John Woo adapted martial arts movie tropes to action films; others followed

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Modern-day Hong Kong action films such as The Killer and City on Fire didn’t spring out of nowhere – they were directly connected to the city’s long line of wuxia and kung fu films.When John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow hit big in 1986, filmmakers switched their focus from the declining martial arts genres to modern-day action, but kept much of the fight choreography and the themes intact.The action was often like swordplay with guns, while the male bonding and brotherhood made famous by martial…

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