Any good old Chuck Norris flicks with more martial arts instead of just Guns and war type movies???

Well even the gun and war type movies had martial arts. Delta Force and Delta Force 2 has a lot of roundhouse kicks and in the first one he really beats the shit of Robert Forester. Hell, same thing happened in Invasion USA, Richard Lynch, said despite having a stunt double he still had a bunch of bruises. In that case its not that Chuck was being a dick or something (or the Richard was claiming it), just to get good impact, you often have to make contact.

Still I would say Slaughter in San Fransisco is his more Hong Kong one since it was a Golden Harvest film.

I liked Lone Wolf McQuade, it had a spaghetti western feel to it and the fight between Chuck and Carradine was surprisingly good, the best Carradine has ever looked in a fight imo.
Well, it did have a score from Francesco De Masi, which always helps :)

[DeathFuMaster]

Still I would say Slaughter in San Fransisco is his more Hong Kong one since it was a Golden Harvest film.

I would like to watch it(because it was a Golden Harvest film), but its only on VHS and VCD...NO DVD!!!(a chuck fricken norris movie without a DVD release, blasphemy!!!)..................plus I heard it was BAD!

[KUNG FU BOB]

Hey, wasn't there a lot of hand-to-hand stuff in one of the MISSING IN ACTION movies? I think it might have been part 2. I haven't seen these since they were first released.

[jiujitsu77]

well everyone has said it, but the octagon is really one of his best...if not one of the best american MA films of the 80's. anything with Lee Van Cleef is also an added bonus. LVC is the man!

[KUNG FU BOB]

well everyone has said it, but the octagon is really one of his best...if not one of the best american MA films of the 80's. anything with Lee Van Cleef is also an added bonus. LVC is the man!

I second (or 7th or 8th or whatever) that! Plus, Richard "Painful?" Norton and Tadashi Yamashita as ninjas?! Score.:D

[kowloon]

I LOVE THIS 3:

THE HITMAN
DELTA FORCE 1
CODE OF SILENCE

[drunkenmaster]

Strange how "Top Dog" never gets a mention.

:angel:

[TibetanWhiteCrane]

Or Firewalker.....??

[GoldenFist]

I'm sorry, I really dont like Chuck that much and niether did I like his TV show but a good movie was " Top Dog "

[DeathFuMaster]

I hope you guys are being sarcastic, a movie about a Dog companion and a Indiana Jones rip off...to each their own I guess. I know Chuck didnt have the greatest run, but he was great in Way of the Dragon and I just wanted to check out some of his older HK style films.

[TibetanWhiteCrane]

I thought that was pretty obvious:)

[Markgway]

Best Chucks?

Invasion USA
Code of Silence
The Missing in Action Trilogy

The Octagon and The Delta Force are pretty good too.

Worst?

The Hero and the Terror
Top Dog
Silent Rage

[jiujitsu77]

white crane...really? i thought firewalker was pretty fun. it holds up kinda today too. lou gosset jr is a bad mo fo. just like in the principal.....now that's a damn good movie

[bamboo spear]

The Octagon and Forced Vengeance are my favorite marital arts-based Chuck films, but Invasion USA and Lone Wolf McQuade are good "shoot em' up" action films with some obligatory karate thrown in. I read somewhere that the central character in Invasion USA (swamp-dwelling ex agent badass) was supposed to be the central character in Avenging Force, but they went with Michael Dudikoff for it. Too bad. Chuck could have had his own James Bond/Indiana Jones type character.

[HyperDrive]

An honorable mention is The Cutter where Chuck squares off against Daniel Bernhardt

[Tosh]

I saw The Octagon and Forced Vengeance a couple hundred times when I was a kid, I also have a special place for the Lone Wolf McQuade movie though I'm sure it's pretty bad as I haven't seen it for a while. Chuck was no Choreographer, he had a blinding spin kick and that's about it, still I'll always love these movies, I need to revisit them.

[Rebornman]

I really like Lone WolfMcQuade

[Markgway]

The Octagon and Forced Vengeance are my favorite marital arts-based Chuck films, but Invasion USA and Lone Wolf McQuade are good "shoot em' up" action films with some obligatory karate thrown in. I read somewhere that the central character in Invasion USA (swamp-dwelling ex agent badass) was supposed to be the central character in Avenging Force, but they went with Michael Dudikoff for it. Too bad. Chuck could have had his own James Bond/Indiana Jones type character.

Avenging Force was a prequel to Invasion USA.

Dudikoff was playing a younger version of Chuck's character.

[DeathFuMaster]

I watched An Eye for An Eye today and is was good. Not as much fighting as I would have liked but Chuck had no beard and it was cool. Next Im planning to watch the Octagon and will tell you what I think.

[kowloon]

yes MATT HUNTER

[bamboo spear]

Speaking of which, did Avenging Force ever get a Region 1 DVD release? His battle with the faceless ninja was one of my favorite battles when I was a lad. That guy was straight out of an Eric Lustbader novel!

[Markgway]

Speaking of which, did Avenging Force ever get a Region 1 DVD release?

No. But it was released in the UK and across Europe (R2 territories) in an open matte (1.33) version. The Australian disc is also open matte despite falsely claiming anamophic widescreen (1.78) on the cover.

