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* Before the opening credits of ''[[Enter the Dragon]]'' even begins Bruce Lee fights and beats Sammo Hung in a nonlethal kung fu match at a Shaolin Temple in Hong Kong.
* ''[[Streets of Fire]]'' starts off with a rock concert and the lead singer being kidnapped onstage. From there, there's very little pause in the action.
* [[Fritz Lang]] ''loved'' these kind of openings, and made use of them in films like ''[[Dr
* ''[[Brotherhood of the Wolf]]'' begins with a martial arts fight between the two heroes and some local goons. The original script began with an extended chase through Parisian sewers.
* ''[[The Chase]]'' (1994) is pretty much lock, stock and barrel Jack Hammond's kidnapping of Natalie Voss and his attempt to escape to Mexico. Roughly 90 percent of the movie takes place on the freeway or just alongside it, and the director wastes no time whisking us right into the thick of it: from ''the very moment the screen fades in'', we can already hear the wail of police sirens in the distance as Jack enters the convenience store looking for a hostage, and spots Natalie.
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