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Celebrating Hong Kong Action Cinema: Stunts and Brotherhood
10/28/2025
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Story summary
- A Criterion Channel retrospective highlights the best Hong Kong action films, showcasing innovative stunt work and themes of brotherhood and justice.
- Police Story (1985) features Jackie Chan's iconic stunts.
- John Woo, the film director, defined the heroic bloodshed genre with A Better Tomorrow (1986).
- Infernal Affairs (2002) inspired The Departed.
- Ip Man (2008) revitalized interest in martial arts cinema.
