It's Fight Scene Friday™, and this week's scene is an homage to the awesome Hong Kong fight scenes of the 1980s! This scene is a collaboration between Mag-Fighters, Reel Deal Action and NDTeam. Andy Long is the star of this one, and he also was the director, editor, and action director of this scene. Khoi Chau is the bespectacled fellow, and Can Aydin is the 'final boss'.
Andy Long is an amazing person! He went around the world to work with the best indie/amateur stunt teams all in a quest to meet Jackie Chan and join his stunt team. You know what? He did it! He is a stuntman on CZ12 (also known as Chinese Zodiac), the third Armor Of God movie. He is the guy Jackie Chan does a spinning headscissors to in the final fight. Talk about living the dream! He is now a professional stuntman and fight choreographer.
There are a lot homages to 80s Hong Kong action cinema in this. The final fight takes place in a park seen in Police Story II. The poses Andy Long and Can Aydin have at the beginning of their fight is the same as Donnie Yen's and Michael Woods' poses at the beginning of their fight in In The Line Of Duty 4. In the outtakes, they visit the mall where the final fight scene took place in Police Story. They also visit the area where the final fight scene takes place in Flash Point. The music during the short is that classic Richard Yuen stuff, and the ending credits song is the Police Story theme sung by Jackie Chan. The final dialogue between Andy Long and Can Aydin is what Sammo Hung says to Cynthia Rothrock at the end of their fight in Shanghai/Millionaire's Express (from the German dub). Of course, the sound effects are from the 80s, too! Awesome stuff all around. Enough of my blabbering, check it out!
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