Action movies with fighters performing middle / side splits
by CountJonnie | created - 6 months ago | updated - 5 months ago | PublicEvery movie where a star (or stunt double) can be seen doing a full split or side split on screen.
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1. Mortal Kombat (1995)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Three unknowing martial artists are summoned to a mysterious island to compete in a tournament whose outcome will decide the fate of the world.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou, Linden Ashby, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Votes: 124,674 | Gross: $70.45M
Full split by Johnny Cage (stunt double Brad Martin).
2. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A group of martial-arts warriors has only six days to save the Earth from an extra-dimensional invasion.
Director: John R. Leonetti | Stars: Robin Shou, Talisa Soto, James Remar, Sandra Hess
Votes: 58,150 | Gross: $35.93M
Liu Kang doing a side split.
3. Shootfighter: Fight to the Death (1993)
R | 96 min | Action
Fight 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.
Director: Patrick Alan | Stars: Bolo Yeung, Maryam d'Abo, William Zabka, Michael Bernardo
Votes: 1,475
Michael Bernardo doing a full split, and Bill Shaw doing full and side split.
4. Bloodsport (1988)
R | 92 min | Action, Biography, Drama
"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.
Director: Newt Arnold | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton
Votes: 94,058 | Gross: $11.81M
Van Damme performs at least 5 splits.
5. Bloodsport 2 (1996)
R | 90 min | Action, Sport
Alex 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?
Directors: Alan Mehrez, Philip Tan | Stars: Daniel Bernhardt, James Hong, Pat Morita, Donald Gibb
Votes: 3,548 | Gross: $0.68M
Daniel Bernhardt, full split.
6. Bloodsport III (1996 Video)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Sport
After his trainer is murdered, Alex Cardo uses his martial arts skills and takes on the one responsible.
Director: Alan Mehrez | Stars: Daniel Bernhardt, John Rhys-Davies, Amber Kelleher-Andrews, Uni Park
Votes: 1,700
Daniel Bernhard, full split.
7. Kickboxer (1989)
R | 97 min | Action, Sport, Thriller
Kurt Sloane must learn the ancient kick boxing art of Muay Thai in order to avenge his brother.
Directors: Mark DiSalle, David Worth | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Alexio, Dennis Chan, Michel Qissi
Votes: 60,909 | Gross: $14.70M
Van Damme, split.
8. Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994)
R | 90 min | Action, Sport
David Sloan must travel to Mexico to save his wife from a savage drug lord who's also an old nemesis.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Sasha Mitchell, Kamel Krifa, Brad Thornton, Jill Pierce
Votes: 3,793
Michele "Mouse" Krasnoo, side split.
9. The Redemption: Kickboxer 5 (1995 Video)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
After David Sloan is murdered, it's up to kick-boxing champ Matt Reeves to avenge him.
Director: Kristine Peterson | Stars: Mark Dacascos, James Ryan, Geoff Meed, Tony Caprari
Votes: 1,815
Mark Dacascos, side split.
10. No Retreat, No Surrender (1985)
PG | 85 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Jason, 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.
Director: Corey Yuen | Stars: Kurt McKinney, Jean-Claude Van Damme, J.W. Fails, Kathie Sileno
Votes: 18,787 | Gross: $4.66M
Kurt McKinney, side split. Van Damme, full split.
11. No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two 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.
Director: Lucas Lowe | Stars: Loren Avedon, Keith Vitali, Joseph Campanella, Wanda Acuna
Votes: 1,066
Loren Avedon, full and side split.
12. The King of the Kickboxers (1990)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A cop goes undercover in Thailand to avenge his brother's death in this martial arts film.
Director: Lucas Lowe | Stars: Loren Avedon, Richard Jaeckel, Don Stroud, Billy Blanks
Votes: 2,006
Loren Avedon, full and side split.
13. Double Impact (1991)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime
Twin brothers are separated when their parents are murdered but 25 years later they re-unite in order to avenge their parents' death.
Director: Sheldon Lettich | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis, Alonna Shaw, Corinna Everson
Votes: 44,074 | Gross: $30.10M
Van Damme, full split.
14. Timecop (1994)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Max 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.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver, Bruce McGill
Votes: 64,221 | Gross: $44.85M
Van Damme, side split.
15. Lionheart (1990)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An Ex-French Soldier begins participating in underground street fights in order to make money for his brother's family.
Director: Sheldon Lettich | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page, Deborah Rennard, Lisa Pelikan
Votes: 39,824 | Gross: $24.08M
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.
16. Only the Strong (1993)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Drama
Ex-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 ... See full summary »
Director: Sheldon Lettich | Stars: Mark Dacascos, Stacey Travis, Geoffrey Lewis, Paco Christian Prieto
Votes: 6,895 | Gross: $3.27M
Not in the movie, but in the making off there's a training video with Mark Dacascos doing a full split.
17. Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)
R | 83 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The "universal soldiers" must fight the whole army, when the military's supercomputer S.E.T.H gets out of control.
Director: Mic Rodgers | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bill Goldberg, Heidi Schanz, Michael Jai White
Votes: 30,782 | Gross: $10.43M
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.
18. Black Eagle (1988)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama
CIA agent must outrace KGB agent in searching of super weapon lost in Mediterranean.
Director: Eric Karson | Stars: Shô Kosugi, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Doran Clark, Bruce French
Votes: 8,209
Van Damme, doing multiple full splits.
19. Ring of Fire (I) (1991)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Sport
L.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.
