You may think about martial arts, action or a mysterious life when you hear the name Bruce. While we are not talking about Bruce Lee here, by thinking about these elements you are definitely on the right track. Bruce Law, the founder of Bruce Law Stunts Unlimited, is not an ordinary stunt person. He is a stunt director who can bring down rows of buildings in seconds. He is a maniac who can manage to crash million-dollar-worth sports cars while keeping the drivers safe and in tact. He is an action director who was once himself a black belt, Level Three, in the martial arts of Tai Kwon Do, and further a professional boxer in Thai boxing. He won his black belt with a lightning speed and became a coach at the mere age of sixteen. He was no less familiar with the traditional Chinese martial arts. He is ready to explore and share with you his skills in the kung fu of Xiao Lin and Choi Li Fu.
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To sum up - Bruce loves to destroy – he makes sure that all things go down in split second, preciously and gloriously. Yet he loves to create – not only breathe-taking movie scenes, but also cutting edge equipment. He remains a pioneer in his special effect equipment, whether that involves his own innovations or imports from the all over the world. The standard of his “inventory” arguably is comparable to that used in Hollywood movies.
Bruce has laid his feet in the film making industry by first participating in a Jacky Chan movie as a stunt person. A natural rebel who loved motorcycling, he took up a friend’s invitation and auditioned for a part in Jacky’s movie as a stunt crazy biker. Since then he has merged his personal interest into a professional career.
Being a stuntmen requires the physique of steel and courage of lion. Bruce has got both, but he wanted to take it further. He wanted to understand what he was doing, and how they were done. He wanted to find ways to minimize dangers but yet maximize the special effects. He started to explore about explosives, special equipment, and with his ready knowledge and skills in automobiles, it did not take him long to become an all rounded action director and established his reputation as one.
Throughout the one and a half decades in the industry, Bruce has taken parts in over a hundred of movies, documentaries and commercials, both as stunts and as action directors. One of the most talked about scenes involved Bruce doubling for Michelle Yeoh in “Police Story 3”, where he drove a motor bike and leaped onto the deck of a train at its full shuttle. Even then he knew a tiny error could lead to a fatal ending. A more recent quotation would be where he blew up one tidy row of prestigious cars at Hong Kong’s central district, leaving an interesting piece of front line news on next day’s paper. The film shot was almost mistaken as a terrorist movement of some kind. This scene was seen in “Extreme Crisis”, a movie directed by Bruce himself. For this movie Bruce was nominated for Best Young Director in Tokyo’s Yubari International Film Festival, on top of being nominated the third time in Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Action Director. Bruce’s work and features have been exhibited in many film festivals around different corners of the world. If you see this strong built, child-like yet weathered Asian face with a pair of determined eyes in these action packed features, it may be Bruce that you have seen.
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