English

Noun

chopsocky ‎(uncountable)

1. (film, colloquial) A genre of exaggerated martial arts films made primarily in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 1960s and 1970s.
   • 1983, Variety's Film Reviews: 1978-1980

     Chopsocky actioner with standard fight scenes and atrocious dubbing.

   • 2001, Lisa Morton, The Cinema of Tsui Hark

     The chopsocky films garnered a small following in this country precisely because of their often-ludicrous dubbing and the unrealistically-hard smacking...

   • 2003, Gary D Rawnsley, Political Communications in Greater China

     ...bad enough that we settle for the typical chopsocky fare or do we protest and demand more realistic portrayals...