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6/13/2025, 11:29:19 PM
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I'm generally a big fan of pre-Handover Hong Kong Action Cinema (HKAC), but in answer to your specific question, a lot of heroic bloodshed is tolerable, good even if you can grok context. Last Hurrah for Chivalry is a pretty good spin on wuxia, for example. On a tangent, I don't think this requires IQ to appreciate, but I really love the solid, snappy, contiguous choreography of mid-80s to 90s HKAC (from certain directors/action choreographers, e.g. Sammo). Seeing a multi-minute sequence of complex moves with no cuts, doubles, CG, etc. is awe-inspiring. I love those flicks. I actually can’t watch police story any more, it gives me weird painful nostalgia for a life and time that is gone forever.
I'm generally a big fan of pre-Handover Hong Kong Action Cinema (HKAC), but in answer to your specific question, a lot of heroic bloodshed is tolerable, good even if you can grok context. Last Hurrah for Chivalry is a pretty good spin on wuxia, for example. On a tangent, I don't think this requires IQ to appreciate, but I really love the solid, snappy, contiguous choreography of mid-80s to 90s HKAC (from certain directors/action choreographers, e.g. Sammo). Seeing a multi-minute sequence of complex moves with no cuts, doubles, CG, etc. is awe-inspiring. I love those flicks. I actually can’t watch police story any more, it gives me weird painful nostalgia for a life and time that is gone forever.
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