God has given me a gift. Only one. I am the most complete fighter in the world.
God gave me one talent, only one. I am the best fighter in the world. —Yuri Boyka
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On either side of a pitch-black concrete floor were two rows of felon cells. The prisoners in the cell were noisy and boiling, and their mouths were all shouting in unison the name of a king: Yuri Boyka...
Prison King Yuri Boyka
With a roar of applause, Boyka defeated one fighting master after another, holding aloft his pair of iron fists, indicating that in this prison boxing ring, he is the undefeated king!"
Such a scene runs through the 2-4 parts of the movie "The Ultimate Fighter", and also completely familiarizes the audience with Scott Arkins, who is handsome but also extraordinary.
Action star Scott Arkins
In addition to his performance in Ultimate Fighter, Scott Arkins is also the ninja in the Ninja series who blends eastern martial arts, the tough guy in Daredevil 2, and the ultimate villain mercenary in Wolf Warrior.
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Scott Arkins was born in England in 1976 and has been practicing martial arts since he was very young because of his admiration for kung fu star Bruce Lee and Shanggar Winton. He debuted in 2001 and didn't star in his first lead role film, Ultimate Fighter 2, until 2006. In the film, he shows a beautiful leg method that is different from ordinary people, which makes him an action star known to the audience in one fell swoop.
It's no secret that every action actor has its own genre of character settings in the film.
Governor Schwarzenegger is a direct example of solving problems with force in the film: in Terminator 2, the shot of him spinning a shotgun on a heavy locomotive with one hand becomes a classic childhood memory of countless people.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, who turns a shotgun with one hand in Terminator 2
The originally unimaginable plot seemed extremely reasonable under the addition of his tendon meat.
Stallone, who is also a traditional Hollywood tough guy, sells strength and stature, and his "Rocky" series has always been the banner of action movies and represents the typical American dream.
The spiritual icon of a generation of Americans, Rocky
His First Blood series and Daredevil series are must-see films for action movie lovers.
Stallone plays a veteran in "First Blood"
In these films, Stallone has always appeared on screen as a gritty, untrimmed muscular man. He strives step by step to reach the peak of his life, and the approachable background setting makes the plot more convincing.
British actor Jason Statham is a very popular action movie star in recent years. Most of his characters in the film are muscle-type men of Yuppie.
Jason Statham in Destiny Express
and the British Special Forces in the Fast and Furious series. Most of these characters have a Sven appearance, but there is a cold atmosphere between the eyebrows, revealing the unique temperament of British actors.
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Scott Arkins, who is also a British actor, fully possesses the temperament of Jason Statham, and more importantly, as an action actor, his martial arts fighting skills are even more genuine. Most of his characters in the film are ruthless and capable agents or killers. Different from the killing style of the protagonist Ma Li in the general secret agent film,
The agent or killer played by Scott Arkins will show more fists and feet when performing tasks, bringing the audience a wonderful and exciting fighting feast.
Sharply punched scott Arkins
At the age of 14, Atkins began practicing taekwondo, which laid a good foundation for the up-and-down, dashing and agile leg skills he showed in the film. He then came into contact with Kickboxing, which also made his fighting skills more comprehensive.
Scott Akins' signature kick in the Ultimate Fighter series
Kickboxing draws on Muay Thai practices and physical training, but also incorporates japanese jiu-jitsu and karate offensive and defensive concepts and techniques, which laid a solid foundation for Arkins' gorgeous boxing and wrestling techniques and ground techniques later in the film.
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After the founding of Akins, he met the bole of life, Isaac Florentine.
Probably after the performance in "Ultimate Fighter 2", Isaac Florentin liked this diverse and athletic boy, so in 2009 and 10 years, he finally let him play the lead role, and successively starred in two high-quality action films" "New York Action" and "Ultimate Fighter 3 Atonement".
Scott Arkins starred in the film Operation New York
In Ultimate Fighter 3, Akins' solid fighting skills are on full display, and he shows a series of high-quality standing techniques in the film, including all the punches and legs.
His leg method is mostly back spin kicks and some stunt moves similar to those in the parkour branch Tricking, along with some taekwondo stunt leg methods, which look extremely dashing and beautiful under the rendering of the camera.
He can also be followed by a series of highly difficult maneuvers such as 720° whirlwind kicks and whirling kicks after the air. This requires That In addition to having solid leg skills, Akins needs to have considerable core strength and waist and abdomen strength.
Although these gorgeous leg techniques may not be so practical in real-life combat, the angular and extremely low body fat muscles of Akins in the film make his characters extremely convincing.
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In terms of the use of weapons, Arkins is not inferior in the slightest.
Both the use of the Eyebrow Stick and Tai Knife, the Little Tai Knife, and the Chain and Sickle in the Ninja Series of Movies, or the tactical dagger in Wolf Warrior and Daredevil 2, all reflect the comprehensiveness of Akins' fighting techniques.
Scott Arkins uses a tactical dagger in Wolf Warrior
In the martial arts technology, the weapon, as an extension of the human limbs, plays a role in strengthening the attack effect, which shows that Akins is also comfortable with the use of weapons after having a considerable foundation.
In the movie, if the action actor's skills are not solid enough, then the director will use a series of technical means to make up for it. For example, the action of a blow is cut into several shots to make up for the lack of hit strength in the performance. If the actor's flexibility is not up to standard, the director will often use low camera position or overhead shots to deliberately exaggerate the actor's kick height.
In addition, the hardest thing in a fighting movie is the collaboration between two actors.
The actor's difficult action coordination in "The Ultimate Fighter"
If the cooperation is not in place, the strength and realism of the blow will be lacking, and if the fist is punched to the flesh, the average actor will be unbearable.
Fortunately, Arkins is the kind of actor who makes the director very relieved in this regard. In the action films starring Akins, in addition to the actors who play with him with real kung fu, the director is also extremely simplified in the processing of the camera, most of which are filmed in long shots and medium and long ranges, which requires the actors to be real kung fu, rather than "flower fist embroidery legs".
The long shots of loose scenes show fighting that are extremely realistic
In the field of action movies, Arkins can be described as "in the limelight", and he is now past the age of confusion, 50 years old is a hurdle for action film actors, I hope that Akins in the next film can continue to bring us superb performances and show his unique gorgeous fighting skills.
Author: Dapeng
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Typical stubborn, arrogant Capricorn man
A filmmaker who was born in fine arts but has translation-level English;
The bank produces films and loves screenwriting;
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