I've seen a lot of HK action and kung fu movies, and a lot of crazy stunts and falls, but dangling a child out of a car window during a chase scene is possibly the most insane thing I've ever seen.
Considering the number of copyright issues that I had while making this episode, I can imagine the problem may lie in that area :P Unfortunately, I had a section including In the line of Duty 4 which features a ton of spectacular stunt sequences, but if I included it they were going to block it from almost every region imaginable! Still, I love these movies and just want to share them with those who might be interested!
interesting i find this video from 2020. so it took that long to properly acknowledge hong kong's brutal method of filmaking? personally, i wish nobody gets hurt but it beats any CGI crap today. and hopefully, with the wish of nobody getting seriously hurt, such trend will continue in today's hong kong industry but its long gone and this is just nostalgia.
I know I am late on this, but try out the next two Tiger Cage films. Tiger Cage 2 has crazy fight scenes featuring Donnie Yen as well as Robin Shou. Two scenes I recommend are David (David Wu) vs Waise Chow (Robin Shou) and Dragon (Donnie Yen) vs American Gangster (Michael Woods). Tiger Cage 3 was okay, but there are some notable stunts that should be acknowledged in the finale confrontation. Check it out.
Love this video man (and the others too), the only recommendation I would make it to put the title during the clips, or at least give the list of the titles used during the end of the video. There are many films in this video I would love to watch, thanks to you
There is a bump in first Raid movie guy takes a bump from one floor to the next and lands folded in half on what looks like a concrete wall. Probably the nuttiest thing ive seen there is no money id take to have to do that stunt
Indeed, if you read the comments under the video I actually referenced this. Was trying to get the video out sooner, so I didn't stop to re-do the voiceover to make the correction. Still, an awesome film!
Great to see this compilation. I digitized a VHS tape of Hong Kong movie stunts and am hoping to track down modern HD copies of them. While going through there were some films I didn't recognize and I posted those up on RU-vid. Martial arts fans were able to recognize every piece except one that I'm still searching for - If you recognize the throw and impact at the 45 second mark here, please let me know: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i3_KQzPTkAI.htmlfeature=shared&t=44
I revisit your content about once a month, just to have background noise when I work at home. It gives me a feeling that I'm actually conversing with others that are familiar with genre films like myself, especially kung Fu movies ....... I heard Conan Lee was hard to work with, alongside having an ego the size of Texas. I guess that's why he wasn't utilized as much, hence having him sort of drift out of the business (that and triads, poor business choices, and scandals involving females....from what I've read). That jump on to the flagpole alone should have cemented himself a decent piece of the HK cinema pie. He did very poorly in the US, despite being in some fun low budget films
Wow, that means a lot! Always just hope someone out there likes these videos. My next one that I’m working on now is actually about some older Italian horrors. Some rather disturbing films. Hope it doesn’t split the audience! This year my resolution was to try and be more active in making videos, stop getting bogged down with my other hobbies. I’ve already started work on the next big one, but I might make another small one like this to sort of bridge the gap. And yes, I’ve heard as much about Conan Lee! A true shame, because it seems like we missed out on something with him. He wasn’t the second coming of Jackie… but he had something intangible. Still, we will always have Tiger on Beat!
I love this look into the lesser well known stunt-laden films from Hong Kong in the 80s and 90s. Where was your source for the MIRAGE clips? Great movie I saw on VHS tape from a video rental store in Chinatown back in the 90s, when I asked the clerk if he had any other movies like Jackie Chan's Operation Condor. It didn't disappoint! I would love to get MIRAGE on DVD or Blu Ray.
The source for the film was originally the laserdisc. Agreed that it would be phenomenal to see it get a nice release. So much heart was put into its creation, I would love to see it get a respectable release sometime soon.
I too am very curious about the source about these Mirage clips i have been dying to see this movie since the 90s. There is a 12 minute clip on YT somewhere
I’m trying! Have been writing and writing for the next video. Watching a lot of movies, trying to catch the vibe. The next video is going to be another long one. A deep dive into the world of Bruceploitation.
Thanks for the interest. Bruceploitation is coming along. Script, which is the longest part, has been finished for a while now. I’ve just been doing the special effects stuff for it. Decided to go all out on this one in those regards. Once I finish these last few sections, compiling the video shouldn’t be TERRIBLY difficult. Famous last words, I’m sure, lol.
Awesome video! I'm happy you highlighted some more obscure titles. The Tiger on Beat films are buck wild. I've been curious about Mirage for a long time, it looks nuts! Bury Me High is another Tsui Siu Ming epic that deserves mention. The finale of Yes Madam is another masterpiece of stunt mayhem. Not HK, but some of the old Panna Rittikrai movies have absolutely bonkers stunt work and would make for good comp material.
Nice suggestions! In the same way that I brought up the Taiwanese background of Kung fu kids, I might throw some Rittikrai films in the mix the next time I put one of these together!
20:00 Why on Earth was Sibelle Hu doing that stunt in Devil Hunters? She's not a stuntwoman and apart from close ups, her fight scenes are usually someone like Yuen Biao in a wig. An explosion is two stunts in one. The fire, and the shockwave from the explosion. Add in the high fall and this was a serious injury just asking to happen.
The same old - for the publicity. Even today you still get a lot of media buzz around actors doing their own stunts in action films. Now imagine back then when HK was pumping out so much action films and the movie makers having a hard time to differentiate and grab attention as the audience were bored with the "usual stunt stuff", so that means getting the actors themselves involved to give the press something to write about. Actors throws themselves at these stunts because they want to appear dedicated to the work and then get more offers, especially women who don't want to be viewed as just a pretty face (and slept their way to the top of the cast list). Often times you get even more attention from the press and thus audience when one of those actors gets injured for a particularly difficult stunt, which got people to go to the cinemas to specifically watch THAT stunt where the actor got injured. That's not something they do today anymore but it was quite a common PR stunt they often pull back then.
They are such an eclectic list of films, many are loved for different reasons. She Shoots Straight is such an awesome action film, Police Story 3 was a huge part of my life for many years, and Full Contact is just one of the best HK crimes films ever made... many of those listed are just awesome within their own select area.
@@weirdcinemashow Watching some of these stunts always makes me wonder about how these stuntmen feel today about that era. Aside from the inevitable nostalgia, are they glad people don't have to risk as much today? Listening to Jackie Chan interviews you get the impression he wishes things went back to the way they were, but I wonder if everybody else feels that way....
I’m sure they’re very proud of their work, but I also bet they can feel every single stunt they ever did when they wake up in the morning. Such high impact falls definitely leave their mark on a person!
