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Accident Man: Hitmans Holidayis a recipient of Vultures first ever Stunt Award: Best Fight.
Read about the winners of the inaugural celebration of stunt professionalshere.
InAccident Man: Hitmans Holiday, assassin Mike Fallon is just trying to get away.
But are Adkins and Long somehow movingfasterthan 100 percent speed in this scene?
Dozens of camera angles track the pairs whirling bodies as they punch, parry, and kick.
.Choose your acrobatic kicks carefully.
With only 23 days to shootAccident Man: Hitmans Holiday,extensive preproduction was a necessity.
Thats what makes it feel energetic and pace-y and keeps you interested, George explains.
That plan would be distributed to all departments from cinematography to makeup and costume.
Its like a jigsaw puzzle, says Adkins, and we know where the pieces will go.
.Commit to the violent dance.
Oyumi is on the offensive, landing punches and kicks with Mike always a half-second behind him.
(Its an Arnie thing, Harry explains, referring to Arnold Schwarzeneggers penchant for braggadocious taglines.
An alternate version of a later moment in the scene even had Long saying Auf wiedersehen.)
That moment sets off Mikes comeback.
He overwhelms Oyumi with a run and jump off a wall, a backward spin, and a sidekick.
The camera tracks the entire sequence.
It was so crazy to watch.
To a casual viewer, the jacket sequence might seem like the most difficult bit of the fight.
But they both attest it was more straightforward to pull off than it looks.
Still, the scene wasnt without some setbacks.
.Master the art of losing.
The more difficult part of the fight, the performers agree, is selling their own defeat.
And thats okay with me.
Not everyone can do it.
Adkins and Long learned how to lose in the style of Jackie Chan.
Long had to sell that shock, persuading the audience to believe he didnt see it coming.
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