Put on your face-mask, pour yourself a drink and settle into our annual end-of-year podcast from your friends at the Kung Fu Movie Guide. 2020 has been a particularly strange and challenging year for many of us, but the show must go on! Join your host, Ben Johnson, and the author of Life of Action Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, Mike Fury, as they dissect the year’s biggest stories from the world of martial arts movies, exchange a few Christmas presents, read out some of your comments, and share their personal top five films from the year. Did we miss one of your faves? If so, let us know in the comments below and via our social media channels on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can also email the show on hello@kungfumovieguide.com. All music on this episode purchased from audiojungle.net, including ‘Christmas Road’ by Waderman and ‘Back to the 70s’ by Wavesound. T-shirts provided by 36 Styles. Additional audio support by George Dennis. A huge thank you to all the Fu followers around the world for your support in 2020, and may you all have a very merry Christmas, happy holidays and a happy new year.
Listen back to our previous End of Year Shows
Our not-very-comprehensive list of fight-centric 2020 releases – what was your favourite?
Ava; Baaghi 3; Be Water; Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn; Bloodshot; Chick Fight; Combativo; Concubine of Shanghai; Dead Reckoning; Debt Collectors; Deliver Us from Evil; The Doorman; Double World; Duel of Legends; The Enchanting Phantom; English Dogs in Bangkok; Enter the Fat Dragon; Extraction; First Love; The Foggy Mountain; Fox Hunting; The Hunt; I Am Vengeance: Retaliation; Ip Man: Crisis Time; Iron Monkey; Jiang Ziya; Jiu Jitsu; Knockout; The Kung Fu Master; The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud; Money Fight; Monster Hunter; Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge; Mulan; One Night in Bangkok; Legacy of Lies; Lost Bullet; The Old Guard; Pattas; The Rhythm Section; The Search for Count Dante; Seized; The Serpent; Skylines; Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story; The Swordsman; Taoist Master; Tribal: Get Out Alive; Vanguard; Welcome to Sudden Death; Wild Swords; Wonder Woman 1984; The Yin Yang Master.
Mike Fury with his 2020 Christmas presents, including ninja socks and the ‘Eight Diagram Pole Fighter’ T shirt from 36 Styles.
Ben with his 2020 Christmas presents, including ‘The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book’ by Chuck Norris, a special edition DVD release of ‘Charlie’s Angels’, and a Cobrai Kai face-mask. Ben is wearing the Angela Mao ‘Lady Kung Fu’ T shirt from 36 Styles.
Hi Ben and Mike
First of all congratulations to you both, Ben you have done another brilliant season of the podcast and Mike well done for all the success with the excellent LOA 2, you two have keep me really entertained over this crazy year, this year has had a few great films out but the Debt collector 2 has to be my favourite, I was never expecting a sequel and when I watched it I thought it was better than the original, the fight scenes in the alleyway was the stand out for me and the over all film was brilliantly shot, it felt like a high budget production. Jesse, Scott and Louis work great as a team and I hope we get more, have a great Xmas and new year, I hope we can catch up again at next years FSFF
Colin
Hi Colin, thank you so much for your message and kind words. Wishing you a very happy Christmas and new year!