The last several decades have witnessed a slew of entertaining, genre-bending martial arts movies. While there may be hundreds of old-school kung fu flicks about revenge out there, there are films that have taken some surprising risks with the usual formulas. Over the years, there has been a slew of genre-binding martial arts films - some bad, some good.

Filmmakers have experimented with all sorts of different twists on the concepts. For instance, there are movies like Jean-Claude Van Damme's Timecop, that combine science fiction with martial arts . Similar things have been done with the fantasy, mystery, and even the Western genre.

Even horror, which can feel far-removed from the world of martial arts, has been an occasional influence on the genre. Unsurprisingly, this has yield

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