This was as excellent as always Eric. So informative. Thank you!

@peterwang5660

Жыл бұрын

Have you worked with Eric before on a movie?

One of my favorite movies ever... that 540 Kick is ICONIC.

Amazing work! Was hoping we'd get a Yuen Biao essay. These essays deserve to be on the 88Films and Eureka releases.

I am absolutely over the moon with the availability of these classic Hong Kong movies on bluray. The transfers are immaculate, but the HD images have only made the doubles more obvious. I saw the Above the Law cut on VHS growing up - both Cynthia and Yuen Biao survive at the end. From what I heard the HK audience hated the ending because Cynthia dies. Awesome essay

I love watching these action essays from the Eric, I've literally watched Donnie's essays at least 20 times 😆, I know weird but I'm a hug martial arts fan especially Hk martial arts films. So seeing these types of videos always puts a smile on my face.

I believe your original video was about Corey Yuen's choreography but you had to fact check righting wrongs finale which led to this video. i very much appreciate this breakdown and your effort to give us your insight during a action director change within the same film. The only other one that I know of is Kung Fu Hustle where Sammo started the choreo and Yuen Woo Ping finished the rest I believe. Thank you Eric, hopefully we get to see more of these essays!!

Truly inspiring piece of infotainment. Educational and fun. Look forward to the next essay.

love this. brings me back to your old written action seen reviews from the old stuntpeople forums. great stuff!

This is the first video I've seen from your channel, and I am really impressed with your insights and info.

Really enjoying these essays, keep it up

Every time I learn something new. Please keep making these video essays

Hsiao Hou should've gotten more chances to show his stuff in the modern movies like this. The dude was solid stuntman and an Ace acrobat. He was a mainstay in the period piece films. Sammo seems to have been giving him the most stuntwork jobs. Last film I saw him in was Iron Monkey as a henchmen.

Wow This is an incredible video, super informative!! I used to believe that fast cutting was a disservice to good action, but the example that you bring up really broadened my perspective. Its not about the fast cutting ,its about how your action is shown within it . Thank you :D

I scroll on KZread and I see exactly the video that I didn't even dare to dream of. Thank you Eric Jacobus.👍👍👍

Love these action essays!! 🎉🎉

Thank you for putting this back up. Righting Wrongs is one of the favs.

So glad you reposted this. It’s fantastic. I’ll be passing it on. Love your essay vids.

Superb analysis, thank you for doing this.

Thanks so much for this content! Just a suggestion for a future video: Something about Sammo's Style of Action (and how he made the best Jackie Chan fight scenes) and it's evolution from the early "Iron Fisted Monk" days up until his latest work as in "SPL 3" or "Call for Heroes" would be very interesting!

Ayyyy glad this is back up!!!

Thanks Eric. These are amazing!

Eric, this is brilliant. Such an interesting insider view into the logic and rhythm of fight scenes. More, more, more! Please.

You got the gig as Kratos. Lets Go!!!

Dang this was super insightful! Awesome video

Great review! .. btw there is a great remaster by 88 films from UK and it includes all 4 endings. One in which YB survives but CR dies, one in which both die, one in which both survive and one in which only YB dies. The german version was the happy end version in which both survive. Whats interesting is that for CR to survive they had to end her fight differently, so this version has some small different fight parts and also different dialoge before the final fight starts. :)

Incredible work yet again. Love these essays.

This was amazing. Can’t wait for the next. May I suggest Rapid Fire which has some awesome and complex fight choreography.

Really glad that u made this amazing technical breakdown! Yuen Biao is so underrated, probably the most skilled of the three dragons in terms of physical capability/acrobatics!

Another awesome essay! Great work! Please keep them coming!!

Eric you are the man for this!!!!! excellent breakdown of this incredible finale.I saw this under the title Above The Law years ago.Yuen Biao and Cynthis roth rock are legends.even there one on one bout in the movie in the apt house is still amazing to watch

Man! That was awesome!👍👍!

