Es ist immer eine Frage dessen, was Kampfchoreographen für einen Hintergrund haben, zudem muss es zum Stuntkoordinator, Regisseur und den Schauspielern passen, sowie die Figur durch die Geschichte tragen, ergo zum Film und der Produktion passen. Der Kampfchoreograph ist oft ausschlaggebend, welcher Stil erwähnt, z.B. ist Dan Inosanto durch seine Verbindung mit Bruce Lee schon lange im Filmbusiness drin, genauso einige andere Escrimadore. Und ist der Schauspieler selbst ohnehin Betreibender einer oder mehrerer Kks (z.B. Robert Downey Jr., Forrest Whitaker, Jason Statham, Wesley Snipes). Oft spielt dann noch eine Rolle, was gerade populär ist. Von daher ist es eher so zu sehen, dass solche Werbung nur bedeutet „hey darin sehen wir realistische Kämpfe, realistisch kämpfen lernt man da und dort“. Ist Werbung, aber was soll´s? Letztendlich ist den Filmemachern wollen die Filmemacher gute Kampfsequenzen haben, abseits von Box- und MMA-Filmen beruft man sich dann eh auf keinen bestimmten Stil und hinterher klabütern die Fans herum, welche Äußerungen beim Making of oder so gefallen sind. Nur weil ein Kampfchoreograph auch die Kampfkunst XY gemacht hat, heißt es nicht, man sieht auch nur genau das darin. Manchmal bedient man sich als Choregraph auch einfach bestimmter Aspekte einer anderen KK. Oder man interpretiert eine KK rein, weil man ein bestimmtes Werkzeug sieht (z.B. siehr man viele katana ohne das einer eine koryu studiert hat oder europ Waffen ohne dass sie Ahnung davon haben, z..B. Nutzt Forrest Whitaker in „Ghost Dog“ seine FMA-Kenntnnisse auch mit dem Katana, oftmals heißt es Escrima sobald zwei Stöcke oder Klingen vorkommen usw.).
Z.B. werden die FMA oft erwähnt, schaut selbst wie oft davon wirklich FMA zu sehen sind:
- in the movie The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption Agromael the character of Dave Batista uses Eskrima in his fight scenes.
In the 2011 movie Hanna, the characters played by Eric Bana and Saoirse Ronan are shown practicing 6-step sinawali double-stick drills at the beginning fo the film. Towards the end, Hanna gets into a fight and uses Filipino trapping and knife-fighting techniques. Ronan trained at the Inosanto Academy for the role and Jeff Imada was fight choreographer for the film as well.
- In the 2010 movie Kick-Ass, the title character, played by Aaron Johnson, used eskrima sticks to fight criminals and Hit-Girl played by Chloë Grace Moretz used the signature Filipino balisong knives.
- In the 2010 movie Repo Men, Forest Whitaker (a long time Kali student under Dan Inosanto) and Jude Law used Kali for the vicious fight scenes with Jeff Imada as fight choreographer.
- In the 2010 movie The Book of Eli, the title character, played by Denzel Washington, uses a stylized Bolo blade in self defense. Washington trained for months in Kali fighting styles in preparation for the role under Dan Inosanto and his senior student Jeff Imada.
- In the 2009 movie Ninja Assassin, Kali was used in the dual weapon choreography. Chad Stahelski and Jonathan Eusebio of 87eleven Action Design were fight choreographers.Stahelski and Eusebio are students of Dan Inosanto.
- Olivier Schneider was the fight choreographer for the 2008 film Taken. Schneider used a combination of Wing Chun, Silat and Eskrima.
- In the 2008 James Bond movie Quantum of Solace, actor Daniel Craig used Filipino martial arts to subdue a knife-wielding assassin. 2nd-unit director Dan Bradley worked with the same team from the Bourne series of movies for the fight choreography.
- In the 2002 movie The Bourne Identity and its 2004 and 2007 sequels, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, Matt Damon used Kali for the fight scenes, and was trained by Damon Caro and Jonathan Eusebio. The primary fight choreographer was Jeff Imada assisted by Damon Caro and Jonathan Eusebio, all students of Dan Inosanto. The first film's director Doug Liman stated that Kali's principles of minimal effort influenced their development of Bourne's character.
- In the 2008 movie Big Stan, the title character, played by Rob Schneider, fights prison inmates with rattan sticks and his last opponent was Dan Inosanto.
- In the 2008 movie Punisher: War Zone, Ray Stevenson (Punisher) practiced eskrima as part of his stick-fighting and knife-fighting training.
- In the popularly-referenced 2007 movie 300, Kali/Eskrima/Arnis was used as the base for the blade and shield choreography. FMA's signature heavy use of the off-hand can be seen in the offensive use of the shield. The fight choreographer, Damon Caro is a senior student of Dan Inosanto. HINWEIS: Bei diesem Besipiel wird Aris Makris von Pankration Canada gar nicht erwähnt, obwohl er auch mitgearbeitet hat.
- In the Chronicles of Riddick series, Riddick (Vin Diesel) employs a more aggressive variation of eskrima. Paul Rapovski of Kali de Leon was the fight choreographer.
In the 2006 movie Mission: Impossible III, Tom Cruise and Keri Russel's characters were shown training with rattan sticks HINWEIS: Keysi Fighting Method wurde auch benutzt
- Wesley Snipes used Eskrima in 2004's Blade: Trinity. Fight coordinator Chuck Jeffries is a Kali expert (under Dan Inosanto) and Snipes learned from Jeff Ward who was fight choreographer in the first 2 movies.
- In the 2004 movie Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Milla Jovovich's character was trained by Ron Balicki to use eskrima to finish off several opponents with expandable batons. Ron Balicki (a senior JKD/Kali instructor under Dan Inosanto) and his wife Diana Lee Inosanto were the fight choreographers.
- The 2003 movie The Hunted starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio del Toro showcased Filipino knife fighting which was choreographed by Tom Kier and Rafael Kayanan from Sayoc Kali.
- The 2002 sequel movie Blade II features Eskrima once again. Aside from Donnie Yen's amazing choreography, Kali instructor Jeff Ward returned as fight coordinator and Wesley Snipes studied under him.
- In the 2002 movie Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, Lucy Liu's character uses eskrima to fend off her opponents with a pair of sticks.
- In the 2002 movie Equilibrium the commentary reveals that eskrima is used in the fight between John Preston and Brandt.
- Eskrima is the weapon style used in the choreography of the popular 1998 comic-book film Blade. Fight choreographer Jeff Ward is a Pekiti Tirsia instructor and stunt coordinators Jeff Imada plus Chuck Jeffries are Inosanto Kali experts as well.
- In 1997's Mortal Kombat Annihilation, Sultan Uddin (Cabales Eskrima) not only portrayed Reptile, but choreographed Princess Kitana's fight sequence showcasing movements of Eskrima Serrada.
- In the 1996 movie Barb Wire, Temuera Morrison's character uses empty-handed eskrima to fight Customs agents, Diana Lee Inosanto and Ron Balicki.
in his unfinished film, Game of Death (1978) Bruce Lee faced his close collaborator and Eskrima master Dan Inosanto in one of the featured battles with masters of different martial arts as he climbs the tower. This is one of the films that first brought Eskrima to popular international attention.
Qualität ist dennoch nie gewährt, man siehe nur Mission Impossible III: KFM Final Fight from MI3 - YouTube
Und mal ehrlich, warum der Werbeneid? Wer will den Hunderte von halbherzigen Wochenendkriegern im Training haben, weil sie was in einem Film gesehen haben, es sei denn man will expandíeren wie McDonald´s und die Qualität ist egal.