Okoye Shows Us Her Skills In a New "Entourage" TV Spot For Marvel Studios' BLACK PANTHER

@ScarletWarlock - I always liked that the fight scenes in the first Kingsman were a bit ridiculous but I think The Golden Circle took it a bit to far.

But more on topic, I love what Ryan Coogler has done so far with these action sequences and the fighting styles and abilities of each character. T'Challa being a superhuman and all can do crazy shit like jump several feet, run alongside walls, and send enemies flying with kicks, and his fighting style is acrobatic and martial arts heavy with a cat like and animalistic flair. Okoye and her Dora Milaje move as a single unit and they're masters of the spear, using it to disarm, distract and strike in all sorts of ways. Nakia being a Wakandan spy and a bit more of wildcard has so far a very aggressive fighting style that seems to use a bit of Krav Maga. M'Baku is probably stronger than everybody else since he can lift a grown man with one arm and he must rely on his brute strength a lot. Killmonger looks like and seems like a mix between Western styles and Wakandan/African styles, since he uses guns, grenades (as former black ops) as well as the sword/machete and short spear combo. Shuri being the least traditional and a scientist, has her tech weapons.

@ScarletWarlock - Completely agree about the fight scenes feeling character driven. One of the reasons The Winter Soldier is so good in my opinion is that the action sequences are very character driven. The first one on the ship is a stealth mission, so Cap and Widow are clearly very well prepared and take enemies out as quickly and silently as possible (except for Cap vs Baltroc, as Cap is trying to prove a point and is therefore showing off a bit). Compare that with the fight scene at the bridge vs The Winter Soldier and you can see Cap is desperate, throwing desperate punches and kicks and is stumbling a bit because he's still shocked by the Winter Soldier's abilities. Both him and Widow slowly start adapting to the situation.

Ryan Coogler seems to have followed this pattern as well. The fight scene in the forest looks like T'Challa in his element: A big cat in the shadowy forest. While the casino fight looks hectic because the Wakandans must be out of the element. And that car chase scene clearly shows some desperation and each of the adapting to the situation.

The big difference between these two movies so far is that the fight scenes in Black Panther are gorgeous to look at. No slight to the Russo brothers as I love their work in the MCU, but them being inspired by The Raid and the Bourne films while Coogler being inspired by the James Bond films and Afrofuturism (and with his own skill and his cinematographer being as talented as she is) is the clear difference. All of these shots are breathtaking, and combining that with stellar fight choreography and practical effects and CGI gives a very unique product. Something of a heightened reality that still feels very real and grounded in a real culture.

And yes, I don't know about Black Panther being the best MCU film by I certainly think it will be the most well made MCU film to date.