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Action is emotion. YT action movie channel:

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It's finally here! My 2023 Action Cinema recap video reviewing last year's most interesting actioners (approx. 100 films mentioned/talked about) from all over the world. M:I, Wick, SKR, Leo, Farang, Bad Blood, Jawan, 1%er, Godzilla, and many more!

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The Action Year in Review - 2023

An overview of the most interesting action movies from all around the world that came out in 2023._________________________________________ Chapters 00:00 In...

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Brilliant shootout. Perhaps the best ever.

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Was there ever a better time than 80s/90s Hong Kong cinema for women action stars?

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In PARASITE Bong Joon-ho uses carefully storyboarded shots to involve the viewer every step of the way. I believe the film clicks w/ many people because it makes complete sense on a sensory level. Its visual language flows better than most other films'. Let's thread an example:👇

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The incredible Chinese animated series FOG HILL OF FIVE ELEMENTS is seemingly getting a second season of five episodes this year. Astounding work from Samsara Animation Studio. Teaser:

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A COLT IS MY PASSPORT (Takashi Nomura, 1967)

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"Confess, or I'll use Jesus punches to beat you."

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The destruction of New York in the 1933 disaster film DELUGE features some absolutely insane model work. The tidal wave basically flattens the city in such an impressive and oppressive way.

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Over 30 years later, this is still the best opening scene a movie could possibly have.

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This was in 1992. And it was cooler.

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this is the coolest shit the mcu has done in years

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The truth about killing vampires. 😂

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Awesome creature effects by Tom Savini from Hong Kong horror comedy TILL DEATH DO WE SCARE (Lau Kar-wing, 1982).

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OK, this is one the best movie headshots I've ever seen. Twitter, let me introduce you to a little-known V-Cinema film series called THE SHOOTIST.

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Watching an obscure Japanese experimental action film from the 80s, and there's a scene where the bank robber starts shooting at the hostages and the scene somehow turns into a dance sequence/music video for the single 'Deep Inside' from the J-rock band A.R.B.?? That bass line.😎

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Action movies are so fucking cool.

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The climatic battle of Seijun Suzuki's TATTOOED LIFE (1965) is among the most visually striking ever filmed, taking advantage of the many possibilities of the art form, playing with colours, shadows, movement, sets, and camera angles to turn violence into a sensory experience.

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Watched JANPERSON THE MOVIE (Michio Konishi, 1993) and it might be the best thing I've seen in a while. The bowling pin noises at the end... 😭

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This scene was the epitome of cool.

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I had somehow missed the trailer for the Tamil-language action extravaganza VALIMAI. Looks like unhinged motorcycle-loving mayhem. Best parts:

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Friendly reminder that when Guillermo del Toro reinvented the Gothic genre for the 21st century, way too many people thought (wrongly) that CRIMSON PEAK was pretty but empty. 1/ It's not pretty, it gorgeous. 2/ He subverted major tropes, such as the following:

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By the gods, SHIN KAMEN RIDER looks so good.

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One of the biggest twists in the history of cinema.

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Beyond the insanity of the scene, it's the fact that the duel is choreographed as if the chainsaws were extensions of the fighters' body that really sells it to me. Director Lau Kar-Leung, the man who had designed the action of over 150 martial arts films, knew what he was doing.

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"-What's the most important thing a boxer's gotta have? -Rhythm, man, rhythm!" Sugar Ray Robinson tap dances with Gene Kelly, 1958.

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On Jackie Chan's birthday, let us remember the most lethal shot he ever fired.

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Amazing. Goosebumps. Already seated.

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A great example of how the One-shot-One-action approach to Hong Kong filmmaking, in addition to the dynamic editing, helped maximize the impact of every single moment. This is from the comedy POM POM AND HOT HOT (1992).

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I hadn't watched TOP SECRET! (1984) since childhood and had forgotten how relentlessly funny it was. A gag every few seconds. This grenade gag had me in stitches.

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🚨 New film action-directed by Kensuke Sonomura! 🚨 It's a Lupin adaptation! Pretty cool. They make good use of their small budget. On Amazon Prime. JIGEN DAISUKE (dir. Hajime Hashimoto)

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I love how the tracking shot of the chase in @WilliamFriedkin 's TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. subtly manipulates our expectations: the use of pillars to hide/reveal the car translates its attempt at disappearing, but also creates frames within the frame that ensnare it, a dual...

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What a shot! 😮 The built-up tension of the slasher let loose within the claustrophobic confines of the apartment. DOOR (Banmei Takahashi, 1988)

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I am in awe of the creativity and hard work that went into this stop-motion samurai short film, HIDARI. The team hopes to turn it into a feature-length film. The kickstarter campaign has just begun: Full pilot film on YouTube:

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SHIN KAMEN RIDER is an exhilarating tokusatsu blockbuster that updates the Kamen Rider lore with passion and reverence. It delivers exciting action scenes that pay homage to the franchise and takes it further than ever before. One of my 2023 favourites.

