Pros: fight choreography, Jet Li's centeredness Cons: Aunt 13's helplessness and other intensely stereotypical characters, plot, excessive length, etc.
"The 1991 Hong Kong movie "Wong Fei-Hung" (released in the US as "Once Upon a Time in China" was produced, directed, and co-written by Tsui Hark ("Leung juk"). It is a long (134-minute), jumpy, and blatantly racist movie with a whole array of forces ...
Pros: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, story, cinematography and soundtrack. Cons: Pace is a little slower than some of the other classic martial arts films.
Inspired by the Serge Leone classic Once Upon A Time In The west, Tsui Hark's Once Upon A Time In China sees Jet Li taking over the role of legendary folk hero Wong Fei Hung, a sort of Kung Fu Fighting Robin Hood of the late 19th century. ...
Pros: the martial arts sequences are amazing, scripted and socially aware Cons: definitely a foreign film, plot is a bit sprawling
Wong Fei-Hung is a historical figure in China. He is a healer, a martial artist, and something of a spiritual Zen master – and, in 1991, the ninety-ninth film retelling or reworking Wong Fei-Hung’s increasingly legendary and folkloric tale was released...
Pros: Lots of action. Stars Jet Li, some fights are unrealistic Cons: some fights are unrealistic
This extremely popular movie (overseas anyway) spawned 5 sequels which have the same following in Hong Kong that the Indiana Jones series has over here. Jet Li is in the first three,and Man Cheuk Che takes over the helm in parts four and five, which...
Pros: Great Kung Fu, some humor Cons: predictive plot, might come off as anti-Caucasian to some
Although the American audience has only seen Jet Li in two movies (Lethal Weapon 4 and Romeo Must Die), there is no denying to anyone that Li can do Kung Fu. Well, indeed Li CAN do Kung Fu, and he can do Kung Fu probably better than any Kung Fu actor...
Pros: Great fighting, choreography, fun to watch Cons: generic plot
I was first introduced to Jet Li's impressive kung-fu in the movie series: Once Upon a time in China. In the series, Jet Li plays a righteous kung-fu school master and legend: Wong Fei Hong. Now I'm not quite sure if Wong Fei Hong was actually real...
Anybody that considers him or herself to be a martial arts fan has to have seen this movie. Even though it was filmed 9 years ago in Chinese, this was the most influential movie on Kung Fu since. It propelled its star, Jet Li, into international...
Pros: Great action scenes and character interaction Cons: A bit slow paced as compared to his other movies.
Being used to this other movies, which are a bit faster paced, I was almost bored at the beginning of this movie. But as I got into the movie I realized that it was serious drama, or at least an attempt at it. I thought all the asian actors were great,...
The time is late 19th century China and Wong Fei-hung runs a martial arts school. The school is soon attacked and Wong must fight to save the school, ...More at HotMovieSale.com
Product DetailsOriginal Title:Once Upon a Time in China #1Actors: Cheng, Kent - Cheung, Jacky - Kwan, Rosamund - Li, Jet - Tartalia, Steve - Yuen, Bi...More at iNetVideo.com
In one of the recurring gags of ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA attempts to take Wong Fei Hung's picture always fail. The failure to capture the image of Wo...More at Family Video
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