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Although a bold statement, college professor and author Lisa Stokes is convinced: Hong Kong filmmakers have increasingly more influence in Hollywood each year. A renowned expert on the subject, Stokes wrote Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema (Scarecrow Press, 2007) and co-authored City on Fire: Hong Kong Cinema (Verso, 1999) with Michael Hoover. During a recent interview, she provided insight into current trends and offered movie suggestions for newcomers to Hong Kong cinema.

Hong Kong Influences in Hollywood

Examples abound that show Hong Kong’s substantial influence in Hollywood. Quentin Tarantino’s acclaimed Reservoir Dogs exemplifies the trend of Hollywood copying Hong Kong, which originally copied Hollywood. According to Stokes, Tarantino borrowed the last part of Ringo Lam’s film City on Fire for Reservoir Dogs. Films such as these with lots of rapid gunfire, physical action, and close-up camera work of speeding bullets were popular among 1980s Hong Kong filmmakers.

One of the most famous examples comes from the blockbuster three-part film series The Matrix, in which Keanu Reeves transforms from a computer hacker into a gun-toting savior of the world. Hong Kong director Woo-ping Yuen choreographed these movies, which introduced audiences to a style that has since been copied and adapted for countless films.

“People in the movie [The Matrix] have attested to how training with him has changed their lives,” Stokes says.

Tarantino’s Kill Bill Part I and Part II uses Woo-ping Yuen’s choreography, which also was included in the recent action sequences for The Forbidden Kingdom, a martial arts fantasy that takes an American teenager back to ancient China.

In addition, the influence of Hong Kong is evident in music videos, such as Korn’s rendition of “Freak on a Leash.” In the music video, a bullet sequence draws from the work of Ringo Lam’s 1982 film Full Contact where the bullet’s point of view is shown before switching to the action of the bullet.

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