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Last Updated: Dec 17, 2015 @ 3:10 Pm

2016 is shaping up to be a classic year for fans of martial arts / action movies. All of the big names are back , Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Sammo Hung and lets not forget Jean Claude Van Damme.

So you don’t miss out , we’ve compiled a list of stand out movies which we think you should not miss.

So without further delay here are Amp’s Best Martial Arts Movies to look forward to in 2016

Note: Bookmark this article as we will keep this updated with more news, pictures, posters, trailers as we get them.

ContentsThe Best Martial Arts Movies To Look Forward To In 2016Ip Man 3 (Donnie Yen) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon : Sword of Destiny (Donnie Yen, Michelle Yeoh)Kickboxer: Vengeance(Jean-Claude Van Damme)The Deadly Reclaim (Wu Jing)The Monkey King 2 (Aaron Kwok)Rail Road Tigers (Jackie Chan)Kung Fu Yoga...

First of all, we would like to say Happy New Year to all our readers at Asian Movie Pulse. many thanks for the years of continuous support and we hope 2015 is a great year for you all.

This is part 1 for upcoming movies in 2015 to watch out for, if you feel a movie deserves to make part 2, please comment at bottom of the page.

Dragon Blade

Cast: Jackie Chan, Adrien Brody, John Cusack, Choi Siwon, Lin Peng

Director: Daniel Lee

The Bodyguard

Cast: Sammo Hung, Andy Lau, Deng Chao, Wang Xuebing, Tian Liang

Director: Sammo Hung

Sha Po Lang 2

Cast: Tony Jaa, Wu Jing, Simon Yam, Zhang Jin, Louis Koo

Director: Cheang Pou-soi

The Challenge Letter

Cast: Robert Chen, Nobuaki Shimamoto, Ingrid Yin Hu

Director: Robert Chen, Nathan Colquhoun

Skintrade

Cast: Tony Jaa, Dolph Lundgren, Michael Jai White, Ron Perlman

Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham

Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island

Cast: Kim Myung Min,...

Panna Rittikrai, the action choreographer who introduced Thai action movies to world audiences, has died aged 53.

According to local press reports, Panna died from liver disease on Sunday in a Bangkok hospital. He had been battling illness since November 2013.

Born in 1961 in Khon Kaen province, Panna started working in the Bangkok film industry in 1979 training actors to fight. After moving back to his hometown, he put together his own stunt team and started making action movies. He trained Tony Jaa and had a major hit in 2003 with Ong Bak, produced by Sahamongkolfilm.

Directed by Prachya Pinkaew, Ong Bak introduced a new style of realistic, wire-free action choreography and put the Thai martial art of Muay Thai on the world map. It was swiftly followed by Tom Yum Goong (aka The Protector), reuniting the same team.

Panna soon turned director, as well as action choreographer, and directed a string of films for Sahamongkol including The Bodyguard, Ong Bak 2 and...

Reports are surfacing from Thailand that celebrated martial arts choreographer and film director Panna Ritthikrai has died from liver disease, aged 53.Ritthikrai is probably best known for his work with action star Tony Jaa in films such as the Ong-Bak and Tom Yum Goong series, but he also directed a number of features including The Bodyguard and the fantastic olympian-actioner Born to Fight. He was an integral player in the new wave of Thai action cinema that took the world by storm at the start of the 21st century, and continued to be a pivotal force until the very end. Gareth Evans, director of Indonesian action flick The Raid, tweeted earlier today "What Panna and Jaa did w/ Ong Bak revitalised martial arts cinema. The importance of...

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It looks like James Wan is assembling a pretty tough crowd for his Fast & Furious 7 . In addition to the recently added Mma champion Rona Rousey, Thai actor and martial arts expert Tony Jaa is said to be in talks for a role. The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Jaa would join Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jason Statham and Tyrese Gibson with many more franchise favorites expected to be confirmed in the days to come. Jaa is best known for his Ong Bak franchise, which currently stands at three films. He also has recurring franchise roles in the The Bodyguard and The Protector series (both of which currently have two films each). Continuing from the cliffhanger tease at the end of Furious Six , Fast & Furious 7 is said to return the action to Los Angeles,...

