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Movie list (with poi or fire twirling)
| Movie | Year | Director | Starring | Comment | |
| Liam Sullivan music video "Shoes" | 2007 |
Liam Sullivan
|
Liam Sullivan
Kelly |
features the FireGroove girls doing fire hula hoop (towards the end). . . | |
| Justin Timberlake music video "What Goes Around... Comes Around" | 2007 |
Samuel Bayer
|
Justin Timberlake
Scarlett Johansson |
features fire fans, fan poi, fire hula hoop, fire staff . . . | |
| Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire | 2006 |
Mike Newell
|
Daniel Radcliffe
Rupert Grint
Emma Watson
Robbie Coltrane
Ralph Fiennes
Michael Gambon |
has a fairly cool sequence around the beginning - the entrance of the school "Durmstrang". The guys have what appear to be weighted staff that spark on the ends when they hit the ground - cool effect... [about a minute long] | |
| Mirrormask | 2005 |
Dave McKean
|
Stephanie Leonidas
Gina McKee
Rob Brydon
Jason Barry |
Alice in Wonderland type fantasy by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. One of the circus type people is shown using a firestaff briefly before Helena has her act. There is also contact and toss juggling and a bunch of other things of circusy goodness - sparkey | |
| Van Helsing | 2004 |
Stephen Sommers
|
Hugh Jackman
Kate Beckinsale |
about 2/3's of the way through Dracula's having a bit of a party and amongst the performers you can see several (not-so-good) Poi spinners, one diabolist and a bit of fire breathing. Only about 15 seconds of footage all in all and not of any technical interest, but they're there and someone might be interested. And if you look closely you can see one Poi person getting tangled. - SpacemonE / Ewan | |
| Man on Fire | 2004 |
Tony Scott
|
Denzel Washington |
Denzel is in a rave club, somewhere in Mexico, looks like a great party! anyway there are quite a few quick shots of all the dancers and there is a few guys spinning fire poi looks great! the whole place ends up catching fire! no one is hurt they are all outside loving it! - Allison Wright | |
| Vanity Fair | 2004 |
Mira Nair
|
Reese Witherspoon
Jim Broadbent
Eileen Atkins
James Purefoy
Jonathan Rhys Meyers |
Early in the movie, a lone firepoi spinner is featured in the india themed party. -sparkey | |
| The Reckoning | 2004 |
John V. Soto
|
Willem Dafoe
Paul Bettany
Brian Cox |
It does, featuring fire devilsticking, fire poi, and fire staff. Although you see devilsticking earlier, the fire performance is during the night village festival, around 55 minutes into the movie - fireNice | |
| Runaway Jury | 2003 |
Francis Ford Coppola
|
John Cusack |
In one of the "secret meeting" scenes in the park, there is a woman doing a giant-butterfly with fire. The scene shows here twice, in the distance.- Scott Billups | |
| City of Ghosts | 2003 |
Matt Dillon
|
Matt Dillon
James Caan
Natascha McElhone
Gerard Depardieu
Stellan Skarsgard |
Several people are seen spinning firepoi in the scene in the buddhist temple. As is generally the case, it is rather blurry and just provides background ambiance. -sparkey | |
| Rush Hour II | 2003 |
Brett Ratner
|
Jackie Chan |
Near the end of the movie there is a scene where Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are coming up out of the sewer system, there is a shot of the "Red Dragon Casino" (I think it is called) and there are a few shots of a guy doing fire staff in the far background. He even throws it high into the air. IT is blury so you can't see the moves, jus tthe fire going around and around. - DJ Dantana | |
| The Tuxedo | 2002 |
Kevin Donovan
|
Jackie Chan |
It has a guy doing fire poi, indoors at
a party. He just does the buzzsaw, and is only up there two shots,
for about three seconds total, but it is a good close up shot (he
is all painted up). The DVD version would be best to watch it on so
you can slow motion it. - DJ
Dantana |
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| Lilo & Stitch | 2002 |
Chris Sanders
|
Daveigh Chase (Lilo)
Chris Sanders (Stitch) |
Animated, Children's story. David performs
with fire. About the character David. Lilo has an older sister and he is her would-be suitor. David works at one of those Luau's that are just there for tourists. He fire spins with the Polynesian Fire Knives (a form of staff). For those of you who have seen Alegria of Cirque Du Soliel, David's routine in the movie was taken exactly from Karl Sanft's stage routine. It was well drawn though, and made me giggle. Then he attempt's fire breathing to a not so good..yet funny...end. There is a comment made about him burning himself "again", insinuating he isn't very good at what he does, and while funny I wasn't so thrilled with that. The fire spinning comes up twice in the movie, once in the middle and once more at the end." - Pele |
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| Queen of the Damned | 2002 |
Michael Rymer
|
Stuart Townsend
Aaliyah |
They spin fire poi in "Queen of the damned" at the big concert scene - Corvus Woolf | |
| Scooby-Doo | 2002 |
Robert Rodriguez
|
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Matthew Lillard
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Linda Cardellini
Rowan Atkinson |
"In Scooby-Doo the Movie there is a fire
breathing ghost and Fred does a pretty decent rope dart type thing."
