Originally published at: 80s Hong Kong cinema: a peerless era of action | Boing Boing
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I could watch the final fight scene in Yes, Madam over and over and over.
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The standards for editing have changed since the ‘80s, for the better. Compare the cuts in Yes, Madam to those in Atomic Blonde:
That is of course a standout (though it’s hardly alone; other examples that come to mind are Oldboy and Netflix’ Daredevil). I don’t know of any 1980s HK cinema that let one see what’s going on as well as these. Jackie Chan comes pretty close.
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God, I love old Hong Kong action flicks!
They are just dumb fun!
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This is my thing. Late 80’s early 90’s HK cinema. Back then I haunted the back of the Chinese grocery store, the lone gweilo pouring over the bootleg VHS tapes for rent. The picture quality was shit, but they almost always had Chinese and English subtitles burned in.
My life was not so good back then, but watching those movies for the first time as they came out was a wonderful experience I would gladly relive.
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