Never knew I will hear your voice cuz I always see your tekken videos

Damn, keep these coming please. Plus I love always adding more movies to my kung fu watch list.

what you said about how close up and quick they cut was something i've been noticing rewatching. So many shots in tight, a punch or kick thrown just to cut to the foot or fist hitting the face in a close up. then like a couple moves shot in sequence and then it starts cutting around again. It's still really good but it makes the complaints of western action in some instances not warranted. The stunts and falls really get that wide and long shot and choreography is worked around like it always is.

fantastic vid again

i'm always learning new things from your video, thank you sir.

Was this taking down? I know I saw it before 🤷‍♂️

@EricJacobusOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Updated

@wilmartinez1

Жыл бұрын

Kool I'll love rewatching it 👍

Hoping you'll do an action breakdown of one of my favorite actioners Angel aka Midnight Angels starring Yukari Oshima and Moon Lee. This was the movie that really helped paved the way for the "Girls with Guns" era in the 80's

Thank you very much for the amazing learning material thisnis absolute golden content you are offering here 🙏🙏🙏

These are seriously great Eric

Amazing video. This is totally my jam.

I enjoy this series very much! Well done breaking down the scenes. Since you did Yuen Biao, would you consider doing Sammo Hung and then Jackie Chan separate as well, then doing an essay on all three with them in Dragons Forever?

@EricJacobusOfficial

Жыл бұрын

It's definitely on the list.

@josemananghaya7687

Жыл бұрын

@@EricJacobusOfficial Sweet!! Ill be looking forward to it!!

Love these ❤

Are you living your dream, Eric? Sure seems like it!

@drakelacy2358

Жыл бұрын

I know that’s a weird question 😂😂😂. It’s just amazing how the people I’ve been watching make awesome videos for the last decade are now legit in the business. I saw you in “Sorry to Bother You”, your mo-cap work on a huge game franchise…. I discovered the the Le brothers the same time I found your videos, and they choreographed “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once”. Always seemed like working on/in theatrical releases was the goal.

Chin Kar-lok was looking shredded in his doubles here 😂 really wanted more starring roles from him too. I’ve just got operation Scorpio and Shaolin Avengers

@EricJacobusOfficial

Жыл бұрын

See Nightlife Hero and The Green Hornet

@wilykat

Жыл бұрын

@@EricJacobusOfficial Also check out the one film where him and his older sibling Chin Siu Ho battle onscreen,Hero Dream. Michiko Nishiwaki is also present being the boss that she is.

Haven't seen this since the Dragon Dynasty release, but just got the 88 Films Blu. Multiple endings like this depending on where you were in the world seems pretty unique even now.

Yes.... Biao Yuen - one of the three musketeers ; Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and he !

What shocked me was the actor who played the police captain./villain didn't know martial arts. They t choreographed it so well it's like he was doing martial arts for years

@zachwalker522

Жыл бұрын

*Melvin Wong

Loved it. Great work!

cant wait for the next

Analysis of a specific fight sequence. Nice change of pace. And is Sammo Hung the next topic based on the results of that fan vote some time ago?

care to talk about DOA by Corey Yuen ? He did incredible jobs.

Can you do a behind the scenes and breakdown of your original GroundHog Day? That was "Dope!" to use a pun lol!

fun fact the version that I saw was that cynthia was injured but she wasn't killed

awesome sauce

Would love to see you and Scott Adkins having a blast with an essay about Hong-Kong directors and actors move to US after the Hong-Kong British handover.

@EricJacobusOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Now that's an idea...

I am really liking these. I am actually learning a lot and having a bigger appreciation for action scenes. I just got to ask where can I find these movies. Are they on "the seas" by any chance?

@EricJacobusOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Link in the description to where to see this.

@emptyblank099a

Жыл бұрын

Pay for them you thief, movies like this don't get made anymore thanks to people like you.

@BlueMageWithSoulEdge

Жыл бұрын

@@emptyblank099a no, movies like these don't get made 'cause of the financial politics of Hollywood actively blocking these movies out and trying to exploit the audience when\if it comes to market. You sound like a dude that will pay 80bucks for a 120p movie that was shot in at least 480, that was just 8.50 just a few years ago.

I used to enjoy Rothrock's Hong Kong flicks in the 80s, but I really cannot anymore because of the obvious stunt doubles. Sometimes it's an obvious dude with a wig lol!