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Happy belated 30th anniversary to the most spellbinding film ever made.

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In what might be my new favourite movie ending ever, the sleazy Hong Kong category III film SPIDER FORCE (1993) just says eff it in the middle of the final shootout and blows up the building. No reason given. Everyone is dead. Cops, drug dealers, hostages. Everyone. Roll credits

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One of my favourite moments in the history of film: Gene Kelly dancing with Jerry the mouse in ANCHORS AWEIGH (1945). Animation supervised by Hanna and Barbera. A stupendous technical and artistic achievement.

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I just watched this North Korean martial arts film from 2006 that looks and sounds like it was made in the 1970s, and is about saving an ancestral martial arts manual from imperial Japan, so I just had to share it with you. PYONGYANG NALPHARAM (dir. Phyo Kwang)

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Letterboxd tweeting about Tollywood cinema. 🤯 Less than 10 years ago, I could only discover Indian blockbusters at genre festivals. Now they're opening in theatres across the world and we're sharing their glory in communal cinephilic euphoria. Twitter can be a good place. 🙏

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Only in 80s Hong Kong cinema could one witness a kangaroo annihilate a boxer during an underground fighting tournament. Here in KILLER'S NOCTURNE (Lam Nai-choi, 1987).

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I love how DIE HARD wastes no time in establishing its tone, hero, and plot. Takes only 15 shots (≈7 setups) and 90 sec to: -Establish classic Hollywood codes -Introduce three major character traits -Introduce one major plot point Let's go through them:

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126 years of cinematic progress for the art form to finally reach its final stage. Snoop Dogg fucking up vampires with a big-ass minigun. 😎 #DayShift is on Netflix.

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26 seconds of pure cinema.

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I cannot believe this shot exists. The seamless transition between time periods, the shift in atmosphere, the freedom of the camera. Just... wow. LABYRINTH ROMANESQUE (Shunya Ito, 1988)

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Petition for more Hong Kong-style action composition and editing, please. Example: the Billy Chow vs Tony Morelli fight in West Edmonton Mall from PAPER MARRIAGE (Alfred Cheung, 1988). Chin Kar-lok doubled for Chow in the somersault money shot.

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What are your favourite John Woo moments, big or small? Here's a thread with my top 200 or so...

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Featured: Elaine Lui vs Mondi Yau - GHOST PUNTING Michelle Yeoh - YES MADAM Almost the whole cast - TOP SQUAD Yue Hong vs Yan Chi - 21 RED LIST Yukari Oshima - OUTLAW BROTHERS Rothrock vs Shepard - RIGHTING WRONGS Godenzi vs Aurelio - SHE SHOOTS STRAIGHT Moon Lee -NOCTURNAL DEMON

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If you don't introduce your main character like this, what is even the point?

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There's a handful of incredible action scenes in #RRR (One vs Many brawl, Bheem's attack, the bridge, Ram's rescue), but the Naatu Naatu dance-off is my favourite: a brotherly sparring and a culture clash all wrapped into one. Beautifully explicit action kineticism through dance.

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RRR has the most exciting dual-wielding gunfight scene I've seen in a very, very long time. And only Indian cinema could have come up with it. It has many other breathtaking sequences. Every scene is a set piece of its own. Unbelievably generous and satisfying.

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Fine, I'll post it again.

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If “cool” could be summarised in one movie shot what would it be?

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The forever king of Hong Kong movies turns 73 years old today. He propelled the New Wave toward new horizons, revolutionized the industry, turned the 90s into a golden age, rebirthed and reworked entire genres, and gave us many unforgettable moments. Happy birthday to Tsui Hark!

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Action choreography rehearsals for RUROUNI KENSHIN.

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Hideo Gosha's THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI (1964) is one of the most beautifully shot and lit chanbaras I've ever seen.

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Daaaaamn, what a gunfight. 😍 Framing, composition, heightened formalism. Love it. Have you heard of Tokuzō Tanaka's HOMELESS DOG (1964)? Noir action film starring Jirō Tamiya. I hadn't either. Practically unknown outside Japan. It has eight sequels.

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My friends, I am watching one of the most bizarre/greatest action movies of all time. I got a few things to show you, but let's start with this hilarious headshot. The guy with the gun just shot at a bulletproof windshield and his bullet is now lodged in it. This happens next:

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The Hong Kong film industry as we know it is dead and buried. No guarantee this censorship won't eventually extend to old films in an attempt to remove them from circulation. Support physical media labels currently releasing these films! Keep them alive! DON'T let them fade away!

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Huge: Hong Kong has just issued new amendments to its film censorship rules that effectively impose Beijing’s strict censorship standards there overnight, in the name of the National Security Law. They take effect today.

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I often rewatch this scene, which I'm convinced exists because Yue Song saw the Burly Brawl from RELOADED one day, and thought "I can do this without all the CGI!" IRON PROTECTOR (2016)

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Every time Godzilla discourse happens, I think of this scene. How, in three shots and two lines, we get to feel the anguish and the fears of a whole nation. Beyond just understanding it, we connect emotionally with what the monster stands for.

