Movies like Tai Chi Hero

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Tai Chi Hero (2012)
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Tai Chi Hero (2012)
Original name: 太極2 英雄崛起
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Chinese steampunk martial arts blockbuster about the early years of Tai chi master Yang Luchan, the man who founded in the 19th century what has now become the most popular Tai Chi style in the world. The second instalment of the "Tai Chi" trilogy continues the journey of Yang Luchan, a gifted child with a fleshy growth on his forehead who helped save a village from a frightening army of steampunk soldiers bearing strange machines with the knowledge of Tai Chi that they entrusted him with.
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, tense, offbeat
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, tai chi, battles, mortal combat, master warrior, rivalry, society, danger, medieval, misfit, kung fu, karate, wuxia, fight, deaf, asian, swashbuckler, fight scenes, mutant, supernatural, imaginary, master villain, power relations, violent content, steampunk ...
Time: 2010s
Place: china, asia
Keyword: chinese

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, serious, stylized and epic films with plots about martial arts, heroes, medieval, rivalry, master warrior, kung fu and danger mostly in Action, Fantasy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Tai Chi Hero: The Wrath of Vajra (2013), The Tsunami Warrior (2008), The Storm Warriors (2009), The Four (2012), Zu Warriors (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Tai Chi Zero (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In legendary Chen Village, everyone is a martial arts master, using their powerful Chen Style Tai Chi in all aspects of their lives. Lu Chan has arrived to train, but the villagers are forbidden to teach Chen Style to outsiders, and do their best to ...
Style: stylized, serious, offbeat, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, master warrior, superhuman powers, mortal combat, super weapon, battles, teaching the ways of the world, danger, society, rivalry, supernatural, medieval ...
Time: 2010s
Place: china, asia
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The Wrath of Vajra (2013)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In the 1930s , a Japanese cult called The Temple of Hades was ordered to cooperate with the Japanese military to destroy China. They buy so many young children from poor family , who will be trained as a lethal killing machine and serve the Empire ...
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, scenic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: shaolin, martial arts, mortal combat, danger, vengeance, imaginary, medieval, master warrior, escapades, contests and competitions, good versus evil, superhuman powers ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 2010s
Place: china
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100%
The Tsunami Warrior (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, History
Country: Thailand
Duration: 154 min.
Story: As sea pirates threaten to invade their kingdoms, three queens of Langkasuka must band together to defend their lands and peoples.
Style: serious, captivating, exciting, epic, stylized
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: pirate, martial arts, danger, imaginary, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, battles, medieval, master villain, master warrior, supernatural, vengeance ...
Time: 17th century
Place: asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Storm Warriors (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Wind and Cloud find themselves up against a ruthless Japanese warlord intent on invading China.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, visually stunning, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, supernatural ability, supernatural, master warrior, heroes, good versus evil, friends, battles, medieval, imaginary, partner ...
Place: asia, china
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100%
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The Four (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An undercover agent is assigned by his corrupt chief to infiltrate a rival department and sabotage their investigation of counterfeit currency. What he discovers is the counterfeiter's real plan. To overthrow the capital. Not by flooding it ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, scary, captivating ...
Plot: martial arts, supernatural, investigation, secret agent, rivalry, zombie, medieval, undercover, danger, wuxia, military officer, officer ...
Place: china, asia, ancient china
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Zu Warriors (2001)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story: King Sky (Ekin Cheng), the sole disciple of the Kun Lun Sect, falls in love with his master Dawn (Cecilia Cheung). Dawn is killed when Insomnia destroys the Kin Lun Mountain. King Sky waits for two hundred years and meets Enigma (Cecilia Cheung), ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, epic
Plot: martial arts, save the world, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, supernatural, rescue, supernatural ability, wuxia, escapades, rivalry, danger, legend ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: china, asia
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The Pirates (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story: On the eve of the founding of the Joseon Dynasty, a whale swallows the Emperor's Seal of State being brought to Joseon by envoys from China. With a big reward on whoever brings back the royal seal, mountain bandits led by Jang Sa-jung go out to ...
Style: exciting, serious, humorous, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: pirate, joseon dynasty, martial arts, rivalry, danger, battles, escapades, medieval, ship, ocean, sailing, asian history ...
