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The 10 best Hollywood martial arts movies (gamerant.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hollywood has long been a home for big-budget action movies, bringing big stars with bigger explosions. However, Hollywood has embraced a different kind of action movie over the decades, bringing Eastern martial arts to Western audiences. Martial Arts movies have been a staple of cinema since the 1970s. The influence of Eastern cinema can be seen throughout Hollywood, from its stars to its stunt work.

Many of these movies have achieved worldwide success, winning multiple awards and becoming all-time classics. Hollywood martial arts movies remain popular around the world for their stunning choreography, charismatic characters, and heart-pumping action. These movies are pure cinema, firmly grabbing audiences and never letting go until the credits roll.

  1. The Matrix
  2. Enter The Dragon
  3. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & 2
  4. Everything Everywhere All At Once
  5. Rush Hour
  6. The Karate Kid
  7. Warrior
  8. Kickboxer
  9. Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
  10. The Forbidden Kingdom
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Not having Enter the Dragon at #1 is just messing with us.

Glad Shang-Chi got a mention, as well as EEAAO, as both films had top notch action choreography (the former just lost it in the last act) - the Martial Club (especially Andy Le) did great work on both and have a tonne of behind the scenes videos on their YouTube channel (been a bit quiet recently so they may be working on something new).