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	Heroic bloodshed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Heroic Bloodshed, or Hong Kong Blood Opera (HKBO), refers to a genre of action film originating from Hong Kong revolving around stylised action sequences and common themes such as brotherhood, honour, and violence.
		The term heroic bloodshed was coined by UK fanzine editor Rick Baker in the later 1980s, specifically referring to the styles of directors John Woo and Ringo Lam.
		The heroes in these movies are extremely agile and implement all sorts of cartwheels, wall-runs, rolls, dives, slides, flips, and falls while they duel, making for a graceful, ballet-like performance in the midst of gunfire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heroic_bloodshed (487 words)

	[ 3 d m r ] your single player map source for quake2, halflife, and unreal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Heroic Bloodshed is a regular Quake II themed unit and it is very similar to id's original levels except not quite as well constructed and a little darker.
		The missile launch, the train ride between maps, and the wrecked base at the end complete with dead strogg were all really cool ideas that you didn't see very much back in the early days of user-created Quake II levels and good examples of Marty's creativity as a level designer.
		There isn't anything especially remarkable about Heroic Bloodshed but given the time at which it was originally released it probably qualifies as a "classic".
	3dmr.gamedesign.net /reviews/quake2/rev_heroic.shtml (285 words)

	Heroic Bloodshed Reviews
		Heroic Bloodshed has bean since the 80's a popular sub-genre of Hong Kong action films.
		This was actualy the first Heroic Bloodshed film I ever saw and is a great introduction into the genre.
		John Woo's "A Better Tommorow" is a classic heroic bloodshed film wich stars Chow Yun Fat and Ti Lung.The film tels the story of gangsters who are running a counterfeiting scam.
	hk.filmcritic.freeservers.com /photo5.html (524 words)

	The Killer (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Killer is considered a classic of the Asian heroic bloodshed genre of action cinema.
		It is a very popular and well regarded film, not only for its stylised violence, but for its themes of honor, love and friendship, which, coupled with the religious motif of salvation (not uncommon in the heroic bloodshed genre) is used to evoke powerful emotions.
		Several music cues are taken from other films, most notably Red Heat, and Hero and the Terror.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Killer_(film) (812 words)

	The Killer
		'Heroic Bloodshed' is a genre that has found many fans in the west and its influence on Hollywood and has been interesting if not altogether successful.
		That Jennie’s story is so tragic is only part of the tragedy that the film unfolds; by the film’s close Jeff realises he has the power to save her eyesight and gladly accepts death as the cost, first asking Li to do what is necessary after he is gone.
		The term 'Heroic Bloodshed' was coined by Rick Baker in the late eighties but elements of the genre can be seen in earlier movies than A Better Tomorrow, a good example being Kirk Wong's The Club (1980).
	www.sizemore.freeuk.com /killer.htm (1993 words)

	Heroic bloodshed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Heroic Bloodshed, or Hong Kong blood opera, refers to a genre of action film generally originating from Hong Kong revolving around stylised action sequences and common themes such as brotherhood, honor and violence.
		However, nothing prevail more but the redemption/salvation and/or peace of the protagonist, as one (or both) of the two are the implicit goal of the hero.
		Heroes in these movies are extremely agile and implement all sorts of cartwheels, wallruns, rolls, dives, slides, flips, and falls while they duel.
	www.centipedia.com /articles/Heroic_bloodshed (372 words)

	A Better Tomorrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Better Tomorrow (英雄本色; pinyin: yīngxióng běnsè, Cantonese: ying1 hung4 bun2 sik1; literally True Colors of a Hero) is a 1986 Hong Kong action movie which had a profound influence on the Hong Kong movie-making industry, and later on an international scale.
		John Woo (cameo), the director, is the Taiwanese police chief walking along the corridor of the bloodshed restaurant in slow motion.
		Chow Yun Fat's entrance to the restaurant before the shoot-out is John Woo's homage to Mean Streets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A_Better_Tomorrow (665 words)

