Why 80s Hong Kong Action Movies KICKED ASS!

While all of us do love to talk about 80s action movies, I would also be remiss to not bring Hong Kong films into such conversations. Hong Kong's action industry in the 80s was unstoppable, and there's definitely a thing or two that can be learned from them when it comes to making great fight scenes. So here's a video essay analysis of why exactly Hong Kong action cinema kicked ass in the 1980s!

Also, forgive me for the audio inconsistencies! I'll try my best to fix that in the future!

00:00 Intro
01:12 The Actors
04:50 The Choreography and Stunts
09:25 The Cinematography and Framing
12:07 The Editing
19:50 Conclusion

Music Used
Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Main Theme
Jackie Chan - Police Story Main Theme
MF DOOM - Arrow Root
A Tribe Called Quest - Show Business
Outkast - Aquemini
Black Sheep - The Choice is Yours
Sin Rei - Blades of Bliss
Nujabes - Luv(sic) Part 1
elijah who (ft. jinsang) - drifting
Jackie Chan - Jasmine Bojyou

For further reading/viewing, do check out:
- "Planet Hong Kong" by David Bordwell, https://www.davidbordwell.net/books/p...
- Bond vs Chan: Jackie shows how it's done, a blog post by David Bordwell http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/201...
- Scott Adkin's "The Art of Action" Podcast,
   • The Art of Action  
- Jackie Chan - How to do Action Comedy, a video essay by Every Frame a Painting,    • Jackie Chan - How to Do Action Comedy  

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