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Hong Kong action cinema 10/25/25(Sat)02:23:26 No.215474768

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Hong Kong action cinema Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)02:23:26 No.215474768 Archived

Just watched this and holy shit. Absolute kino.
>best gun action since Robocop
>All practical effects and one- shot takes of dozens of stuntmen exploding. Blood squibs and sparks flying everywhere.
>Excellent cinematography with no shaky cam.
A fucking joy to watch. I have to go back.
Tell me: what are the absolute best Hong Kong gun action films from the 80s and 90s? This shit was on par with or surpassed the village attack sequence in Predator.

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)02:58:23 No.215475149

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)02:58:23 No.215475149

>>215474768
>since Robocop
It came out after Robertcop
Didn't you make this thread the other day? Anyways, Hard Boiled is the greatest action movie of it's kind. The Killer, A Better Tomorrow 1 and 2, and Bullet in the Head are the other best HK gun action movies. They're all directed by Woo and predate Hard Boiled.

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)04:38:53 No.215476411

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)04:38:53 No.215476411

I fucking hate John Woo and his gay ass goofy gun fu. Give me old school kung fu films over that shit any day

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)04:40:39 No.215476431

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)04:40:39 No.215476431

>>215474768
The choreography is great but the shooting is terrible, infinite ammo and no recoil

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)04:47:25 No.215476513

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)04:47:25 No.215476513

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>>215474768

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)04:52:50 No.215476552

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)04:52:50 No.215476552

>>215474768
I watched this a while ago and I didn't get the bit about the flowers. They're storming the hospital and Chow Yun Fat tells the chick "Call in the cavalry when someone gives you flowers" and he slips a flower in her pocket without her noticing. So she's waiting for the signal until eventually she looks in her pocket and finds the flower, it's a callback to Chow trying to date her and she says she wants flowers, but it makes no sense in terms of timing something to happen. How did he know she would find it in time? What if she just never checked her pocket?

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)05:02:38 No.215476652

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)05:02:38 No.215476652

bumping for interest

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)05:41:27 No.215477034

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)05:41:27 No.215477034

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Philip Kwok is badass

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)05:41:27 No.215477035

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)05:41:27 No.215477035

a better tomorrow and the killer are my favourite woo flicks

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)05:45:24 No.215477065

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>>215477035
the killer is my top woo flick as well.

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)05:47:46 No.215477084

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)05:47:46 No.215477084

>>215476552
I think he just wanted her to call the cops as soon as possible. Probably didn't intend for the flower to go unnoticed for as long as it did.

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)05:50:29 No.215477111

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)05:50:29 No.215477111

>>215474768
watch IP man for a truly kino hong kong action experience

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)05:52:17 No.215477127

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)05:52:17 No.215477127

>>215477084
Should have just told her to call them then, or done it himself.

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)05:57:05 No.215477191

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)05:57:05 No.215477191

>>215474768
Sadly youve hit peak cinema

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)05:58:48 No.215477214

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>>215477111
>eight diagram pole fighter enters chat