FMV Magazine's Leon Nicholson asks why martial arts movies seem to be much maligned.
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I think the main reason for me is how fake they are. It talks about the prime of the movies, and if you look at it thats when stupid visual effects were "cool" to people.
I mean you have people flying through the air and doing things you know are not possible at all. I'm not saying giant robots are "realistic" but they try to ground it by doing something to make it seem real. I've never seen a martial arts movie that felt that way, even Mortal Kombat has me giggling when they start fighting.
There are a lot of great martial arts movies that are based on historical figures, (see Ip Man), but those kind of movies wouldn't appeal to many people in say the United States since it's a niche genre here. The Raid Redemption was awesome, but again, those types of movies don't appeal to many.