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  2. War film - Wikipedia

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    Some films such as Gettysburg focused on a single battle during the war, [20] or even on a single incident, like the French short film La Rivière du Hibou (An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge) [21] and Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase (1956). [22] Others like the 1993 miniseries North and South spanned the entire breadth of the war.

  3. Extreme cinema - Wikipedia

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    A set of props used in the production of the Saw films, which are notorious for depicting extreme graphic violence. Extreme cinema (or hardcore horror and extreme horror [1] [2]) is a subgenre used for films distinguished by its use of excessive sex and violence, and depiction of extreme acts such as mutilation and torture.

  4. Heroic bloodshed - Wikipedia

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    John Woo's breakthrough film A Better Tomorrow (1986) largely set the template for the heroic bloodshed genre. [5] In turn, A Better Tomorrow was a reimagining of plot elements from two earlier Hong Kong crime films: Lung Kong's The Story of a Discharged Prisoner (1967) and the Shaw Brothers Studio film The Brothers (1979), the latter a remake of the hit Indian crime drama film Deewaar (1975 ...

  5. Combat in film - Wikipedia

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    The 1970s in Hong Kong saw the rise and sudden death of international martial arts and film superstar Bruce Lee, who is known for popularizing Hong Kong action cinema. He was succeeded in the 1980s by Jackie Chan, who popularized the use of comedy and dangerous stunts in action films.

  6. Battles Without Honor and Humanity - Wikipedia

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    The success of the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series popularized the subgenre of yakuza film called Jitsuroku eiga or "actual record films", often depicting events based on true stories. [25] Prior, movies about yakuza were known as Ninkyō eiga or "chivalry films" and set in pre-war Japan.

  7. What '80s Actions Films Did to Our Brains - AOL

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    Decades after the heyday of films like 'Rambo,' 'Commando,' and 'Missing in Action,' our lives are now menaced by isolated, gun-toting misanthropes. It's not a coincidence.

  8. List of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction - Wikipedia

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    Apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural phenomena, divine judgment, climate change, resource depletion or some other general disaster.

  9. Why is SMU-TCU called 'Battle for the Iron Skillet?' History ...

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    TCU-SMU football history. The Horned Frogs lead the all-time series between the in-state foes 53-42-7. The first-ever matchup occurred on Oct. 8, 1915, and ended in a 43-0 win for TCU in Forth ...