Directors: Richard W. Munchkin, Rick Jacobson | Stars: Don Wilson, Maria Ford, Vince Murdocco, Dale Jacoby
Votes: 899
Gary Daniels, full split.
20. Cyborg (1989)
R | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter, Vincent Klyn, Alex Daniels
Votes: 34,247 | Gross: $10.17M
Van Damme, full split.
21. City Hunter (1993)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Joey Wang, Kumiko Goto
Votes: 12,356
Gary Daniels, full split.
22. Firepower (1993)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In 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.
Director: Richard Pepin | Stars: Chad McQueen, Gary Daniels, George Murdock, Joseph Ruskin
Votes: 757
Gary Daniels, full and side split.
23. Bloodmoon (1997)
R | 102 min | Action, Thriller
Martial 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.
Director: Siu-Hung Leung | Stars: Gary Daniels, Chuck Jeffreys, Frank Gorshin, Darren Shahlavi
Votes: 925
Darren Shahlavi, side split.
24. Hostile Environment (1999)
96 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Toxic 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 ... See full summary »
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Brigitte Nielsen, Matthias Hues, Darren Shahlavi, Rochelle Swanson
Votes: 314
Darren Shahlavi, full split.
25. Tai Chi II (1996)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A young Tai Chi master fights Opium smugglers with the aid of his powerful braid while wooing a girl.
Directors: Hsin-Yen Chang, Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Jing Wu, Christy Chung, Mark Cheng, Billy Chow
Votes: 761
Darren Shahlavi, side split.
26. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
PG | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Turtles discover their origins while they endeavour to save New York City from the evil Shredder and his Foot Clan.
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Paige Turco, David Warner, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden
Votes: 61,027 | Gross: $78.66M
Leonardo (stunt double Larry Lam) doing a side split.
27. White Tiger (1996)
R | 93 min | Action
After 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.
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: Mig Macario, Kelly Benson, Frank Cassini, John Cassini
Votes: 667
Gary Daniels, side split.
28. Street Law (1995)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama
A martial artist lawyer is framed for a crime, dismissed, and left penniless. To survive, he enters an underground fighting circuit.
Director: Damian Lee | Stars: Jeff Wincott, Paco Christian Prieto, Christina Cox, Richard Yearwood
Votes: 333
Tig Fong, full split.
29. Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When 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.
Director: Prachya Pinkaew | Stars: Tony Jaa, Phetthai Vongkumlao, Pumwaree Yodkamol, Suchao Pongwilai
Votes: 78,205 | Gross: $4.56M
Tony Jaa, side split. Other fighter, full split.
30. American Kickboxer (1991)
R | 92 min | Action, Sport
A 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.
Director: Frans Nel | Stars: John Barrett, Keith Vitali, Terry Norton, Brad Morris
Votes: 701
John Barrett, side split.
31. Fist of the North Star (1995)
R | 103 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Based on a graphic novel, this apocalyptic adventure centers on a man who must reverse the cataclysmic conditions of his world.
Director: Tony Randel | Stars: Gary Daniels, Malcolm McDowell, Costas Mandylor, Downtown Julie Brown
Votes: 3,592
Gary Daniels, full split.
32. Best of the Best II (1993)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The Colosseum is the fighting arena owned by the champion Bracus. Now after the death of their friend, Tommy Lee and Alex Grady want revenge.
Director: Robert Radler | Stars: Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, Chris Penn, Edan Gross
Votes: 6,390 | Gross: $6.61M
Phillip Rhee, full and side split.
33. Double Team (1997)
R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
An international spy teams up with an arms dealer to escape from a penal colony and rescue his family from a terrorist.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke, Paul Freeman
Votes: 36,677 | Gross: $11.44M
Van Damme, side split (probably stunt double)
34. Replicant (2001)
R | 100 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Scientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer in order to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops.
Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker, Catherine Dent, Brandon James Olson
Votes: 15,718
Van Damme, full split.
35. The Last Mercenary (2021)
TV-MA | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A 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.
Director: David Charhon | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Alban Ivanov, Samir Decazza, Assa Sylla
Votes: 9,743
Van Damme, full and side split (probably stunt double).
36. Superfights (1995)
TV-14 | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jack 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Siu-Hung Leung | Stars: Brandon Gaines, Feihong Yu, Keith Vitali, Kelly Gallant
Votes: 343
Brandon Gaines, side splits.
37. Angel Town (1990)
R | 106 min | Action, Drama
Tenant helps landlord fight off local street gang.
Director: Eric Karson | Stars: Olivier Gruner, Peter Kwong, Theresa Saldana, Francisco Aragon
Votes: 846 | Gross: $0.86M
Olivier Gruner, full split.
38. Heatseeker (1995)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A kickboxing champion is forced to fight cyborgs in a tournament when the company kidnaps his fiancee.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Keith Cooke, Tina Cote, Norbert Weisser, Gary Daniels
Votes: 1,358
Gary Daniels, full split. Jahi Zuri, side split.
39. 18 Fingers of Death! (2006 Video)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Comedy
A Martial Arts Movie Star "Mock-umentary" in the loose tradition of Spinal Tap.
Director: James Lew | Stars: Shane Aaron, Koji Abe, Michael Andersen, John Arrington
Votes: 703
James Lew, full split.
40. Zhan long (1989)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action
Nam 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.
Director: Robert Tai | Stars: Robin Shou, Joe Lewis, Steve Tartalia, Sang Wook Kim
Votes: 105
Robin Shou, side split.
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