great skills, not enough screen experience

To all who say that Fightin Fish sucks:

Fighting Fish is not a good movie, but it has nothing to do with the skills of Kim Ho Kim, Ron Smoorenburg and Chewing Lam. They're great fighters and athletes.

The problem is that they don't know how to use their skills or how to show it. In Fighting Fish, everything was to static, and to much as if they were showing off. For example, in the garage, Smoorenburg holds his leg still after a kick. You don't do that in a fight. It's nice in a demo, but when fighting in a movie, it'll cost you speed, power and credibility.

When you make a martial arts movie, mind that it is an ACTION movie. A few acrobatics are fine, but they MUST be rare and functional. When making an edit, the edit must not ruin the fight, but be functional. Each time when someone makes a flip and there's an edit, the viewer KNOWS that the flip probably failed. A stunt is a success if the camera can focus on the performer, ho continues his moves and makes a series or combo.

That's the biggest mistake. Fights must be faster, need more continuity, must be credible and shouldn't be to 'nice'. About being original: the fight between Kim Ho Kim and Smoorenburg in Fighting Fish is almost EXACT the same as in 'The Good, the Bad and the Innocent'.

A good example is Tony Jaa in Ong Bak. He uses acrobatics when climbing down or running away, but the fights themselves are hard and (almost?) real!!!!!!!

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