Category: Action Genre
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The Hobbit Does New Frame Rate – Yes, The Audience Can Tell
When news broke that The Hobbit would utilize a frame rate double that of standard film in order to ease the 3D effect, I knew audiences were gonna hate it… they just won’t know why. Cinemas project film at 24 frames per second, an industry standard (call it 24fps). Soap operas, news programs, and most…
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Avoid Lecturing Your Audience
The recent hit Haywire with Gina Carano is putting the spotlight on actors who do their own fighting and stunts, but there seems to be a viewpoint that audiences are somehow responsible for the diminished quality in our action genre. An article on the subject has this to say: 7. Audiences: Free your mind –…
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Donnie Yen on Boston TV 1985
See where it all started with Donnie Yen, from the view of public access TV in Boston.
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Release dates for two of the most anticipated Chinese action films of 2012
First is Jackie Chan’s comeback as lead actor, director, producer, writer and action director in his final action-packed film Chinese Zodiac, which has now changed its’ international title to CZ12 and will premier in China on December 12. Will Jackie Chan finally impress us all with this one, after a long streak of disappointing films?…
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Special Identity – More trouble & stills of Vincent Zhao’s intended role
It’s been a while now since Vincent Zhao’s accusations against Donnie Yen’s work ethics and attitude problem on the set of Special Identity, which sparked huge reactions within and outside the film shooting and led to responses from everywhere and ugly consequences. Since then, Donnie has been quiet about the issue and kept focusing on…
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High-octane action videos you probably haven’t seen
Tired of stunts done with computer graphics? Wires that gently float actors down after a dangerous 4-foot jump? Still imagining the pads off camera? Here is some much-needed medicine for your ailment. Let’s start early on, just at the peak of the Hong Kong “old school” kung fu film. “Shapes”, or succinct, posing movements that…
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An Introduction to The Action Kickback Movement
If you’re reading this blog, “action fan” doesn’t adequately describe you. You’re an “action junkie.” You like your action scene unprocessed and unrefined, no sugar added, preferably in a powdery form whose purity is demonstrated by its rapid solubility in a drink. When taken by the average film-goer, its potency separates his frontal lobe from…
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Ip Man 3… D
Last words from Donnie and the production team was that there were doubts of a third film being made due to schedule conflicts as well as mixed feelings of milking the success of Ip Man. For a while, it really looked like there wasn’t going to be another sequel to the already two successful films…
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What are your picks for best action scenes of 2011?
In my opinion, nothing could match these three scenes – plus Donnie’s fight with Andy On in The Lost Bladesman which I decided not to upload – in terms of creativity: Action choreography by Donnie Yen Action choreography by Donnie Yen Action choreography by Dion Lam