@devalarees9987

Жыл бұрын

I still enjoy them, the choreography and editing are on point. Yes the stunt doubles are obvious but I just go with it, it's fun to watch the Hong Kong guys do their thing.

@bannedinallston

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, for me the obvious stunt doubles add to the charm. Sorta like spotting all the fake Jackies taking bumps in Jackie Chan movies. There was a great double moment in Yes Madam where "Cynthia" does a fall or a somersault off a staircase, and i don't even think they gave the double a blonde wig 😂 to me that doesnt take away from the artistry or choreography on display as much as say, wonky cgi (which is to say most cgi)

@EricJacobusOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Nah man she's top notch.

👏👏👏

see man this THIS is why i cant enjoy hollywood action movies that much anymore like john wick or like jason bourne .. this is just like a beautiful awesome ballet of pure violence ive been spoiled by these great action stars

The version I saw had both Biao and Rothrock surviving.

@realdealmind01

Жыл бұрын

There are different endings for different markets. Biao and Rothrock both die in the HK cut

The finale is good but I far prefer Yuen Biao's fight with Peter Cunningham. Overall, the parking lot fight is the best fight scene in the movie

When you pass every QTE:

Who doubled for Jackie in the Dragons Forever end fight with Benny the Jet? Not the kick you mentioned but the (degree) chest kick towards the end of it. Benny said that that Chan did it over and over, but that's not Jackie in the edit. Body shape is wrong. So is the hair. It actually looks like Biao, but that could be fan boy eyes...

@devalarees9987

Жыл бұрын

I think it was the same guy, Chin Kar Lok. I believe Benny when he says that Chan did it over and over, probably because none of the takes looked good enough for Sammo's exacting standards, so they ended up going with a take of Chin Kar Lok doing it that looked better than Jackie could do. Not knocking Jackie, of course he was an incredibly talented performer, but that particular kick was a very tricky skill (also a left-legged kick, typical of Chin Kar Lok; Jackie would've done it with his right). I believe Chin Kar Lok also doubled Yuen Biao in the Dragons Forever end fight, where he does a side flip over a rail. Chin Kar Lok was really one of the most acrobatically skilled performers in the history of the business, mostly relegated to doubling rather than acting roles.

@kaukui

Жыл бұрын

@@devalarees9987 Thanks for the reply. I think you're right. It's not that Jackie didn't do it (..'probably did it over and over), it's just Chin did it better. I might have to look in to more of his work. A bit like when I found out Jet Li's was Xiong Xin Xin from The Blade. I love it when stuntmen double for other stuntmen.

@LegendaryOn99

Жыл бұрын

@@devalarees9987 many believed it was Yuen Biao early on (since he was on set), but as eric said, chin ka lok is a left kicker, so im definite it was him. yuen biao did the 540 kick in righting wrong and twinkle lucky stars with his right leg.

@devalarees9987

Жыл бұрын

@@LegendaryOn99 Also, this is really getting into the details, but the back elbow that sets up that kick looks a little weird. In the shot before, Jackie slips to the right, setting up a left elbow, which would've set up a right-legged kick, with Jackie's face open to camera, just the way Yuen Biao does the kick in Righting Wrongs. But then it cuts to a right elbow, which actually doesn't quite make sense in the edit. It sets up a left-legged kick, with the double's face closed to camera (this is probably why they used Chin Kar Lok, who could do it left-legged, instead of Yuen Biao).

@kaukui

Жыл бұрын

And as super not overly relevant but something to note thing is; most Sammo fights are filmed in 4:3 so when you see them in 16:9 they are, unfortunately cropped. Sammo seemed to like 4:3 over 16:9. Most films don't suffer too much but they are better, if you can still find them, in 4:3. I have this on VHS as "Above the Law" (the "happy ending one" with no Yuen/Rothrock deaths) in 4:3 and the fight is a little more pulled back, so the close quick cuts are even less jarring. Edit: Did I mention 4:3?

ah no entiendo de que hablas por que no se ingles 😅

I remember this movie being called Above the Law here in the UK

I dont know why, but i feel Sammo Hung always find a way to make his fight scenes, well feel more like a fight, dont remove the stylized violence element, but doesnt feel "unrealistic". Not sure if any of that makes sense.