Though marital arts action cinema is vast and varied, it is rare for one to elevate the genre and push it forward. There have been few recently - The Raid comes to mind, and while not technically "martial arts" I'd argue John Wick counts - that feel as if something new and special is happening.
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We watched The Furious as part of Beyond Fest at American Cinematheque. You can check out the full schedule here. Every now and then, a martial arts movie comes along and wows audiences with its innovations or the audacity of its choreography and set pieces. Enter the Dragon (1973) influenced a
Li Lianjie is perhaps one of the most famous Chinese martial artists in the world, although you might better know him as Jet Li. After retiring from the Beijing Wushu Team in 1979, he would then go on to star in numerous martial arts films. It's a career that actually started in Hong Kong, where he
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Anyone with even the most remote interest in martial arts films will recognize Li Lianzi, better known by his stage name of Jet Li. This Chinese-born Singaporean started his martial arts career after three years of training under the wushu/kung fu master Wu Bin. That training quickly bore fruit in
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The term "crowd pleasing" or "crowd pleaser" has found itself layered with some derogatory undertones among critic circles. Broad appeal seems immediately discounted, as if populist filmmaking is somehow lesser than when compared to auteurs and hidden indie gems. I've always maintained that there