	A Hero Never Dies - DVD Review
		The results is one of the few very good heroic bloodshed entries from latter half of the 1990s.
		As the movie progresses, the ballistic nature of the action design does increase (even get snippets of two gun action and the inn shoot-out really is an accomplishment by the entire crew) but it's all residing within a soothing atmosphere somewhat.
		His Milkyway directing debut is a classy piece of work filled with content of the heroic bloodshed genre I first discovered during my first few steps into Hong Kong cinema.
	www.sogoodreviews.com /reviews/aheroneverdies.htm (1360 words)

	Heroic Duo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Heroic Duo tells the story of a detective named Ken (played by Ekin Cheng, who must have distressed teeny-boppers all over the world after he cut his flowing locks) who is investigating a fellow officer after he sets fire to a station's vault.
		"heroic bloodshed") picture nowadays wants to be some new version of Infernal Affairs or Young and Dangerous, so I really enjoyed the fact that Heroic Duo tried a different approach.
		Heroic Duo reminded me a bit of Ringo Lam's Hong Kong works -- there's very little filler here, "good" and "bad" are relative terms and there's plenty of violence.
	www.hkfilm.net /movrevs/heroduo.htm (337 words)

	Lucretius [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		Such was Rome from the rise of Sulla to the fall of Catiline, a period of seemingly endless bloodshed and civil unrest.
		With such a background, it is little wonder that the precepts of Epicurus - with their emphasis on contemplative pursuits and quiet pleasures and severe strictures against ambition, fame, and the world of politics - struck a responsive chord in the heart of a young Roman poet.
		Meanwhile, he seems to have viewed his own role as that of an Epicurean evangelist: he is a poetic apostle dedicated to spreading the master's gospel of liberation from the bondage of superstition and error, of inner peace attained through the study of philosophy and the enjoyment of modest pleasures.
	www.utm.edu /research/iep/l/lucretiu.htm (5515 words)

	DVD Times - Shaw Bros. Collection
		Matt looks at the New One Armed Swordsman, a period pre-cursor to the Heroic Bloodshed genre with plenty of action and just a little bit of homoeroticism.
		Heroes Two is available to buy from February 21st.
		Kev watches another heroic bloodshed film, 'cause that's the kinda guy he is. The Heroic Ones is available to buy in the UK from February 21st, courtesy of new label "Momentum Asia".
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=12781 (634 words)

	Sequential Tart: Heroic Bloodshed: A Brief Introduction to Wuxia Films (vol IV/iss 4/April 2001)
		Loosely translated, Wuxia means martial adventure, chivalry, or swashbuckling and encompasses stories with a high moral tone as well as those focusing on adventure and action.
		For example, in the West, we have stories of knights errant, like Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot, but also of Robin Hood; these heroic themes find their way into westerns, gangster movies, spy thrillers and so on.
		Similarly, in China, there are stories of Wong Wei Fong, a healer and great martial artist who fought always for justice, and there are stories of brave monks and warriors from Shaolin or Wudan (Wutang), some of whom are virtuous, others of whom are more roguish.
	www.sequentialtart.com /archive/apr01/cv_0401_3.shtml (1049 words)

	Dual Lens - Hero Never Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		For several years after the release of A Better Tomorrow (review), the majority of HK films were heroic bloodshed films, featuring a group of well-dressed men (and occasionally women as in Righting Wrongs) rushing headlong into death to avenge a variety of criminal injustices.
		Johnnie To, one of HK finest working directors, returned to the heroic bloodshed story with A Hero Never Dies in which he cast frequent collaborator Lau Ching Wan, HK’s best leading man since Chow Yun Fat (I think he’s better than Yun-Fat, to be honest).
		The women in A Hero Never Dies are heroic equals to Jack and Martin, which is a nice change for a genre that began with so much male focus.
	www.duallens.com /index.asp?reviewId=121402 (713 words)

	Asian Film Festival At SMU's Meadows School, Sept. 26 & 27
		Distributed by the UCLA Film and Television Archive, "Heroic Grace" is the first major attempt in North America to examine the martial arts film as a central and enduring genre of Chinese cinema.
		Distillation of Chang Cheh's favorite themes of masculine masochism and "heroic bloodshed," with a trio of stars the director made famous.
		One of the assistant directors was John Woo, who later cast the film's villain, Ti Lung, in his postmodern evocation of male gallantry, "A Better Tomorrow" (1986).
	www.smu.edu /newsinfo/releases/m0307.html (971 words)

