Zatoichi (2003), The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003), The Blade (1995), The Bride With White Hair (1993), Quentin Durward (1955), Blind Fury (1989), Prince Valiant (1954), The Return of the Musketeers (1989) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Sword Battles movies.
Storyline: A master swordsman (Beat Takeshi) battles a formidable ronin (Tadanobu Asano) and a deadly clan terrorizing villagers.
Plot Keywords: farmer, nephew, geisha, bodyguard, samurai, assassin, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Blind Zatoichi makes his living by gambling and giving massages. But behind his humble facade, Zatoichi is a master swordsman, gifted with lightning-fast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision. Zatoichi wanders into a town run by sinister gangs and a powerful samurai. He's destined for violent showdowns when he stumbles on two beautiful geishas avenging their parents' murder... Duels, wit and a touch of zen! Cult anti-hero Zatoichi is back in a sword-fighting adventure written, directed and starring Takeshi Kitano.
Plot Keywords: farmer, nephew, geisha, bodyguard, samurai, assassin, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After the master of the Sharp Manufacturer saber factory abdicates and appoints On, his least popular worker, as his successor, On, unwilling to lead his surly colleagues, embarks on a quest of revenge to kill the evil, flying, tattooed kung fu master who killed his father.—Erik Gregersen <erik@astro.as.utexas.edu>
Plot Keywords: orphan, father, villain, thief, young man, brooding, brutal ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The sensitive swordsman Cho Yi-Hang is tired of his life. He is the unwilling successor to the Wu-Tang clan throne and the unsure commander of the clan's forces in a war against foreign tribes and an evil cult. One day, he meets the beautiful Lien, a killer for the evil cult who is equally unsatisfied with her situation, but their love angers both the Wu-Tang clan and the evil cult.—Erik Gregersen <erik@astro.as.utexas.edu>
Plot Keywords: swordsman, warrior, twin, cult leader, witch, sorcerer, striking ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 1465, Quentin Durward travels to France to meet Isabelle, Countess of Marcroy, on behalf of his elderly Scottish uncle whom, for political reasons, the Duke of Burgundy intends she marry. A man of honor who may have sworn too many oaths, Durward finds he and Isabelle being used as pawns in a deadly game by the Duke and devious King Louis XI. One look at Isabelle has convinced Durward this is where he and his heart have to be.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: duke of burgundy, knight, countess, gypsy, lord, thrilling, passionate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Nick Parker was a Vietnam vet who was blinded during the war. He was found by one of the local tribes, who taught him to enhance his remaining senses and to expertly wield a sword. On his return to the United States, he goes to visit an old Army buddy, Frank Devereaux, but discovers that he and his wife are divorced, and Frank no longer lives there. What they don't know is that Devereaux was playing in a crooked casino in Reno and accumulated a large debt. The casino boss is willing to forgive his debt if he does something for him: Devereaux is a chemist, and they want him to make designer drugs. In order to make sure he does it, they try to kidnap his son. But Nick is there, and Nick saves the boy. Thus begins a road trip to Vegas to protect the boy and save his friend, with the boss' henchmen in pursuit.