[Kwok Choi]

I am glad Bamboo spear mentioned the author Eric Van Lustbader as Chuck Norris' "The Octagon" draws parallels with Lusbader's masterpiece book "The Ninja".I think the David Bradley / Mark Dacascos flick "American Samurai" also borrows from this book.

[bamboo spear]

Yeah, everytime I watch Revenge of the Ninja, I can't help but think of Saigo storming the building at the end of The Ninja. Man, that book takes me back to 11th grade!

[Kwok Choi]

I agree;superb book.Quite historically relevant as well.Just don't understand why the book itself was not adapted into a movie of it's own rather than just borrow bits off it.Maybe Hollywood couldn't quite figure out the philosophical concept at the time which could affect marketing but handled well " The Ninja " would have been one hell of a movie.Saigo rules.

[AlbertV]

Okay here are my favorite Norris flicks:

Breaker! Breaker! - I'm sorry but I have a soft spot for those old trucker movies thanks to Smokey and the Bandit.
A Force of One - Norris vs. Bill Wallace. Not bad for an American MA film.
The Octagon - awesome ninja film with Norris

Honorable mention only for the funniest look in a fight scene Ive ever seen:
Sidekicks - when Norris does the slow motion jumping side kick and the look on Joe Piscopo's face before the BAM! is definitely priceless LOL

[Rebornman]

i was digging in the Walmart bin of death and found a 3 packer. It has the presidents men #1-#2 and.... wow cant remember the last movie and cant find the damn dvd........ only cost me $5. i bet my gf tossed it.

[AlbertV]

Could it be his last film to date, The Cutter, opposite Daniel Bernhardt?

[Bravery]

no it's Logans War. Walmarts 5$ bin rocks.

[GungFuFighter]

Let's see, my favorite Norris films have to be...

Delta Force 1 & 2
Missing In Action 1, 2, & 3
The Octagon
Breaker, Breaker
Silent Rage

[TibetanWhiteCrane]

To be serious...

LoneWolf McQuade

Chuck's best movie IMO...

Missing In Action 2: The Beginning
Invasion U.S.A.
The Delta Force

Delightful pieces of Cannon 80's cheese...

[WongFury]

Chuck Norris is the man hands down that stare and beard speaks for itself.. the man is fearless lol,. nobody can punch anyone in the face like chuck norris, I like the last two seasons of Walker Texas Ranger, those punch sound effects won me over lol I love it, His latest Walker Texas Ranger movie that he did was technically his last movie to date it was just released before "The Cutter" which was filmed in 2003 . Walker Texas Ranger :Trial by Fire was in 2005, he has a good up to date type fight scene in that movie in a restaurant with a bald asian guy that kinda looks like a shaved lion or a snake, but it was short but cool.

[Blood Sword]

Maybe none of chuck norris movie can be called great but at least missing in actions,eye for an eye,forced vengeance,octacon...and breaker breaker were ok for me..hell,they are not masterpieces but I did not yawn when watched them:nerd:

[blue_skies]

Go onto Google and type in-
Where is Chuck Norris, but don't click enter, click I'm Feeling Lucky.


:bigsmile:

[Markgway]

Google only searches because Chuck allows it.

[ShaOW!linDude]

Google only searches because Chuck allows it.

BWA----HAAAAA---HAAAAA!!!!

Good one, Markgway! Spot on!

[OpiumKungFuCracker]

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[Fat_Dragon]

Google only searches because Chuck allows it.

http://i55.tinypic.com/8we99y.jpg

[The Dragon]

No such thing.

[mpm74]

lol that google chuck norris thing is funny. =D

Anyways, I think his best films are Code of Silence, Lone Wolf McQuade and Delta Force.

[Michael L.]

Lone Wolf McQuade is crazy awesome. Caine and Chakotay from Star Trek Voyager? Sign me up! I also have a soft spot for The Octagon. To this day I can't walk into a dark, unfamiliar room without Chuck's faux whisper of "Ninjas! There are ninjas here!" in my head. You know what? I'd rather watch Sidekicks than most kid-aimed martial arts flicks (3 Ninjas, Surf Ninjas, Karate Kid... although I haven't seen the new one). I also really like Breaker, Breaker, but I have a soft spot for late '70s trucker films, as almost anyone who was in elementary school in the late '70s should.

I can't remember if I like Good Guys Wear Black or not... I bet I do.

[ShaOW!linDude]

The Google bit is great! That's too funny!



No such thing.

Oh, come on.:tongue:

[Iron Boat]

Missing in Action 2

[AndyWayne84]

Breaker! Breaker

A Force of One

Lone Wolf McQuade. Why because it has Chuck Norris Vs David Carradine aka Walker Texas Ranger vs Kwai chang caine.

The Hitman. I know it's cheesy but i enjoyed that movie from it's cool one liners, Chuck even knocking out that redneck.



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

[Markgway]

http://i55.tinypic.com/8we99y.jpg

Blue Skies already suggested that link. That's what I was commenting on!

[FrankBolte]

MC uade has a nice soundtrack

[blue_skies]

close but it's.....


Google won't search for Chuck Norris because it knows you don't find Chuck Norris, he finds you.

EDIT: sorry didn't see people had seen the answer ...still a fun google search answer