Director McG hired Hong Kong action choreographer Yuen Cheung-yan specifically to transplant the wire-fu visual language from films like City on Fire and Enter the Dragon directly onto the 1970s TV reboot structure. McG wanted the Angels to move like Hong Kong action stars—defying gravity, fighting multiple opponents with balletic precision, using the environment as weapon. This wasn't homage. It was explicit translation of Hong Kong action cinema into American spy comedy.
Films That Influenced Charlie's Angels (2000)
