I'm surprised I mean, most of the combat is still primarily kung fu, but in a few instances you get things like a Fireman's Carry, lol the elbow drop from across the room, which was really awesome, and then the most obvious one, the vertical suplex Blade does right in front of Reinhardt. Good movie, I think this is the best of the Blades.
sharethey need to keep pro wrestling garbage out of movies it looks stupid
"pro wrestling is a fake homosexual stuntshow"-pnayballer10
Haha, you think you can honestly tell Donnie Yen how to do his job?
@metallicdragon, The only TV-Wrestling move in the entire film was the Verticle Suplex, but everything else was Grappling techniques and variations. They existed in martial arts long before TV Wrestling rolled around.
sorry I tuned you outshare
There is a suplay,in greco roman wrestling that pre dates pro wrestling by oh 1000 years
shareI think the OP is referring to the commonality of pro wrestling moves in the film.
How often do you see Olympic or MMA wrestlers actually DO the moves associated with their style? Oftentimes we just see belly-to-back suplexes and takedowns, but even most wrestling fans know that a fireman's carry, elbow drop, vertical suplex (or even a German suplex) are rarely ever used during actual competitions.
Hence, these moves (and the way they're depicted in the film) are more-so portrayed the way they're used in pro wrestling (with clean "sells", so to speak) as opposed to competitive amateur wrestling.
Well if you truly watch the movie fight by fight you can see every fight was different. Initially they were just going to have Blade just go the town with his sword, but decided to show the audience that Blade is a master of all types of combat. Listen to commentary with Snipes and he will break down a lot of the scenes and type of moves he was doing.
shareI loved the wrestling moves in this movie. Just because it was made popular with pro wrestling doesn't mean it wouldn't actually work in a real fight, cause wrestlers may fake a lot of it but they all know you can't fake gravity. If a wrestler gets dropped or slammed the wrong way or you come down from the top ropes the wrong way then you could seriously injure someone or yourself.
A boat that floats on water can also sink in it.share