(in fact Hong kong was superpopulated (to the point of extinction and gov even trying to give funding for new directors but failing) with this kind of martial arts x urban movies, for example i saw a movieclip where a white suit guy fought like that against a policeman in a floor of a tech building, mc vs big villain, they used tongfas metal rods)
The only "badass" fight i heard in recent years being praised, was the "bus fight" where people acclaimed the fact it was so PUNCHY, gritty, and real.
Meanwhile nowadays we got THIS :
(so bad......orz)