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In Films and Books: The Decline and Fall of Martial Arts Films and the Rise of the Action Blockbuster Movie (with trailers)

Martial Arts Series: Comparing martial arts films of the 1970s to the action blockbusters of 2009/10

By Derek Armstrong, Films and Books Correspondent

Red Cliff, Ip Man and True Legend are already iconic of the early 21^st century “martial arts films”—although many can argue they are more action spectacle than true martial arts films. The 1970s, on the other hand, didn’t rely on eye-candy effects and were defined more by the true grit of its martial arts actors: Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, the Five Venoms, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Jimmy Wong, and other real fighters trained in genuine martial arts.

Martial Arts Becomes Mainstream But Evolves Into Spectacle

Cult classics such as Enter the Dragon helped change Hollywood. Its growing popularity forced filmmakers to adopt martial arts into the formula of the “action flick.” Through the eighties and nineties, spectacle thrillers

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