	The Killer Review - HellNinjaCommando.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		He is credited with defining the heroic bloodshed genre with A Better Tomorrow and following that up with a number of redefining works in that genre.
		The Killer remains, to this day, the ultimate example of not only the heroic bloodshed genre, but of Hong Kong cinema itself.
		There is tons of violence, but it's not about pure bloodshed and body count.
	www.hellninjacommando.net /movie/reviews/killer.htm (540 words)

	The Matrix series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Other influences include cyberpunk, mythology, Hong Kong action films (particularly "heroic bloodshed" and martial arts movies), computer science and philosophy of mind.
		Some of the relevant conventions related to the genre include the tough-guy hacker/cracker hero, his optional female sidekick, and the more-or-less malevolent artificial intelligences.
		The concept of psychic fights is crucial in both movies ; and the hero in Scanners is actually able to talk to computers, using phone booths very much like in The Matrix.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Matrix_series (5116 words)

	Beyond Hypothermia - DVD Review
		Wanting but not being able to reveal the truth about herself, her reality is slowly beginning to catch up with her and her newly found warmth in life after an assassination of a Korean gangster boss...
		During its initial stages, Milkyway seemed to partly be on a mission to bring back heroic bloodshed to Hong Kong cinema now that John Woo, Ringo Lam AND Tsui Hark had left for Hollywood.
		In what could be seen as a tribute to John, Patrick Leung plants the themes found in heroic bloodshed, and its various aspects, but also with varied results.
	www.sogoodreviews.com /reviews/beyondhypothermia.htm (1263 words)

	The Films of John Woo and the Art of Heroic Bloodshed by Anthony Leong from MediaCircus.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Woo created characters that were tragic heroes, sensitive to the consequences of their actions and caught in a state of moral contradiction that had no easy solution.
		The films of the Heroic Bloodshed era typically had the same plot that was built around ABT: an innocent is drawn in willingly or not so willingly into the underworld, under the watchful eye of a 'big brother', the hero is betrayed, the hero takes revenge and often dies a tragic death at the end.
		Made during a crime wave in Hong Kong, HB is Woo's message of hope to the colony which was caught between an escalation of illegal arm shipments from Mainland China by triads and the inevitable reunification in a few short years.
	members.aol.com /aleong1631/johnwoo.html (11325 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jerusalem (Before A.D. 71)
		The statue of the Olympian Jupiter was set up in the Temple of the Most High, while a cruel and bloody persecution everywhere broke out against those Jews who were faithful to their traditions (1 Maccabees 1:30-64; 2 Maccabees 5:25, 26; 6:1-11).
		Judas, succeeding on the death of his father (166), gained four victories over the Syrian armies, occupied Jerusalem (164), purified the Temple, strengthened the fortifications, and erected a new altar of holocausts.
		The Roman general then employed his whole army for three days in surrounding the city with an earthwork of circumvallation, designed to cut off all communication with the city, and so to reduce the place by famine.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08344a.htm (12177 words)

	The DVD Maniacs - Forum - A Hero Never Dies
		Entertaining post Woo heroic bloodshed actioner with terrific action set pieces, good acting, and a usual depressing finish.
		At the same time, it's the ending of the bloodshed genre (the films that came after it are all rehashes).
		As I said, I'm not qualified to agree or disagree that HERO NEVER DIES was the last word on HK heroic bloodshed films.
	www.dvdmaniacs.net /forums/showthread.php?t=7987 (1101 words)

	the agony booth forum - Heroic Bloodshed
		My favorite type being the "Heroic Bloodshed" films done by directors like John Woo or Ringo Lam and I was wondering if anyone on the boards had any favorites of their own.
		For what it was, it was well done, and lives up to the "bloodshed" idea too.
		It's a Korean film that if anyone can get their hands on it is a must see perhaps one of the best "Heroic Bloodshed" films since The Killer.
	www.agonybooth.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3820 (976 words)

