At present, action films requiring big budget stunt work and special effects tend to be expensive.

Because of these roots and their lower budgets, Hong Kong action films typically center on physical acrobatics, martial arts fight scenes, stylized gun-play, and dangerous stunt work performed by leading stunt actors, while American action films typically feature big explosions, car chases, stunt doubles and CGI special effects technology.

These included the modern martial arts action movies, featuring physical acrobatics and dangerous stunt work, of Jackie Chan and his stunt team as well as Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao ; the wire fu and wuxia films of Tsui Hark, Yuen Woo-Ping, Jet Li and Donnie Yen ; the gun fu, heroic bloodshed and Triad films of John Woo, Ringo Lam and Chow Yun-Fat ; and the girls with guns films of Moon Lee and Michelle Yeoh.

Critics praised the film's action scenes and stunt work, however they criticized the film's location errors, clichéd script, poor acting and dialogue.

His athletic skill brought him occasional work as a stunt man, notably in The Trail of ' 98 ( 1928 ).

Specifically, the SAG basic contract specifies: the number of hours performers may work, the frequency of meal breaks required, the minimum wages or " scale " at which performers must be compensated for their work, overtime pay, travel accommodations, wardrobe allowances, stunt pay, private dressing rooms, and adequate rest periods between performances.

He relocated again, to Hollywood, finding work as a stunt rider in B movies.

What differentiated Farnsworth from other western actors was his gradual transition into acting from stunt work.

Arnold's most widely-used nickname, " Hap ," was apparently short for " Happy ," attributed variously to work associates when he moonlighted as a stunt pilot or to his wife.

Seasoned professionals will commonly treat a performance as if they have never done it before, since the risks in stunt work are high, every move and position must be correct to reduce risk of injury from accidents.

Filming began in Long Beach, California, with helicopter camera work that would set the tone for the opening title sequence and the first spectacular stunt of the movie.

On the DVD commentary for ITV's Robin of Sherwood television series, which ran from 1983 to 1986, writer and creator Richard Carpenter explains that the stunt co-ordinator, Terry Walsh from the Robin of Sherwood series, was hired on to do stunt work for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

And for later series include: Paul Hansard, Paul Eddington, Michael Lane, Edward Mulhare, Shaun O ' Riordan, Morris Barry, Patrick Troughton, Wilfrid Brambell, Nigel Davenport, Harry H. Corbett, Kevin Stoney, Ronald Hines and Max Faulkner, who also did stunt / double work.

As a promotional stunt, Evans did not arrive for work, and his show went to air carrying nothing for about 25 minutes.

There is an inherent risk in the performance of all stunt work in film, television and stage work ; the most risk exists when performing stunts in front of a live audience.

Hawk reluctantly agrees and gives Homer a modified skateboard, which does all the stunt work.

With his experience wrangling for Hughes during The Outlaws location shooting, once in Hollywood he did stunt work for the 1939 movie The Fighting Gringo, and throughout the 1940s he found work wrangling horses and doing stunt work involving horses.

Although the press reported that he was engaged to vaudeville dancer and choreographer Rose Rolanda in 1924, Hopwood's close friend Carl Van Vechten confirmed in later years that it was all a publicity stunt.

In January 1923 the pair announced their engagement ; by July they had separated, leading to speculation that the relationship was a publicity stunt.

While the Switcheroonie was a one-time publicity stunt, for one artist to take over a feature from its originator is an old tradition in newspaper cartooning ( as it is in the comic book industry ).

Patkin's appearance in the coaching box was the sort of promotional stunt that delighted fans but infuriated the American League front office.

Barred from Major League Baseball during his prime, Veeck's signing of the aging star in 1948 was viewed by many as another publicity stunt.

However Yuen Wah was Lee's main stunt double for the film, most notably for the more acrobatic feats in the film, such as flipping over the abbot's arms at the beginning and the scene where Lee does a backflip when O ' Hara catches his leg during their fight.

Godzilla was portrayed by stunt actor Shinji Takagi.

Thousands, including journalists and curious spectators, showed up, unaware that what they were witnessing was a stunt involving a Lindbergh look-alike.

The 40-year-old Brabham was annoyed by press stories about his age and, in a highly uncharacteristic stunt, at the Dutch Grand Prix he hobbled to his car on the starting grid before the race wearing a long false beard and leaning on a cane before going on to win the race.

Moon's favorite stunt was to flush powerful explosives down hotel toilets.

The Loch Ness tooth was a publicity stunt to promote a horror novel by Steve Alten titled The Loch.

The trial also brought publicity to the town of Dayton, Tennessee, and was hatched as a publicity stunt.

The publicity stunt was met with condemnation from both baseball fans and sportswriters.

The name was made up, as a publicity stunt, by the film producers ; he had to choose from a list of twenty names and picked the one with his mother's initials.

The chase featured a spectacular motorcycle stunt: stuntman Ronald " Duffy " Hambleton ( credited as Duffy Hamilton ), rode his police bike full speed into a fallen paint stand ( with a ramp built to Hambleton's specification ), flew over the handlebars, was hit by the airborne bike, landed in the street on his back, and slammed into the crashed car that Duvall's character had escaped in-evidently the subject of a comment by Lucas detailing a " motorcycle disaster " during the filming.

He was also the fight / stunt coordinator.

For this series Diana Rigg's stunt double was stuntman Billy Westley, Patrick Macnee's stunt double was Peter Clay.

* In the stunt driving shots from the car-chase scene, the Pluto, the police dog in the back seat, was played by Jittlov wearing a coat over his head.

The revolver that Hexum used was loaded with blanks and he apparently believed that the stunt was a harmless prank.

Historians today generally dismiss the authenticity of the find, attributing it to a publicity stunt performed to raise funds to repair the Abbey, which was mostly burned in 1184.

*" gostan "-reverse a vehicle, apparently from the nautical term " go astern " ( mostly used in Terengganu, Kelantan, Kedah and Penang ) or " go stunt ".

The stunt bottle used mostly for the smoke effect was broken frequently by the heat and chemicals used to produce Jeannie's smoke.

The stunts performed on the show were mostly created by staff stunt writers Frank Wayne and Bob Howard.

( In Hooper the credit reel was mostly a montage of many of the stunts performed in the movie itself, owing to the film's tribute to the stunt industry.

Although their first 4 films revolve around unrelated single movie stories ( the first 2 episodes were stunt showcases ), by Episode 5 a plotline and the main characters have been introduced, which for the rest of the series was mostly followed.

He followed this with bit parts and additional stunt work as George Letz in mostly low-budget films.

Brian Lowry of Variety said that The Legend of Zorro is " considerably less charming than The Mask of Zorro " but added that the film " gets by mostly on dazzling stunt work and the pleasure of seeing its dashing and glamorous leads back in cape and gown.

Powell has had an extensive but mostly uncredited career in acting, and, in his autobiography, Nosher !, he is described as the ultimate hard man – a boxer, bouncer, minder, a stunt man and a force to be reckoned with.

There is some " T & A " content ( DeCarlo's character runs a brothel ) but nothing explicit, and the film mostly resembles a vintage western, complete with dude-ranch setting, outlaw hijackers, stunt riders, masked cowboy hero, and rodeo footage ( intercut with shots of Harry and Jimmy Ritz kibitzing in the stands ).