Time: 14th century, middle ages
Place: korea, ancient china
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Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: China
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Flying Swords of Dragon Gate picks up three years after the infamous Dragon Inn was burnt down in the desert when its innkeeper Jade vanished. A new gang of marauders had taken over - innkeepers by day and treasure hunters by night. The inn is the ...
Style: exciting, stylized, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, battles, mistress, heroes, danger, eunuch, kung fu, medieval, desert, escapades, rivalry ...
Time: 15th century
Place: china, ancient china, seattle, asia
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A Man Called Hero (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Episodic saga from the first half of the 20th century follows Hero Hua from an ill-omened June day in his youth to a showdown 17 years later with a disaffected member of his martial-arts school, a Japanese named Invincible. Tensions between Chinese ...
Style: epic, serious, exciting, stylized
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, medieval, ninja, kung fu, swashbuckler, superhero, racism, destiny, curse, danger, hopes ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: china, asia, usa, new york, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Forbidden Warrior (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The Gaia Za is a sacred tome that holds many ancient and powerful spells to be unlocked by a so-called Chosen One expected to be born to one of two leading families: the Khans or the Marajis. Unwilling to leave the clan's fate to the gods, Che ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, serious
Plot: martial arts, good versus evil, kung fu, rivalry, danger, escapades, legends and myths, destiny, heroic mission, heroes, medieval, master warrior ...
Place: asia, china
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7 Assassins (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When social unrest plagues a Kingdom in ancient China, the Imperial Court collects stockpiles of gold from local governments to expand the royal army. However, the gold is robbed while in transport. In a desperate move to retrieve the stolen ...
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, intense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rebellion, martial arts, heroic mission, assassin, master warrior, medieval, revolution, state affairs, gold, partner, friendship, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s
Place: china, asia
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Reign of Assassins (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places herself in mortal danger ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sword fight, martial arts, master warrior, wuxia, kung fu, vengeance, betrayal, escapades, uninhibited rivalry, mortal combat, dishonesty, medieval ...
Time: 15th century
Place: china, asia, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 123 min.
Story: An exiled detective is recruited to solve a series of mysterious deaths that threaten to delay the inauguration of Empress Wu.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, stylized, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, tang dynasty, medieval, murder, state affairs, political intrigue, police investigation, wuxia, occult, head of state, dishonesty ...
Time: 2010s, 7th century
Place: china, ancient china, asia
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: China, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
Style: stylized, light, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, female warrior, master warrior, wuxia, sword fight, heroes, medieval, love and romance, fight, revenge, sword and sorcery ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century
Place: china, asia, ancient china
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Jade Warrior (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Finland, Netherlands, China, Estonia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Thousands of years ago in ancient China, a love struck sword hero fights against his destiny. He wants another chance to be reunited with his loved one and he gets that chance, in a far away place and a far away time, in the cold north, in modern ...
Style: serious, stylized, epic, exciting, romantic drama
Audience: boys' night
Plot: legends and myths, martial arts, reincarnation, curses spells and rituals, escapades, good versus evil, danger, rivalry, supernatural, supernatural ability, medieval, destiny ...
Place: finland, china, europe, asia
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Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A prequel to "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame"
Style: suspenseful, exciting, stylized, captivating, scenic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, sea monster, medieval, empress, kung fu, police investigation, political conspiracy, uncover truth, tang dynasty, chinese emperor, occult, missing person ...
Time: 7th century
Place: china, asia, ancient china
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22%
The Storm Riders (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Based on a comic book called Fung Wan (or Tin Ha), the movie stars Ekin Cheng as Wind and Aaron Kwok as Cloud. The plot involves two children, Whispering Wind and Striding Cloud, who become powerful warriors under the evil warlord Conquer's ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, sword and sorcery, kung fu, swashbuckler, sorcery, superhero, new love, rivalry, save the world, vengeance, good versus evil ...
Place: hong kong, asia
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Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A laborer moves to Shanghai in the hope of becoming rich. But ends up using his kung fu skills to survive. Remake of The Boxer From Shantung.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, rivalry, gang, danger, fight, society, master warrior, heroes, violent content, hopes, kurd ...
