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A fan of martial arts and kung fu movies? Here are the best action movies with great fights, featuring Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Van Damme, Donnie Yen, and more, on Netflix, Amazon, HBO Max, and free platforms.
After a brief detour to pick up the Best Director award at Cannes earlier this year, The Assassin, the eagerly awaited historical martial arts epic from renowned Chinese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien, has finally arrived on our shores and it is indeed a curious experience. The story is told in such an enigmatic manner that even with the voluminous notes that I took during the screening, I remain somewhat confused by certain plot points. On the other hand, conventional and easy-to-follow narratives can be found anywhere, but very few of them occur in films that are as visually ravishing and formally graceful as what Hou has cooked up here.