Hong Kong action cinema
The 1980s is also considered the Golden Age of Hong Kong action cinema. Jackie Chan reinvented the martial arts film genre with a new emphasis on elaborate and dangerous stunts and slapstick humour, beginning with "Project A" (1983). John Woo began the "heroic bloodshed" genre based on triads, beginning with "A Better Tomorrow" (1986). The Hong Kong New Wave also occurred during this period, led by filmmakers such as Tsui Hark.