Another year has gone and here we are with The New Year’s Eve Poll: the best martial art movie of 2021. The readers of Jutsu No Movies are called to stretch their fingers and vote one of the five nominees of this year.
The second edition
The New Year’s Eve Poll is currently on its second edition, and the rules are always the same: I will introduce you the best five martial art movies of the current year, you will decide the worthy movie to win the title of best martial art movie of 2021. The winner will be the protagonist of the new year first post, with special insights and curiosities.
Remembering the winner of the past edition, Enter the Fat Dragon, Donnie Yen’s movie claimed the audience votes, with his high quality fights and fun. This year the challenge will be more competitive and serious with five big movies production eagerly anticipated by the martial art movie aficionados!
The nominees
We are continuing struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic and its variants around the globe, but we are slowly taking control of it, and fight back. The same it is happening to the movie industry, which this year launched powerful material regarding the martial art action scenes, and it is currently filming others big titles that we will enjoy very soon. But let’s focus on the present and let’s see the five nominees of this year:
- Raging Fire, it is the last movie directed by the one and only Benny Chan (known internationally for directing Jackie Chan in Who am I?) before his death. The movie includes the participation of the martial art star of the moment Donnie Yen, returning once again in a “police story”, this time against the multi talent celebrity Nicholas Tse. Once again Donnie Yen will give to the audience his astonishing physical and dramatic version of himself, demonstrating his mastery for the martial art movie genre.
- Castle Falls, it is a film starred and directed by the martial artist Dolph Lungren. The Swedish star shares the stage with another excellence of the martial art movie genre, Scott Adkins. The couple, already tested and fully approved in Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, Skin Trade and The Expendables, are joining forces to deliver one of the best action movie of the last years.
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, it is one of the big production of the year and the first marvel movie to enter to the pool. The superhero movie includes a large cast of talented actors like: Simu Liu, Meng’er Zhang, Tony Leung and even Michelle Yeoh herself. The action scenes are really treated, delivering to the audience a modern Wuxia movie with tons of references to the Chinese martial art world.
- The Matrix Resurrection, the movie that changed the action genre forever returned in this fourth installment of the saga. After 18 years from the last episode, Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss “are resurrected” to reprise their respective roles, with new faces like: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick and Jonathan Groff. But also old ones, like Jada Pinkett Smith and Daniel Bernhardt. Will this new episode change the conception that we have of the reality once more? Or is it already outdated technology?
- Undercover Punch and Gun, it is a Hong Kong martial art movie starring the martial artist Philip Ng, seen the past year right in Enter the Fat Dragon, for a cameo. The martial art choreographer returns as protagonist in this new action crime movie, full of punches! And guns…
And that’s it with The New Year’s Eve Poll: the best martial art movie of 2021! I hope you guys are doing well and safe. My commitment to the project is not changed, but I do have less time to dedicate to the articles… Despite that, I am trying to deliver always on time the very best news about martial art and medias out there. I hope you appreciate my effort, please keep following and supporting me.
Thank you my dear readers, I wish you all an Happy New Year!