From the 1970s to the end of the 1980s, Hong Kong martial arts action films were a stage. The style was the same, and Jackie Chan was just like that. From the 1990s, new martial arts represented by Jet Li emerged, and the Huang Feihong series became popular all over the country. Entering the devil, doing earth-shattering, flying sand and stone, picking leaves and flying flowers, and flying with swords, such as "Tianshan Tongmao", went downhill; martial arts entered the post-wuxia stage from the late 1990s, and the older generation of actors were scattered, and it would not work... Recently The best action movies I watched in 2010 were Donnie Yen's "Slaying the Wolf" and An Zhijie's "Fighting".
Hong Kong action movies are not good, and the "Kunba" series of Thailand's Tonija (especially Boxing 1 is very similar to Jackie Chan's early works) and Indonesia's "Raid 1, 2" (not martial arts, but kind of Melee combat skills, but also strong viewing). I don't know why, I feel a little bit, is this movie actually a lament that in Hong Kong now, only Donnie Yen is still insisting on making martial arts action movies? At the end of the film, there are a lot of reviews of the cameo scenes of the actors in the martial arts action films, which is a kind of tribute;
Note: The 70s can be called the former martial arts. At that time, the action films were like dramas, more like stage shots, Luo Lie, Wang Yu, Di Long, Jiang David... In the later stage of the former martial arts class, Jackie Chan's "Plan A", "Police Story" and Liu Jiahui also performed a lot. They got rid of the theatrical routines, and the movements became smoother and more enjoyable to watch, and they began to be accepted by the people of the world. The action is hey, haha, a swoosh, a bang...
The new martial arts routine starts from the Tsui Hark Wong Fei-hung series, so is the "Dragon Inn" that everyone likes, "Water Margin: The True Color of Heroes", many, many, starting on the routine There is an artistic display, and it begins to get rid of gravity. At that time, the martial arts was the most energetic time, showing countless classic action movies!
(Note: This article has quoted the views of film friends)
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