Action movies with fighters performing middle / side splits
Every movie where a star (or stunt double) can be seen doing a full split or side split on screen.
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- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsChristopher LambertRobin ShouLinden AshbyThree unknowing martial artists are summoned to a mysterious island to compete in a tournament whose outcome will decide the fate of the world.Full split by Johnny Cage (stunt double Brad Martin).
- DirectorJohn R. LeonettiStarsRobin ShouTalisa SotoJames RemarA group of martial-arts warriors has only six days to save the Earth from an extra-dimensional invasion.Liu Kang doing a side split.
- DirectorPatrick AlanStarsBolo YeungMaryam d'AboWilliam ZabkaFight matches, that end when a man is either unconscious or dead, are fought in Tijuana. 2 naive friends, hoping to make a quick buck, go there. One owes money to a loan shark - giving them plenty of practice in no rule fights.Michael Bernardo doing a full split, and Bill Shaw doing full and side split.
- DirectorNewt ArnoldStarsJean-Claude Van DammeDonald GibbLeah Ayres"Bloodsport" follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.Van Damme performs at least 5 splits.
- DirectorAlan MehrezPhilip TanStarsDaniel BernhardtJames HongPat MoritaAlex Cardo is imprisoned and disciplined by one of the inmates. His new master also tells him about the brutal yet illegal Kumite tournament - but how will they get there?Daniel Bernhardt, full split.
- DirectorAlan MehrezStarsDaniel BernhardtJohn Rhys-DaviesAmber Kelleher-AndrewsAfter his trainer is murdered, Alex Cardo uses his martial arts skills and takes on the one responsible.Daniel Bernhard, full split.
- DirectorMark DiSalleDavid WorthStarsJean-Claude Van DammeDennis AlexioDennis ChanKurt Sloane must learn the ancient kick boxing art of Muay Thai in order to avenge his brother.Van Damme, split.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsSasha MitchellKamel KrifaBrad ThorntonDavid Sloan must travel to Mexico to save his wife from a savage drug lord who's also an old nemesis.Michele "Mouse" Krasnoo, side split.
- DirectorKristine PetersonStarsMark DacascosJames RyanGeoff MeedAfter David Sloan is murdered, it's up to kick-boxing champ Matt Reeves to avenge him.Mark Dacascos, side split.
- DirectorCorey YuenStarsKurt McKinneyJean-Claude Van DammeJ.W. FailsJason, a Bruce Lee fan, sees his karate instructor/dad beaten by martial art thugs. They move to Seattle where, after humiliations, he trains with Bruce Lee's ghost so he can defend himself and others against thugs.Kurt McKinney, side split. Van Damme, full split.
- DirectorLucas LoweStarsLoren AvedonKeith VitaliJoseph CampanellaTwo feuding brothers (one a policeman, the other a martial arts expert) of different political views, join forces to avenge the death of their father, a retired agent, killed by the mafia.Loren Avedon, full and side split.
- DirectorLucas LoweStarsLoren AvedonRichard JaeckelDon StroudA cop goes undercover in Thailand to avenge his brother's death in this martial arts film.Loren Avedon, full and side split.
- DirectorSheldon LettichStarsJean-Claude Van DammeGeoffrey LewisAlonna ShawTwin brothers are separated when their parents are murdered but 25 years later they re-unite in order to avenge their parents' death.Van Damme, full split.
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsJean-Claude Van DammeMia SaraRon SilverMax Walker, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who's intent on changing the past to control the future.Van Damme, side split.
- DirectorSheldon LettichStarsJean-Claude Van DammeHarrison PageDeborah RennardAn Ex-French Soldier begins participating in underground street fights in order to make money for his brother's family.Van Damme, not in the movie, but in the pictures of some movie boxes there's a picture of Van Damme in a full split.
- DirectorSheldon LettichStarsMark DacascosStacey TravisGeoffrey LewisEx-Special Forces soldier Louis Stevens returns to Miami to find his former high school overrun by drugs and violence. A master of the Brazilian martial art, capoeira, Stevens pledges to straighten out a dozen of the school's worst students by teaching them this demanding and highly-disciplined fighting style. Slowly, his program begins to work, giving the students new hope and purpose. But the local drug lord, himself a martial arts expert, vows to stop Stevens' positive influence. Now Stevens must fight to save his own life, as well as the lives of his rebellious young students.Not in the movie, but in the making off there's a training video with Mark Dacascos doing a full split.
- DirectorMic RodgersStarsJean-Claude Van DammeBill GoldbergHeidi SchanzThe "universal soldiers" must fight the whole army, when the military's supercomputer S.E.T.H gets out of control.Not in the movie, but in the making off, there's a clip of Michael Jai White training and doing a full and side split.
- DirectorEric KarsonStarsShô KosugiJean-Claude Van DammeDoran ClarkCIA agent must outrace KGB agent in searching of super weapon lost in Mediterranean.Van Damme, doing multiple full splits.
- DirectorRichard W. MunchkinRick JacobsonStarsDon WilsonMaria FordVince MurdoccoL.A.'s Chinatown is disrupted by the cross-town rivalry between two kickboxing clubs, as the competitive sport is catapulted from the ring of a gymnasium to a ring of fire.Gary Daniels, full split.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsJean-Claude Van DammeDeborah RichterVincent KlynA martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.Van Damme, full split.
