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Of all the Bruce Lee knockoffs, even to this day, nobody did it as well as Sammo. Other Lee knockoffs were nudged by studios looking to make a quick buck,

Sound design in American fight scenes traditionally errs on the side of subtle. When Bond falls, or when he's punched in the gut, you barely hear it. Everything is sold

Rurouni Kenshin has a definite Hong Kong flavor for a reason. @KenjiTanigaki, a long-time choreographer with Donnie Yen (starting with Shanghai Affairs /IMDB), made his mark with Sha Po Lang.

Lau Ka Leung's action lines and beats were the opposite of Sammo's: odd angles, often off-beat, and very Chinese (as opposed to Sammo's Chinese-Korean blend). LKL outclassed everybody because nobody