I've seen a couple Tony Jaa Muay Thai-style movies too, namely The Protector, SPL II and some of Ong Bak. And that Thai movie Chocolate/Zen Warrior Within, where the girl with autism fights the guy with severe tourettes (literally) lol, it was dumb asf, but people into martial arts movies liked it. The best ones I've seen are still those Iko Uwais Indoesian ones though. Have you seen them? The Raid will blow your mind it's just non-stop action, guns, kicks, elbows, knives, knees, punches, kicks, throws but Night Comes For Us is more anime-style in some ways and has a more complex plot. Forget "martial arts movies", they're the best action movies on the planet. There's no like BS lemme throw some flimsy jab or kick and you'll be KOed because I'm the MC and went "haaaiiiyaahhh", the shit actually looks like a real fight.
So you only watch documentaries?
Jet doesn't do his own stunts? Maybe, now that I think about it.
But you most likely heard about Jackie Chan. Not to mention Rush-Hour, obviously. So you might have a bias toward him.
I meant fake movies when it comes to fighting, obviously.
Nah, I became a big fan of Jackie Chan once I saw that cinemassacre video when I was like 14 and found out about how he does his stunts and stuff and then watched a bunch of his movies when I was 18-19. I've heard way more about Bruce Lee, eg my uncles like Bruce Lee, my fat friend cokehead friend sleeps with a Bruce Lee bodypillow (ahill). Rush Hour is good, but I don't think of it when I say Jackie Chan movies, since it's not one of his hardcore, pre-Hollywood movies, but more of a comedy....the Jackie Chan movies are the ones in the 80s. Don't even talk to me about The Tuxedo or that one where he plays a fricking babysitter.
Jet Li is a Hollywood actor, they generally don't do real stunts, they use special effects instead, which Jackie couldn't afford in the early days, plus him and his team just thought doing the stuff for real looked better (eg they wore special padded shoes so they could actually kick each other). Jackie has broken basically every bone in his body, from his skull, to his pelvis and his ankle in his movies.
