Category: Action Genre
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Zero budget mainstream film “High Kickers” 捨身技 looks like a skate video
Top Fight Acrobat is behind this film High Kickers, which is about people fighting in a dojo… or a dojang. … and only one dojang it seems. Hong Kong has come to the point where it’s offering video that could be played at Zumies shoe store at best. Get a lens adapter and a fill…
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Action Kickback site up and running
I’ve launched a new website for the Action Kickback movement to bring attention to the independent action teams that have sprung up over the past decade. They are, in my opinion, giving high-budget studio action films a run for their money. But as independent action filmmakers, we’re up against huge odds. Hollywood spends millions of…
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Bob Anderson 1922 – 2012
Bob Anderson brought us much of American swordplay cinema. His credits include Highlander, The Princess Bride, Three Musketeers, Pirates, and more. He also doubled David Prowse as Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Ever since the emergence of Errol Flynn, Hollywood has respected the blade. Swordfights are shot wider…
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“Bad Ass” with Danny Trejo based on real event, proves that YouTube is source of Hollywood inspiration
Bad Ass with Danny Trejo might look like your typical modern, self-aware, brainless actioner, but it’s clear evidence that a bridge is forming between Hollywood and the indie world of cellphone cameras and YouTube. Check out the trailer: The bus scene in the trailer is based on a real-life event involving a fellow code-named “Epic…
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Behind the scenes of Paper Marriage w/ Sammo Hung
Paper Marriage, that cutesy Sammo Hung actioner from 1988, was shot in Canada where the news did an in-depth feature about the production. Check out Chin Kar Lok doing the big fall at the end… twice.
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Expendables Extended Director’s Cut clip has extended fight scenes
An extended and improved Dolph vs. Jet Li fight scene from Expendables 1 has popped up, as well as an extended finale and some other goodies. 19:00 – Jet vs. Dolph 23:05 – Jet vs. Gary Daniels http://youtu.be/ABX9KEBAtUw You gotta wonder why the editor would shorten a fight scene (most likely at the mercy of…
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“The Kick” and a video timeline of glorified TKD/Hapkido
The Kick, a new Korean-Thai co-op from the studio behind Ong Bak. The stunts look phenomenal. Real-contact tricking. If you like Thai-style and TKD then you’ll be in heaven. But below the video I’ve also done up a small video history of glorified Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido. Consider it a little homage to Korea.…
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I don’t dig anime, but the Ruroni Kenshin trailer looks amazing
I tend not to watch many modern Japanese actioners because live-action anime pacing comes off as really cheesy. It sits somewhere awkwardly between Chambara/Western and HK-style, like a not-so-self-aware Kill Bill. Black Belt was a nice departure, which was basically Chambara without weapons, close to reality without the extreme epicness that anime action suffers from…
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Donnie Yen UK Tour 1990 (Video)
Dip at the SP Forum posted this clip of Donnie Yen touring in the UK in 1990 promoting Tiger Cage and In the Line of Duty 4. Lots of him talking about how to get hired in the booming HK action film market of the 90s as well as showcasing his skills for the screen.…