	Movie Poop Shoot - International Intrigue
		Dramatic, gritty, and urban, it began to explore the themes of “Heroic Bloodshed”.
		These elements caused the term ‘Heroic Bloodshed’ to be coined and its style to be continually imitated.
		One theme that is continuous in heroic bloodshed Triad films is that once your in, you can’t ever get out.
	www.moviepoopshoot.com /intrigue/24.html (2471 words)

	Fury review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Containing many of the characteristics of heroic bloodshed movies, 'Fury' doesn't bring anything new to the genre but Johnny Wang Lung Wei has still produced an effective action drama.
		The performances of the cast, even Michael Wong (although he may very well be dubbed), are all convincing, and the plot is engaging enough to get past the fact that this is 'more of the same'.
		Like any good heroic bloodshed movie this comes with its fare share of shootouts and while the film doesn't display any of the groundbreaking innovations seen from John Woo or Ring Lam, the action scenes are very well executed.
	www.carly.clara.net /fury.htm (248 words)

	DVD Times - The Heroic Ones
		Cheng Cheh's The Heroic Ones takes place during the final years of the Tang Dynasty's rule, during which the capital of Chang An was conquered by Wang Cha and his marauders.
		Forming his basis for another tale of heroic bloodshed amidst a historical setting, director Cheng Cheh churns out a film that is as epic for its convoluted characterisation and plot as it is for its unprecedented amounts of onscreen violence.
		This lack of development forms the film's Achilles heal, setting up our "heroes" and yet depicting them in such a dislikeable manner that it becomes almost impossible to sympathise with any of them or care for their plight.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=56163 (1393 words)

	Amazon.com: bloodshed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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		Bloodshed by Richard Cassidy, Belle Mitchell, and Laszlo Papas (VHS Tape - 1987)
		Bloodshed and Three Novellas (Library of Modern Jewish Literature) by Cynthia Ozick (Paperback - Oct 1995)
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&tag2=imusichq&keywords=bloodshed&search-type=ss&index=blended&page=1 (361 words)

	Negative Attraction
		Directly echoing Woo’s “heroic bloodshed” films, The Replacement Killers features Chow as professional assassin John Lee, who, because he cannot execute an innocent boy, himself becomes the target of the titular characters.
		The relationship—often marriage—with a male hero marked these women as governed by societal norms on the one hand, while their criminal motives marked them as nonsocial aberrations on the other.
		This exchange echoes similar encounters in Woo’s “heroic bloodshed” films, and the main characters’ initial rivalry and eventual cooperation echo the conventions of the buddy film.
	www.americanpopularculture.com /journal/articles/fall_2002/cheung.htm (5431 words)

	Sequential Tart: Heroic Bloodshed, Part II: The World of The Triads (vol IV/iss 5/May 2001)
		Sequential Tart: Heroic Bloodshed, Part II: The World of The Triads (vol IV/iss 5/May 2001)
		Complementing martial arts films based in Medieval history and legend, Hong Kong Film makers have evolved a lively genre around police/gangster stories that have rapidly gained popularity here in the US through several channels.
		Below are a few examples of the variety of films addressing organized crime themes; you'll find quite a bit of overlap with the actors from the historical films; the Hong Kong film industry is amazingly prolific for the number of people involved, with many actors appearing in 1-5 movies every year!
	www.sequentialtart.com /archive/may01/cv_0501_2.shtml (1239 words)

	Peace Hotel
		At times it is reminiscent of the more indigenous tradition of the "inn film," as developed by King Hu in the 1960s with the likes of Come Drink with Me and contemporaneously re-imagined by films such as New Dragon Gate Inn.
		At others it is more akin to an eastern-western take on the themes of High Noon, Rio Bravo and The Unforgiven, with this element re-enforced by a subdued and earthy colour palette and the inclusion of both traditional wu xia swordplay and contemporary heroic bloodshed style gunplay at different points in the narrative.
		Likewise, the love/hate dynamic of the relationship between the two leads is never fully articulated, nor the truths of their past lives.
	www.kinocite.co.uk /19/1945.php (462 words)

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