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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Beautiful composition in this part where Yuen Wah’s character takes a gnarly tumble.

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This moment too. Hong Kong impacts are no joke.

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Screened SHE SHOOTS STRAIGHT. This moment elicited great enthusiasm from students (as it should).

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In preparation, students read Ch. 8, "Motion Emotion: The Art of the Action Movie," from David Bordwell's Planet Hong Kong.

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Teaching Hong Kong-style action in my Intro to Film course tomorrow.

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD (Michael Sarnoski, 2026) Wish I caught this on the big screen

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yes! I'm a big fan of bullet-time stuff like this.

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER (Wisit Sasanatieng, 2000)

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

That's so kind of you to say Michael! ❤️

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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Jonah is consistently one of my favorite writers about action movies. It’s incredible to see him so deftly contextualize The Raid series’ massive impact on both the way action filmmaking is discussed and as a gateway for many to Southeast Asian genre cinema.

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

ICYMI, I wrote about THE RAID—along with MERANTAU and THE RAID 2—for MUBI Notebook. There are action-packed clips inside!

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I actually discuss THE RAID 2—and the car chase specifically—in the piece!

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This specific shot combo in the Mad Dog vs. Jaka fight has been burned into my brain for years. Glad I got to talk about it.

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Bill-a Lugosi's Dead @neokefka99.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"The Raid turns 15..." hahaha what? Don't be sill--*crumbles to dust ans blows away in the wind*

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's RESIDENT EVIL weekend! Here's a piece I wrote on the original series, for those who are interested 👇

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

ICYMI, I wrote about the original RESIDENT EVIL movies for @lwlies.com:

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Contains my favorite action scenes in the series!

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I like the opening and the very ending, but overall it's the least interesting entry for me!

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My ranking of the films was wildly reshuffled after the latest rewatch:

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ahead of the new RESIDENT EVIL, I revisited the original live-action series for @lwlies.com, examining how it crafts a fascinating posthuman vision by incorporating a video game logic into its narrative and filmmaking. lwlies.com/in-praise-of...

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The Posthumanism of Resident Evil

The original live-action series made mutation and posthuman possibility its playground, and Milla Jovovich a queer icon of reinvention. Ahead of Zach…

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

A taste of the action in his film CONTOUR: bsky.app/profile/jona...

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Jonah Jeng @jonahjeng.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

For those who missed it, I examined the work of indie action pioneer @ericjacobus.bsky.social for @filmmakermagazine.com.

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Filmmaker Magazine @filmmakermagazine.com · 07/08/2026

"Twenty years ago, a movie filmed for a couple thousand bucks in the Bay Area delivered action sequences that left most Hollywood offerings in the dust." Read @jonahjeng.bsky.social 's appreciation of CONTOUR, Eric Jacobus's DIY action masterpiece: filmmaker.substack.com/p/applied-ph...