Heroic bloodshed is a genre invented by Hong Kong action cinema revolving around stylized action sequences and dramatic themes, such as brotherhood, duty...
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Hark and John Woo introduced further variety, with genres such as heroic bloodshed and gun fu films, and themes such as triads and the supernatural. However...
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Action film (section Heroic bloodshed)
South Africa, and were predominantly shot in the English-language. Heroic Bloodshed is a that originates with English-language Hong Kong action and crime...
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Pacific Screen Award and a Saturn Award, he is regarded as a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films and the gun fu genre in Hong Kong action cinema. He is known...
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launched the "heroic bloodshed" genre in Hong Kong, and gun fu action sequences became a regular feature in many of the subsequent heroic bloodshed films, which...
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recognised as a landmark film credited with setting the template for the heroic bloodshed genre, with considerable influence on both the Hong Kong film industry...
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principles of mythology, anime, and Hong Kong action films (particularly "heroic bloodshed" and martial arts movies). The film series is notable for its use of...
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turn Hollywood cinema, by playing a key role in the creation of the heroic bloodshed crime genre of 1980s Hong Kong action cinema. Deewaar, along with several...
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Script Lab. Retrieved December 5, 2022. Gallagher, Mark (2006). "Restaging Heroic Masculinity". Action Figures: Men, Action Films, and Contemporary Adventure...
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turn Hollywood cinema, by playing a key role in the creation of the heroic bloodshed crime genre of 1980s Hong Kong action cinema. Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers...
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during the Hong Kong New Wave, many of them comprising entries in the heroic bloodshed subgenre. He was nominated for six Hong Kong Film Awards, winning Best...
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Woo's A Better Tomorrow and played a key role in the creation of the heroic bloodshed crime genre of 1980s Hong Kong action cinema. Hong Kong Cinemagic provides...
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cinema's heroic bloodshed genre. "Angry young man" 1970s epics such as Deewaar and Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) also resemble the heroic-bloodshed genre of...
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Deewaar and Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) also have similarities to the heroic bloodshed crime genre of 1980s Hong Kong action cinema. Deewaar had a Hong Kong...
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his new image from A Better Tomorrow, he made many more 'gun fu' or 'heroic bloodshed' films, such as A Better Tomorrow II (1987), Prison on Fire (1987)...
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film stars Damian Lau and Wei Pai. The film is a precursor to Woo's heroic bloodshed films. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 11 November...
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Americans who, in the traditional Western, are nearly always the enemy of the "heroic" white settlers and cavalry. In the Indian Western, roles can be reversed...
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crime or maverick criminals, typically in a 20th century setting. Heroic bloodshed Mafia: Films include The Godfather series and shows include The Sopranos...
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made by the Shaw Brothers. Many of these films are examples of the heroic bloodshed genre (The Killer, A Moment of Romance). Made in Hong Kong was the...
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the gunfights in The Wild Bunch (directed by Sam Peckinpah) and the heroic bloodshed films of John Woo. Subsequently, the 1998 film Blade featured a scene...
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steps in order to prevent jamming and injuries. In the film genre of heroic bloodshed of Hong Kong films, the protagonists are often seen wearing dusters...
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include The Killer (1989), by John Woo, which is archetypal of the heroic bloodshed genre. During this period, the Hong Kong industry was one of the few...
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