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leapfroggin' of the "unleashed" thread ,this comes to mind.
what movies influence your NSS or other games.

i always ran my NSS games more as period wu-xia films. simple plots and loads of butt kicking. though i love modern martial art movies , you have to suspend belief in a world where guns and smart bombs exist.

back to my point. some movies that have influence NSS and HU games for me are............

storm riders

a man called hero

fighter in the wind ( a very good movie)

azumi

skyhigh ( from ryuhei kitimura who also made azumi)

butterfly , sword and comet

hero

kung fu zombies ( the training sequence in that movie is brutal and hilarious)

princess blade

zatoichi ( older and newer versions are all good )

and ill watch anything where taiji is used to kick someones tail.

James Bond! and dozens more.

Movies that influnenced my N&SS campaigns are (but not limited too):

Game of Death (the real Bruce Lee footage, not the crappy piece of crap released in 1979).
Enter the Dragon.
Legend of Red Dragon.
Iron Monkey.
Legend of Drunken Master.
Mortal Kombat.
Fist of the North Star (Anime).
Stormriders.
36 Chambers: a.k.a. Master Killer.
18 Diagram Pole Fighter.
Righting Wrongs (also known as Above the Law, with Yuen Biao & Cynthia Rothrock).
Operation Condor.
Fist of Fury.
Crack Shadow Boxers.
Shaolin Challenges Ninja.
Legendary Weapons of Kung Fu.
Broken Oath.
Kiss of the Dragon.
Snake in Eagles Shadow.
Mystery of Chess Boxing.
Millionaires' Express (also known as Shanghai Express).
The Iceman Cometh.
The Quest (the story was good: the actual production was horrid).
Savate (also known as The Fighter).
Strike of Death.
Best of the Best.
Yojimbo.
Seven Samurai.
Revenge of the Ninja.
The Ocatgon.
Talons of the Eagle.
Tiger Claws.
Chinese Gods (animated).
Orochi, the Legend of the Eight Headed Dragon.
My Father is Hero.
Iron & Silk.

damn good movies sentinel....

especially anything with chuck norris in it.

Behold the Awesome power of Chuck Norris

1. Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.

2. A man once asked Chuck Norris if his real name is "Charles". Chuck Norris did not respond, he simply stared at him until he exploded.

3. Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead decided to punch his way out of his mother's womb. Shortly thereafter he grew a beard.

4. Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck met all three bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement.

5. The original theme song to the Transformers was actually "Chuck Norris--more than meets the eye, Chuck Norris--robot in disguise," and starred Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger who defended the earth from drug-dealing Decepticons and could turn into a pick-up. This was far too much awesome for a single show, however, so it was divided.

6. Chuck Norris was the fourth Wiseman. He brought baby Jesus the gift of "beard". Jesus wore it proudly to his dying day. The other Wisemen, jealous of Jesus' obvious gift favoritism, used their combined influence to have Chuck omitted from the Bible. Shortly after all three died of roundhouse kick related deaths.

7. Chuck Norris once shot a German plane down with his finger, by yelling, "Bang!"

8. When Chuck Norris plays Oregon Trail his family does not die from cholera or dysentery, but rather roundhouse kicks to the face. He also requires no wagon, since he carries the oxen, axels, and buffalo meat on his back. He always makes it to Oregon before you.

9. Chuck Norris can make a woman climax by simply pointing at her and saying "booya".

10. Before each filming of Walker: Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris is injected with five times the lethal dose of elephant tranquilizer. This is, of course, to limit his strength and mobility, in an attempt to lower the fatality rate of the actors he fights.

11. Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

12. When Chuck Norris's wife burned the turkey one Thanksgiving, Chuck said, "Don't worry about it honey," and went into his backyard. He came back five minutes later with a live turkey, ate it whole, and when he threw it up a few seconds later it was fully cooked and came with cranberry sauce. When his wife asked him how he had done it, he gave her a roundhouse kick to the face and said, "Never question Chuck Norris."

13. Chuck Norris took my virginity, and he will sure as hell take yours. If you're thinking to yourself, "That's impossible, I already lost my virginity.", then you are click on the report button so it can be fix or deleted wrong.

14. Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.

15. Chuck Norris once tried to sue Burger King after they refused to put razor wire in his Whopper Jr., insisting that that actually is "his" way.

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good picks .....keep 'em coming guys. hopefully you've have some movies i havent seen before. my cup is never full.

intrigue/ espionage flicks

ronin is my number 1 . its the movie i have folks to watch when i introduce them to rp'gaming.

bond movies

bourne identity and supremacy

the mechanic ( with Mr.Bronson--and action cinema god to me)

infernal affairs ( you'll be seeing the american remake soon with brad pitt)

the hunt for red october ( and other jack ryan movies)

add some more folks!!

