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Who uses it: Keanu Reeves, The MatrixDistinctive traits: A variation on kung fu, using firearms instead oftraditional weapons and usually performed in super slow-motion.John Woo firstpioneered this heavily-stylized approach that mixes action-movie shootouts with martialarts acrobatics, but it was The Matrix’s adoption of the technique thatbrought Gun Fu into the mainstream and made it such an enduring staple of modern actionmovies. As a reaction to the sheer brute force of action heroes like Schwarzenegger andStallone, Gun Fu brought visual spectacle and athleticism back to cinematic firefights,with practitioners that were as skilled and agile with their firearms as their forefatherswere with blades. If only learning the style was as easy for everyone else as it is forNeo in The Matrix. Continue Reading
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