- DirectorJing WongStarsJackie ChanRichard NortonJoey WangA self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.Gary Daniels, full split.
- DirectorRichard PepinStarsChad McQueenGary DanielsGeorge MurdockIn the near future, street gangs have their own city zones where cops can't go. Two tough cops are sent undercover in one of them to investigate an illegal cure for AIDS. But they must first fight in a deathmatch, and the match is fixed.Gary Daniels, full and side split.
- DirectorSiu-Hung LeungStarsGary DanielsChuck JeffreysFrank GorshinMartial arts action film finds a retired detective returning to action to stop a martial arts master with steel fingers who is killing champions from all sports.Darren Shahlavi, side split.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsBrigitte NielsenMatthias HuesDarren ShahlaviToxic waste has contaminated the world's fresh water supply. A select few with the ability to de-contaminate the supply now control the world. Minna rules the de-contaminators from a giant warship, forcing desperate land dwellers to trade anything and everything for meager water rations. The dwellers seek a leader to battle Minna's tyrannical rule. Jennifer, daughter of the rebel leader, implores outcast Mike Erikson to lead the battle against the warship. Help also comes from an unexpected source in the from of Jennifer's brother Rocky.Darren Shahlavi, full split.
- DirectorHsin-Yen ChangWoo-Ping YuenStarsJing WuChristy ChungMark ChengA young Tai Chi master fights Opium smugglers with the aid of his powerful braid while wooing a girl.Darren Shahlavi, side split.
- DirectorMichael PressmanStarsPaige TurcoDavid WarnerMichelan SistiThe Turtles discover their origins while they endeavour to save New York City from the evil Shredder and his Foot Clan.Leonardo (stunt double Larry Lam) doing a side split.
- DirectorRichard MartinStarsMig MacarioKelly BensonFrank CassiniAfter a Chinese drug lord murders his partner, a tough DEA agent teams up with a mysterious beauty and makes an uneasy alliance to exact revenge.Gary Daniels, side split.
- DirectorDamian LeeStarsJeff WincottPaco Christian PrietoChristina CoxA martial artist lawyer is framed for a crime, dismissed, and left penniless. To survive, he enters an underground fighting circuit.Tig Fong, full split.
- DirectorPrachya PinkaewStarsTony JaaPhetthai VongkumlaoPumwaree YodkamolWhen the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.Tony Jaa, side split. Other fighter, full split.
- DirectorFrans NelStarsJohn BarrettKeith VitaliTerry NortonA kickboxing champion is jailed for a accidental murder with the help of testimony from his enemy - but upon his release, he takes on his nemesis in a winner-take-all fight.John Barrett, side split.
- DirectorTony RandelStarsGary DanielsMalcolm McDowellCostas MandylorBased on a graphic novel, this apocalyptic adventure centers on a man who must reverse the cataclysmic conditions of his world.Gary Daniels, full split.
- DirectorRobert RadlerStarsEric RobertsPhillip RheeChris PennThe Colosseum is the fighting arena owned by the champion Bracus. Now after the death of their friend, Tommy Lee and Alex Grady want revenge.Phillip Rhee, full and side split.
- DirectorHark TsuiStarsJean-Claude Van DammeDennis RodmanMickey RourkeAn international spy teams up with an arms dealer to escape from a penal colony and rescue his family from a terrorist.Van Damme, side split (probably stunt double)
- DirectorRingo LamStarsJean-Claude Van DammeMichael RookerCatherine DentScientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer in order to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops.Van Damme, full split.
- DirectorDavid CharhonStarsJean-Claude Van DammeAlban IvanovSamir DecazzaA mysterious former secret service agent must urgently return to France when his estranged son is falsely accused of arms and drug trafficking by the government, following a blunder by an overzealous bureaucrat and a mafia operation.Van Damme, full and side split (probably stunt double).
- DirectorSiu-Hung LeungStarsBrandon GainesFeihong YuKeith VitaliJack Cody has always wanted to enter the world of the Superfights, a free fighting tournament. One night, he rescues a girl from a mugging and he becomes a national hero. Then, he is finally given his opportunity to become a Superfighter. He soon discovers a Ninja who tells him that the man behind the Superfights is involved with illegal acts. When this comes to Jack, he must fight now for his life.Brandon Gaines, side splits.
- DirectorEric KarsonStarsOlivier GrunerPeter KwongTheresa SaldanaTenant helps landlord fight off local street gang.Olivier Gruner, full split.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsKeith CookeTina CoteNorbert WeisserA kickboxing champion is forced to fight cyborgs in a tournament when the company kidnaps his fiancee.Gary Daniels, full split. Jahi Zuri, side split.
- DirectorJames LewStarsShane AaronKoji AbeMichael AndersenA Martial Arts Movie Star "Mock-umentary" in the loose tradition of Spinal Tap.James Lew, full split.
- DirectorRobert TaiStarsRobin ShouJoe LewisSteve TartaliaNam See Hon represents the Wa Chai Gym in pro Chinese Boxing matches. See Hon sharpens his abilities to survive high profile fights. The owner of the Kents Gym controls local gambling and pressures the Wa Chai Gym in violent ways.Robin Shou, side split.