Sentences with phrase «kong martial arts films»

The action, heavily influenced by Hong Kong martial arts films, is beautifully choreographed.

Not exact matches

The film launched a new wave of Hong Kong filmmaking and you can feel its influence in everything from Bruce Lee's martial arts thrillers of the 1970s to Jackie Chan's Drunken Master films to the Tsui Hark - led new wave of high energy, special effects laden adventures in 1980s Hong Kong, and of course, the Oscar winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee's tribute the magical, colorful genre that King Hu reinvented with this film.

The film uses Meyers» words, but they're read by voice actor Yuri Lowenthal in an animated framing device that has a laid - back martial - arts expert indoctrinating a young know - nothing into the world of Hong Kong action cinema.

LMD: You have been a part of every important era in modern Hong Kong action cinema since the 1960's, very notably in the 1970's, in your own starring films throughout the 1980's, and recently in movies like SHA PO LANG, IP MAN and THREE KINGDOMS, you're seeing another new age in martial arts filmmaking.

But he has a deep influence on Ip Man, opening him up to innovation in his martial art just as his time at an English college in Hong Kong is opening him up to the possibilities of the wider world (one of the primary themes of Wong Kar - wai's film).

For those who missed the first film, Ip Man (played by Hong Kong martial arts maestro Donnie Yen) is the real - life martial Chinese arts teacher and proponent of Wing Chun style who was a hero during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria but is more famous to the western world for mentoring the young Bruce Lee.

Song Hye - kyo is currently in China working on her next role in «The Grand Master», the martial arts movie directed by renowned Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar - wai, and will apparently be displaying some «real action» skills in the film.

In a sense this film anticipated martial arts extravaganzas such as The Matrix (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000), as well as the western assimilation of the distinctive Hong Kong action film style of directors such as Tsui Hark and John Woo.

Set after the war, with Ip Man relocated to Hong Kong, it replaces the foreign devils that were the occupying Japanese Army with the colonial British foreign devils ruling Hong Kong in 1950 and sets the honorable sensei against a corrupt cabal of martial arts teachers lead by Sammo Hung (who is also the film's fight choreographer) and a champion boxer called The Twister (Darren Shahlavi), a British brute with a powerful punch and a killer instinct.

The film plays like a tribute to classic Hong Kong martial arts movies and adventure odysseys by an appreciative American fan and Disney veteran Rob Minkoff has the right attitude, if not the chops for action spectacle.

Channeling «La femme Nikita,» «Kill Bill,» Nikkatsu's»70s female exploitation films and a gazillion Hong Kong martial arts heroines, «The Villainess» nonetheless succeeds in being one - of - a-kind for its delirious action choreography and overall narrative dementia.

From the producer of the blockbuster franchises The Matrix and Lethal Weapon, world - renowned martial arts master and Asian film sensation Jet Li stars in this hi - octane thriller as a one - man arsenal who escapes from a Hong Kong jail to avenge his brother's murder in Los Angeles.

The martial arts film was seemingly played out, with Johnnie To and Milkyway Image's triad sagas, along with fellow travelers like the Young & Dangerous and Infernal Affairs series, capturing the Hong Kong action audience.

The Hong Kong brand of wire - enhanced martial arts (a major deviation from the TV series, for staunch gun opposer Barrymore nixed the use of any firearms in the film) works especially well in the over-the-top context, and the stars are all game — in particular Diaz, who is given a large share of non-wire fight scenes and more than holds her own.

Plus, having worked in the action movie industry in Hong Kong for the last 15 years as both an actor and martial arts choreographer on over 35 film and television productions afforded me not only the skill set to confidently film a kung fu movie, I have also worked with many people who were close with Bruce and shared with me many of their anecdotes.