Time: 2010s, 1900s
Place: shanghai, china, asia
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22%
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The Monkey King (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Sun Wukong, (The Monkey King) is a monkey born from a heavenly stone who acquires supernatural powers. After rebelling against heaven and being imprisoned under a mountain for 500 years, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to India. ...
Style: exciting, stylized, semi serious, manga, epic
Audience: kids, boys' night
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Brotherhood of Blades (2014)
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In the late Ming Dynasty, three close friends who serve as Jinyiwei guards are dispatched to hunt down Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch politician who had been forced to resign from his influential post and exiled from Beijing. The Jinyiwei brothers return ...
Style: exciting, stylized, suspenseful, rough, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
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Place: china, asia, ancient china
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The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance, War
Country: China
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Pu Songling (Jackie Chan), a legendary demon hunter, is asked to investigate the mysterious disappearances of young girls from a small village. When he discovers evil forces are kidnapping the girls to feast on their souls, he sets out to save ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense, visually appealing
Audience: family outing, date night
Plot: martial arts, save the world, medieval, demon, superhero, imaginary, fight scenes, salvation, society, danger, supernatural ability, friendship ...
Place: china
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Dragon Inn (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story: During the Ming Dynasty, Tsao Sui Yan, the power-hungry and ruthless eunuch leader of East Chamber, craves his own kingdom. He intends on destroying the rebelling clans by using a traitorous secretary's children as bait. Ultimately, the two ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, stylized, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
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The Sword Identity (2011)
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 108 min.
Story: During the Ming Dynasty one man will request a competition when his weapon is rejected. After a series of fights he is determined to prove his sword is invincible.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, sword fight, disorder, master warrior, against the odds, medieval, contests and competitions, ambition, mysterious character, heroes, mistaken identity, kung fu ...
Place: china, asia
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Woochi: The Demon Slayer (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, History
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Duration: 136 min.
Story: Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it.
Style: epic, exciting, humorous, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: martial arts, wizards and magicians, imaginary, escapades, disorder, supernatural, fish out of water, misfit, kung fu, fight, asian, wuxia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia
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Kingdom of Gladiators (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A king makes a pact with an ancient demon and after years of ruling his kingdom in peace, the demon has come to collect. Now a group of rival gladiators must fight for the survival of the kingdom.
Style: suspenseful, serious, exciting, stylized, independent film
Plot: heroes, rivalry, battles, escapades, contests and competitions, imaginary, danger, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, peplum, gladiator, intergender wrestling ...
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The Lost Bladesman (2011)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: During the warring period of the three kingdoms, ancient China is in turmoil. To unify the country, general Cao Cao (Jiang Wen), the real power behind the Emperor, enlists the aid of the greatest warrior in the land, Guan Yu (Donnie Yen). However, ...
Style: stylized, emotional, exciting, action packed, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, battles, war, warlord, rivalry, love and romance, forbidden love, military, heroes, danger, master warrior, medieval ...
Place: china, east asia, asia
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The New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Lei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his left arm, and kung fu techniques. That he proves with just the help of his friend Chung-Chieng, when ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, stylized
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, medieval, fight, kung fu classic, handicapped, violent content, disability, danger, heroes, rivalry ...
Time: year 1971
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
5 Masters of Death (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, exciting, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu classic, medieval, fight, karate, martial arts training, fistfight, violent content, master warrior, vengeance, danger ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Swordsman II (1992)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jet Li plays Ling, a student from the Blue Mountain school of martial arts, who, along with fellow students and Kiddo, find themselves embroiled in a country-wide political/clan war with the Highlander clan in the forefront of the battle.
Style: cult classic, surreal, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, kung fu, medieval, tough heroes, transgender, wire fu, kung fu fighting, martial artist, ancient, hardcore, fight ...
Place: china, asia
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19%
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The Ninja Wars (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the world. Naturally, this makes her very popular with those vying for power, particularly the insatiably greedy Lord Donjo. Only the ninja Jotaro can stop ...
Style: stylized, serious, grindhouse, splatter
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ninja, medieval, pluto, asian, tough heroes, battles, good versus evil, escapades, heroes, master warrior, clergy ...
Place: japan, east asia, asia
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