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Hace 3 días · Yuen Woo-ping: From Hong Kong to Hollywood. After his stint with ‘The Matrix’, Woo-ping didn’t just sit back and relax. He quickly returned to tackle ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’. This movie was a massive hit, and introduced wuxia (a genre of Chinese martial arts) to the world. Quentin Tarantino didn’t waste time getting Woo ...
Hace 4 días · The Magic Hand Behind ‘The Matrix' Moves. In the world of martial arts cinema, few names command as much respect as Yuen Woo-ping. The Wachowskis selected Woo-ping for ‘The Matrix' after viewing Jet Li's 1994 film ‘Fist of Legend'. They recognized the need for a master of Hong Kong action styles, and no one fit the bill better than Woo-ping.
Hace 2 días · Ip Man 2 ( Chinese: 葉問2:宗師傳奇, also known as Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster) is a 2010 Hong Kong biographical martial arts film loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun. A sequel to the 2008 film Ip Man, Ip Man 2 was directed by Wilson Yip and stars Donnie Yen, who reprises the leading role.
Hace 4 días · The Matrix directors convinced one martial arts legend to choreograph the stunts in an English film. Yuen Woo-ping is famous for the stunts in Jackie Chan's Drunken Master and Jet Li's Fist of Legend. He went on to work with Quentin Tarantino, producing some slick action sequences in Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2.
Hace 1 día · Made at the height of her fame following roles in Hapkido, Lady Whirlwind, Enter the Dragon and When Taekwondo Strikes, Broken Oath is one of Angela Mao’s very best films – and boasts action choreography orchestrated by Hsia Hsu (Drunken Master) and Yuen Woo-ping, one of the most respected stunt coordinators in both Hong Kong (The Magnificent Butcher) and Hollywood (The Matrix).
Hace 1 día · 01:15:55 - If you want Peak Hong Kong Action Cinema, it’s hard to go past Master Yuen Woo Ping’s 1989 Donnie vehicle, IN THE LINE OF DUTY IV! Sassy police acti…
Hace 15 horas · She appeared in The Heroic Trio (1993), and the Yuen Woo-ping films Tai Chi Master and Wing Chun in 1993 and 1994, respectively. She changed her stage name back to Michelle Yeoh when she started her Hollywood career with Tomorrow Never Dies in 1997. [ 23 ]
