Experts in Action: Transnational Hong Kong-Style Stunt Work and Performance

Action movie stars ranging from Jackie Chan to lesser-known stunt women and men like Zoë Bell and Chad Stahelski stun their audiences with virtuosic martial arts displays, physical prowess, and complex fight sequences. Their performance styles originate from action movies that emerged in the industrial environment of 1980s Hong Kong. In Experts in Action Lauren Steimer examines how Hong Kong—influenced cinema aesthetics and stunt techniques have been taken up, imitated, and reinvented in ot...