It’s therefore disconcerting and not a little depressing to come to Wu Dang or 大武當 (2012). When we came into the 2000s, the fighting got more realistic as in Unleashed (2005) where Jet Li fights a number of vicious opponents for Bob Hoskins. The fact none of the films was even remotely realistic simply added to the fun of it all. ![]() ![]() Kurt McKinney in No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) where we get to blame Bruce Lee all over again. These were innocent times and such stories had the merit of appealing both as examples of the different fighting styles and as offering the chance for the audience to cheer as the underdog pulled off an improbable victory, e.g. with Jean-Claude Van Damme in Bloodsport (1988), Eric Roberts in Best of the Best (1989) and so on, following on behind. ![]() Thereafter it was everyman and Karate Kid (1984) for himself as Jackie Chan led off with The Big Brawl (1980). When Bruce Lee was engineering his breakout into Hollywood, the use of a competition became standard as in Enter the Dragon (1973) and the partial The Game of Death (1978). ![]() This could be between two styles to determine which was the superior or to establish which was the best fighter regardless of style. In the early days of Hong Kong movies, there was a tendency to include “kung fu” competitions as a major theme.
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