Written & Directed by Petchtai Wongkamlao (The Bodyguard 1 & 2) and starring all round action gal Jeeja Yanin (Raging Phoenix, Chocolate) Thai action comedy This Girl is Badass is coming to the U.S on DVD next month, via Magnolia pictures. If you’re expecting all out action then bare in mind this is comedy heavy (which in Thailand means drag queens, and continuous wack-wack-oops sound effects punctuating every joke) but between the humour there’s plenty of Jeeja kicking ass, to enjoy. This Girl is Badass, streets: May 21, 2013. Synopsis: In This Girl is Badass, Jeeja takes her skills to the next level as a bike messenger who is hired by competing mob bosses to smuggle goods. Caught in the middle and given an ultimatum, the only way out is a confrontation erupting into a battle of bullets, face kicks and blows. This Girl is Badass trailer...

Hmm.  Muay Thai Giant.This is a weird one. Thai action cinema has become very well respected around the world over the last 8 years, ever since Tony Jaa and Ong Bak burst on the scene.  In its wake, we've seen things like The Bodyguard, Born To Fight, Chocolate, Tom Yum Goong, and many others get a fair amount of press among genre fans around the world.  However, for every Ong Bak, there is an Ong Bak 3.  Not every action film can be a winner, and it seems like some really bad ideas are getting green lit, I think Muay Thai Giant, Aka Somtum, fits in that category.Seven foot gentle giant Barney Emerald (Nathan Jones) is drugged and robbed while on holiday in Pattaya. Two...

Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, have announced that they’ve acquired the Thai action movie “Bangkok Knockout” for Stateside consumption. The film is from Panna Rittikrai and the studio that gave you other ass kicking good times like the “Ong Bak” movies, “The Bodyguard”, and “Born to Fight”. You know, films that pretty much assures you that there is no such thing as a Thai Stuntman’s Union in Thailand. So what’s it about? Who knows. As far as I can tell, there is no dialogue or anything resembling a story in this trailer for “Bangkok Knockout”, and you know what? I don’t think any of you will care whatsoever. The guys who cut the trailer sure don’t think you care, that’s pretty obvious. The film’s tagline is, “They do things no one dares.” Like douse yourself with gasoline, get set on fire,...

Killer Imports [1] is a regular feature on Film Junk where we explore foreign-language films from around the world that haven’t yet had their chance to shine. After listening to the Macho Movie Review [2] of Ong Bak 2, I was prepared to enjoy an awesome action flick when I inserted my DVD of the movie into my player. To be honest, I had purchased the DVD prior to listening to the review, and I had sampled some of the action scenes. Like Wintle and I imagine other movie lovers, I have a backlog of unwatched DVDs that is growing rather than shrinking. So the acclaim given and enthusiasm shown by Wintle, Nagy, and Billy in their review moved Ong Bak 2 to the top of my stack. Yet, their review came out weeks ago, and I have finally written my review. Why the delay? Because I was disappointed. I guess...

Review by Alex Dorn Watching The Bodyguard and The Bodyguard 2 double feature DVD was a cool experience for me in that it’s been quite a few years since I’ve felt like I was experiencing a new kind of cinema, or at the very least a new kind of comedy. I’m ashamed to say that “Chicken Pad Thai” is about all I know of Thai culture, and I won’t profess to knowing any more about it after seeing these two movies, but I definitely got a taste of something new. Maybe you folks can remember the movie Ong-Bak from a few years ago, with Tony Jaa, the “Thai Bruce Lee”? His, and that movie’s claim to fame was that all the stunts and fighting were performed without any special effects or wirework. Pretty cool stuff! For those of you who saw it, he had a...

Review by Alex Dorn Watching The Bodyguard and The Bodyguard 2 double feature DVD was a cool experience for me in that it’s been quite a few years since I’ve felt like I was experiencing a new kind of cinema, or at the very least a new kind of comedy. I’m ashamed to say that “Chicken Pad Thai” is about all I know of Thai culture, and I won’t profess to knowing any more about it after seeing these two movies, but I definitely got a taste of something new. Maybe you folks can remember the movie Ong-Bak from a few years ago, with Tony Jaa, the “Thai Bruce Lee”? His, and that movie’s claim to fame was that all the stunts and fighting were performed without any special effects or wirework. Pretty cool stuff! For those of you who saw it, he had a...