Focus Films launches Fight with 'Fists'

June 22, 2009 Focus Films is launching its action film initiative Focus Fight with "Fists of Dignity," a kung fu feast that reunites a number of 1970s Shaw Brothers classic stars, the company told The Hollywood Reporter. "The fighting style and action choreography of Hong Kong action films is unique, and holds a place in world cinema," Focus Films director Simon Li said. Action films, stars and choreographers became a major Hong Kong film industry export since the days of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest classics in the 1970s, and Hollywood has adapted the Hong Kong action styles in films like 'The Matrix' and 'Kill Bill.'

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