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New Christmas Eve tradition: reposting this insane fight scene for anyone who might not already know it. A scene that probably exists because Yue Song saw the Burly Brawl from MATRIX RELOADED one day and thought, "I can do this without all the CGI!" IRON PROTECTOR (2016)

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Damn, the action in HiGH&LOW: THE WORST (Sigeaki Kubo, 2019) delivers. If you're unfamiliar with the franchise, it's a story of rival gangs, Japanese boys bands, cool one-takes, and ambitiously revitalising Crows-Zero-like set pieces. Buckle up, it's action thread time! ⬇️

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The most nihilistic ending to a pre-code cops vs gangsters flick I've seen recently: the final, absurd, kamikaze shootout of BEAST OF THE CITY (1932) where *everyone* dies. No exception. The gangsters, the cops, the undercover, the moll, the hero. Everyone.

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Women-led Action Films of 2023 - A Thread Action films with a female protagonist that came out this year. Titles/info in thread. Music by @XENNONofficial

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Again thinking of the fact that back in the day, actors in Hong Kong had to be willing to potentially die three times on set for less than 20 seconds of footage. That's Kelvin Wong Siu in RUNAWAY BLUES (David Lai, 1988).

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The next film from Koichi Sakamoto (director of Broken Path, Blackfox, Good Morning Sleeping Lion, countless Ultraman and Kamen Rider shows) is named NINJA VS SHARK. This is now my most anticipated film of the year.

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THE LADY ASSASSIN ends on one of the most intense, exhilarating fights ever committed to film. One of those late Shaw Bros action fest full of creativity from master filmmaker Tony Liu. Stay for the final strike, it's among the most magnificent freeze frame endings in history.

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New incredibly kick-ass bathroom fight scene just dropped! Choreography, camera work, stunts, use of space... Everything is on point. NORTH EAST POLICE STORY 2 / 东北警察故事2 (Qin Pengfei, 2023)

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One of the greatest surprise weapons of all time. And a powerful take on baldness. THE RUG COP (Minoru Kawasaki, 2006)

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Can you guys please help me? I'm just trying to make sure as many people as possible have seen this powerful scene from A TALE OF LEGENDARY LIBIDO (Shin Han-sol, 2008). It's for the culture. Cheers.

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Very cool gunfight that makes great use of the set and the environment, creating a fast-paced cat-and-mouse game between three groups of shooters. Minimalist score really helps to raise the tension. Andy Lau eats up the screen. GODFATHERS OF HONG KONG (Ho Cheuk-wing, 1991)

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Look, I love Ghanaian posters too, but real talk: There's movie posters, and then there's Thai movie posters from Tongdee Panumas...

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Holy shit, I was NOT expecting that 😂 (00:15 second mark, wait for it). YAMAHO YAMA (Y. Jitender, 2012)

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The joy of watching Hong Kong movies from the 80s is that any mediocre comedy from the era had a good chance of ending with a kick-ass action scene. Case in point: ROSA (1986), where Yuen Biao and Kara Hui fight off Dick Wei in a warehouse (of course). That rhythm, man. So good.

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Ghosts are real. Edith (Mia Wasikowska) can see them. It's a fact and the audience never needs to rely on the approval/opinion of a male character to confirm it, thus departing from traditional Gothic narratives.

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Ask not what Bollywood can do for you, but ask what you can do for Bollywood. Two things: - Go see PATHAAN in cinemas. The train scene alone is worth the price of admission. I had a blast. - Watch AN ACTION HERO on Netflix. One of the best Indian action comedies of recent years

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Oh wow, a HD copy of THE DRAGON FAMILY! A good opportunity to share (again) one of my favourite moments in HK action cinema. 😍

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So when RRR wins an Oscar, can we get a Blu-ray?

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I know the cliff leap in BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (George Roy Hill, 1969) gets most of the attention, but this shot of the train explosion is truly astonishing. How the stuntmen didn't get hurt, how the blast can be felt, how the shards flew directly toward the camera..

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The man who would traditionally play the role of saviour, Alan McMichael (Charlie Hunnam), is always 2 steps behind, has a hard time catching up with the narrative, and ends up being completely useless in saving Edith, thus departing from traditional Gothic narratives.

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Haven't watched the film yet, but this clip is bonkers. As jarring as some of these transitions are, the overall sensory experience is quite exciting. Except CARTER (now on Netflix) is over two hours of that. Can't wait to see if it holds up.

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Slapstick epic HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS, the funniest movie of 2023 (like on-the-floor-crying funny), is now on VOD and still playing in select theatres in the US. It includes a hilarious bar brawl, among a million other things you need to see for yourself.

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Chow Yun-fat vs. telepathically-controlled cars. Who wins? Hint: It's not Chow. Those car stunts go from dangerous to completely insane. I didn't really know what "tonal shifts" were until I saw SCARED STIFF (Lau Kar-wing, 1987), a film that switches genre every 10-15 minutes.

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