For more espionage/cop action/military/merc oriented N&SS games, I tend toward:

The Killer.
Hard Boiled.
Replacement Killers.
Kiss of the Dragon.
The Bourne Identity.
The Manchurian Candidate (the original).
Fantasy Mission Force.
Thunderball.
Goldfinger.
Black Eagle.
Above the Law (Steven Segal).
Patriot Games.
Rising Sun.
Guns of the Navarone.
Striking Distance.
Die Hard.
Lethal Weapon IV.
The Killer Elite.
The Dirty Dozen.
Force 10 from Navarone.
Goldeneye.
Firefox.

Sentianal, i've counted.

the list you just put forth is more movies than I have veiwed in the past 10 years.

Nekira Sudacne wrote:Sentianal, i've counted.

the list you just put forth is more movies than I have veiwed in the past 10 years.

I'm older than you, I'm sure.
I watch a lot of movies, to be sure.

I should put together a reading list.

One movie sticks out for me and i can't remember its name. Its plots twist and misdirection were amazing. Oh ya and Steve Martin was the bad guy. Anybody know the name i want to buy it.

Blight wrote:One movie sticks out for me and i can't remember its name. Its plots twist and misdirection were amazing. Oh ya and Steve Martin was the bad guy. Anybody know the name i want to buy it.

Steve martin isn't much help.

can ya give us, oh, I don't know, some character names? a plot, a DISCRIPTION!?!

One movie sticks out for me and i can't remember its name. Its plots twist and misdirection were amazing. Oh ya and Steve Martin was the bad guy. Anybody know the name i want to buy it.

Do you mean The Spanish Prisoner?

Sentinel wrote:

One movie sticks out for me and i can't remember its name. Its plots twist and misdirection were amazing. Oh ya and Steve Martin was the bad guy. Anybody know the name i want to buy it.

Do you mean The Spanish Prisoner?

thinks so. It was 4 years ago. I remember the line two agent used "no one looks twice at asian tourist." But ya i think that was it. now i'm off to Amazon. Thanks

Blight wrote:

Sentinel wrote:

One movie sticks out for me and i can't remember its name. Its plots twist and misdirection were amazing. Oh ya and Steve Martin was the bad guy. Anybody know the name i want to buy it.

Do you mean The Spanish Prisoner?

thinks so. It was 4 years ago. I remember the line two agent used "no one looks twice at asian tourist." But ya i think that was it. now i'm off to Amazon. Thanks

Happy to help.

See?
Sentinel is more than a mere Repository of Comic Knowledge.
Although, he is that too.

Yep. i got it thanks again! Now to use this knowledge to infuriate and confound my player. Muwahaha!

ash_wednesday wrote:

Nekira Sudacne wrote:Sentianal, i've counted.

the list you just put forth is more movies than I have veiwed in the past 10 years.

Meh...my DVD collection alone is over 100.

Mine will start to pick up again, now that there is money in the bank.
My video movie collection is still hovering around 600 or so.

To my earlier list, I'd have to add:

Passenger 57.
Drive.
King of the Kickboxers.
Shaolin vs. Lama.
Flash Legs (A.K.A. Shaolin Deadly Kicks).
Grappler Baki (Anime).
Battle Royal High School (Anime).
Brotherhood of the Wolf.
Hero.
Rapid Fire.
Universal Soldier IV.

Also see:

Challenge of the Masters.
Blonde Fury.
Zu.
Bride with White Hair I & II.
Perfect Weapon.
The Hunted.
18 Bronzemen.
Big Trouble in Little China (duh!).

I forgot:

Shaolin Soccer.

A great film: better subtitled than dubbed. Makes me wish I spoke Chinese (I could get it in either Cantonese or Mandarin).

Sometimes they do not translate very well, (pornos) but sometimes they translate great (Sci Fi).

What, you've never drawn from Flesh Gordon?
Planet of the Gapes?
Sex Wars?

Ranger wrote:I have but I have not wanted to add it to the game. Most PCs do not know how to handle their character being bent over a barrel and gang raped and made to squeel like a pig.

That was Deliverance.
Or Pulp Fiction.
Neither of which was a porno.

I was in the Eighth Grade when I first saw that.

I think I was six when pornography was invented.

Ranger wrote:He does claim to have slapped god awake during the big bang.

I didn't slap him.
I called.

Ranger wrote:That is not what god said. He said you slapped him like a female dog and took his lunch money.

God was having one over on you.
He has a wicked sense of humour.
Look at the platypus.

Ranger wrote:Ok, sure, but then explain your comic book collection:?

By the way, god says you have to give back his tea kettle. It has sentimental value as it was a gift from his son.

Tell him to give me back my Skilsaw.

I was trawling through trailers this afternoon due to clicking a link on another message board. I figured I'd share.

Mulan.
Warlords.
A Woman, A Gun, And A Noodle Shop.
Reign of Assassins.
Shaolin.
Bodyguards & Assassins.
More Bodyguards & Assassins.
14 Blades.
Storm Riders.
The Sword With No Name.
Vela 734.
and a highlight reel clip.