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I'm excited!

Heading to Chicago in a couple of days to present on the EXTRACTION movies, "one shot" action sequences, and the cultural ascension of stunt work. Pumped!

Watched SHELTER. Some strong action in this.

THE DIVINE MOVE (Cho Beom-gu, 2014)

Fight / Martial Arts Choreographers: Choi Bong-rock, Heo Myeong-haeng

SHADOWLESS SWORD (Kim Young-jun, 2005)

Action Director: Ma Yuk-sing

Love the editing here.

BICHUNMOO (Kim Young-jun, 2000)

Action Coordinator: Ma Yuk-sing

DEAD LEAVES (Hiroyuki Imaishi, 2004)

For some reason, the original post with the article has been deleted, so here's the link again. Some great action stuff in 2025.

Below is a thread of GIFs from the scenes I discuss.

mubi.com/en/notebook/...

Wish the film had more scenes like this, but, yeah, this moment is pretty electrifying.

BILLY JACK (Tom Laughlin, 1971)

Fight Choreographer: Han Bong-soo

BODYGUARD 3 (Nie Rongxin, 2025)

More like "kicks," plural

THE KICK (Prachya Pinkaew, 2011)

Action Supervisor: Panna Rittikrai

BODYGUARD 2 (Nie Rongxin, 2023)

The Action Year in Review - 2025 YouTube video by Kinemotions

It's here! The 2025 Action Cinema recap!

An overview of the year's most interesting action films. Everything from Ne Zha 2 and Avatar 3 to Last Bullet, Kantara and The Prosecutor, to smaller gems like The Forbidden City, Tatsujin Warriors, and many more!

youtu.be/74ckedulSgo

As usual, shout-out to the awesome @celizotte.bsky.social for her terrific editorial guidance.

Full list here: letterboxd.com/jonahrbliss/...

Thanks so much! 🙂

Yes! Gnarly bloody mayhem

This is that good action shit I was talking about.

And that's a wrap! Stoked for another year of action.