Martial Arts Style Dying On Screen

Less stylish ways of going belly up on film

There are many great - as well as not so great - martial arts movies where characters from all works of life are ahem... convinced to 'kick the bucket' (also known as 'draw one's last breath', 'cease to be' or 'meet one's maker') in quite elaborate and - dare I say - charmingly convincing ways. It's part of the genre so to speak.

I suppose it is virtually impossible these days to find new ways to have someone killed or assassinated without creating something that is totally laughable. So, most of the scenes have to settle for the old-fashioned, yet more or less trustworthy ways of having someone bite the dust.

Fortunately for us martial arts maniacs, there are a number of movie scenes to be found that fall into one of the above categories: A. Totally unbelievable methods, or B. Believable methods but weird and silly results.

And of course, we have some shiny examples for you... Can't leave you in the cold, now can we? :-)

So her you go: Ninja stars and other silly ninja weaposns,, flame-thrower sai, dim mak, weird groin attacks, endless death screams, karate chops (that we all know is really judo chops...), terrible acting,  hopeless weapons defenses, shoot outs, funny looks and overall mayhem. Doesn't get any worse than this!

Totally unbelievable martial arts style deaths

Laughable ways to act out a martial arts style death scene

In other words a legitimate way to have someone meet their maker, but with an over-the-top, opera-like effect. I suppose you will have to watch an opera to find someone taking a longer time to croak...