Plot Keywords: swordsman, veteran, son, gangster, wife, blind person, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Young Prince Valiant, son of the exiled King of Scandia, journeys to Camelot to become a knight at King Arthur's Round Table. He hopes to help his father reclaim his throne from the pagan Viking usurper Sligon and restore the Christian faith to their homeland. On his journey he stumbles upon a mysterious Black Knight plotting with Sligon's representatives to overthrow Arthur. Barely escaping with his life, Valiant encounters Sir Gawain, one of the most illustrious knights of the Round Table, and an old friend of his father's, who tutors the young Viking in the skills needed to be a knight. Valiant and Gawain's pupil-mentor relationship is complicated by their romantic involvement with Princess Aleta and her sister Ilene, daughters of the King of Ord. If Valiant is to restore his father's throne and prevent the coup d'etat against Arthur, he must uncover the true identity of the Black Knight.—duke1029@aol.com
Plot Keywords: prince, king arthur, knight, viking, princess, villain, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: It's 1649: Cardinal Mazarin (Philippe Noiret) hires the impoverished D'Artagnan (Michael York) to find the other Musketeers: Oliver Cromwell (Alan Howard) has overthrown the English King, so Cardinal Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Duke of Beaufort (Eusebio Lázaro). Porthos (Frank Finlay), bored with riches and wanting a title, signs on, but Aramis (Richard Chamberlain), an abbé, and Athos (Oliver Reed), a brawler raising an intellectual son, assist the Duke of Beaufort in secret. When they fail to halt the Duke's escape from prison, the Musketeers are expendable, and Cardinal Mazarin sends them to London to rescue Charles I (Bill Paterson). They are also pursued by Justine de Winter (Kim Cattrall), the avenging daughter of Milady de Winter, their enemy twenty years ago. They must escape England, avoid Justine, serve Queen Anne (Geraldine Chaplin), and secure Beauford's political reforms.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: musketeer, d'artagnan, cardinal, king charles i, queen, duke, crafty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A duel takes place in order to put an end to the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. Three valiant brothers are chosen for each side. The Romans choose three brothers: the Orazi. The Albans are represented by the Curiazi. During the fierce and bloody final duel the Romans defeat their opponents.—Salvatore Santangelo <pappagone2@libero.it>
Plot Keywords: warrior, brother, sister, king, enemy, spectacular, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She attacks and kills the keepers of a powerful talisman just before it is destroyed. Gedren then uses the power of the talisman in her raid of the city Hablac. Red Sonja, sister of the keeper, sets out with her magic sword to overthrow Gedren. The talisman's master Kalidor follows to protect her. Of course they fall in love - however Red Sonja's power bases on the oath to never give herself to any man...
Plot Keywords: warrior, beautiful woman, queen, swordsman, sister, prince, campy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 17th century Paris, a dashing swordsman named D'Artagnan finds himself at odds with the powerful forces taking over France. He sets out to avenge the murder of his parents and finds his country cleaved by chaos and civil unrest. His heart softens only for Francesca, a fiery peasant girl who claims D'Artagnan's heart on sight.
Plot Keywords: musketeer, father, cardinal, love interest, queen, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When Connor MacLeod sees his old friend Rachel die in an explosion, he's had it with his immortal life and the endless pain it brings him and those he loves. He locks himself inside the Sanctuary, a Watcher-organized retreat stationed on holy ground, where immortals who are tired of the game can go to forever escape it, as well as to ensure that The Prize never falls into the wrong hands. But when an old enemy, Jacob Kell, and his posse of assassins attack the Sanctuary and kill everyone there but Connor, he is forced out into the open and into battle. Kell and Connor were friends once, and knew each other back when Connor was cast from Glenfinnan; he returned when news came that his mother was to be burned at the stake, and in the attempt to free her, Kell was killed by none other than Connor himself, and became an immortal, bitter with hate, and devoted to making Connor's life a living hell. In the present day, Connor's kinsman Duncan MacLeod is attacked by Kell's posse, including ...
Plot Keywords: highlander, priest, witch, immortal, ex-wife, villager, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Eloïse (Sophie Marceau) finds her quiet religious pursuits interrupted when men working for the brutal Duke of Crassac (Claude Rich) burst into the convent and kill her mentor, Mother Superior (Pascale Roberts). Through her investigation, she discovers that a coup had been planned. With the help of Quentin (Nils Tavernier) -- a bumbling bard who is mightier with pen than sword -- Eloïse embarks on a quest to alert her father, D'Artagnan (Philippe Noiret), and the legendary musketeers.
Plot Keywords: knight, fighter, sword fighter, swordsman, father, daughter, airy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: While wandering through the wilds of Japan with his 3-year-old son, Daigoro, (Akihiro Tomikawa), assassin-for-hire Ogami Itto (Tomisaburô Wakayama) finds his next assignment -- he's hired to kill a merchant intent on revealing corporate secrets. On Ogami's tail, however, is a trio of female ninjas who have been sent to kill him and his son. When Ogami is wounded in battle, the toddler rises to the occasion and helps nurse his father back to health in time for a second sword fight.
Plot Keywords: assassin, young boy, ninja, merchant, samurai, gutsy, thrilling ...
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