- Pele
|
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| Star Wars: Episode II | 2002 |
George Lucas
|
Natalie Portman
Ewan McGregor
Samuel L. Jackson
Hayden Christensen |
Release date: May 22, 2002. Hopefully a lot more cool weapon and staff moves. Apparently we will see Yoda fighting with double light sticks 30" long. He will be portrayed as the best Jedi fighter. | |
| Behind the Sun | 2001 |
Walter Salles
|
Rodrigo Santoro
Jose Dumont |
set in brazil, this movie has a beautiful sequence of a woman spinning clubs, huge poi, and breathing fire - Rene Alvarez | |
| One, The | 2001 |
Leos Carax
|
Jet Li |
A Sci-fi action movie where Jet Li takes on another version of himself. Keep an eye out for it. | |
| Romeo Must Die | 2000 |
Andrzej Bartkowiak
|
Jet Li |
segments where they use rope dart techniques.
there's a scene near the end where he fights using a chopped-off fire hose. |
|
| Shanghai Noon | 2000 |
Tom Dey
|
Jackie Chan
Owen Wilson
Lucy Liu |
I saw it a long time ago but Mr. Chan demonstrates some excellent Rope Dart principle with a length of rope and a pan to defeat the bumbling gun-slingers. I watched it time and again in slomo on DVD and it's technically excellent in that they don't fake it or crop anything out, and it shows a lovely method (sort-of thumb lock?) for gathering a very long rope around you before step-kicking(?) the dart(pan) at your opponent - SpacemonE / Ewan | |
| Charlie's Angels | 2000 |
McG
|
Lucy Liu
Cameron Diaz
Drew Barrymore |
There is a party scene near the beginning of the movie, and there is a guy there spinning fire staff and spitting fire. He is in several shots. Also, near the end, Lucy Liu does some nice work with a chain. - Daniel Tyler. | |
| The Claim | 2000 |
Michael Winterbottom
|
Milla Jovovich |
Inexplicably in a Western film: In the wedding celebration scene (in the middle of the movie), there is a fire spinner doing the 3-beat weave. The shot is a little too close to see him well, but it is there.- Scott Billups | |
| Mission Impossible II | 2000 |
John Woo
|
Tom Cruise
Anthony Hopkins |
At the very end of the movie there is a girl spinning a fire staff for about 3 seconds, it is a nice closeup on the left side of the screen, but you must have the widescreen, because the "TV Formatted" version only lets you see about half of her. Her moves are pretty hot too - Daniel Tyler | |
| Beach, The | 2000 |
Danny Boyle
|
Leonardo DiCaprio |
if you look really carefully there is a little fire poi in the movie The Beach | |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 2000 |
Ang Lee
|
Chow Yun-Fat
Michelle Yeoh
Zhang Ziyi
Chang Chen |
2 seconds of Chinese meteors at the beginning of this movie. Later there are lots of knife swinging and staff twirling. Excellent movie. | |
| Miss Congeniality | 2000 |
Donald Petrie
|
Sandra Bullock |
One of the Miss America contestants does some double fire stick twirling. Shows off some nice auto ignition sticks which light up at the press of a button. Where do I buy them? | |
| Star Wars: The Phantom Menace | 1999 |
George Lucas
|
Liam Neeson
Ewan McGregor
Natalie Portman |
the fight scene against Darth Maul near the end, great for staff fighting/ sword fighting choreography - flips, twirling moves, general fighting moves. | |
| The Lovers on the Bridge (Les Amants de Pont-Neuf) | 1999 |
Leos Carax
|
Juliette Binoche
Denis Lavant
Klaus-Michael Gruber |
Has some excellent fire breathing in it, loads of acrobatic stuff, handstands, cartwheels, etc all doing breathing. Inspirational and shows how you can move while doing fire. |
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| Fong Sai-Yuk aka "The Legend" or "The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk" | 1993 |
Corey Yuen
|
Jet Li |
Martial Arts, Comedy. Includes staff fights
and rope dart. The rope dart actually ends up catching on fire, making it a rope torch. Information kindly supplied by Dr Gizmo |
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| Iron Monkey | 1993 |
Yuen Woo-ping
|
Yu Rong Guang |
Historical, Martial Arts. It has a number of staff forms, as well as some use of an iron chain. | |
| Twin Warriors | 1993 |
Yuen Woo-ping
|
Jet Li |
has some pretty amazing staff work in it | |
| Saltimbanco | 1992 |
Franco Dragone
| Cirque du Soleil | This has an interesting twirling and tap-dancing routine. No fire (though the dancers are wearing flamey skinsuits). What's especially interesting is that the long poi are used percussively against the floor, in time with the tap dancing (like a hybrid poi/cane routine). Not very complex or difficult moves, but very precise rhythms and a different approach. | |
| Iron and Silk | 1990 |
Shirley Sun
|
Mark Salzman |
Chinese steel whip and double sword forms that translate easily to poi, staff forms as well. | |
| Shaolin Temple, The | 1982 |
Chang Hsin Yen
|
Jet Li |
Martial Arts. It has a rope dart master in it | |
| Grease | 1978 |
Randal Kleiser
|
John Travolta
Olivia Newton-John |
fiery double staff spinning in it during the pep rally scene. - TinklePants | |
