If anyone has anything to recommend then that would be cool. I prefer the era of Hongkong 1986-1992, or at least that what I've mostly seen. Figured we can talk about action movies from any Asian countries any place in time, as long as it's not martial arts since there already is an excellent thread for that. I like the really violent ones with lots of explosions and thousands of bullets flying around but I'm also open to learn about something less fast-paced.
The John Woo classics A Better Tommorow 1 & 2, The Killer and Hardboiled are of course essential and the boxset I bought certainly was worth every penny as they can be watched again and again.
Here's some of the other stuff I would recommend from what I've seen
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Right up there with the Woo movies. This one is fairly mean as well and rather sleazy. Maybe a personal favorite. The bullet-tracking is cool as shit and you can't go wrong with Chow Yun Fat shooting baddies on his bike.
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AZN Lethal Weapon
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Early To, can't say I'm familiar with him much.
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'Nother Lam-Fat movie, fans of Reservoir Dogs will want to check out the movie that inspired parts of it.
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These are the only Kitano movies I've seen.
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Two modern favorites.
I'm forgetting something but fuck it.