Advantages: Good action, good story Disadvantages: Some of the humour may be lost of western audiences
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Sammo Hung plays Tin, a charlatan type character, who after escaping a law man (Kenny Bee) he returns to his home town, to start up a hotel where he plans to get rich by stopping the train which carry's a number of rich people and getting them to stay and spend there money in the town. There to stop him is the new sheriff Tsao (Yuen Biao).
However a gang of ruthless bandits also have an eye on the train and intend to rob the passengers.
... ...Loi Fook
Yuen Biao - Tsao
Yasuaki Kurata - Samurai
Yukari Oshima - Samurai
Cynthia Rothrock - Bandit
Richard Norton - Bandit
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This film has a hell of a lot of characters to mention as their so many different stories's going on. You have Tin who's come to town with a bunch of prostitutes in tow. Tsao and his newly elected team of law enforcers, Sheriff - Loi Fook who's determined ...
...this formidable foe begins terrorizing the Master's schools, the old teacher calls on Li to lead an incredible group of former students from Hong Kong in a bid to seek retribution! Another exciting addition to the thrilling Jet Li Collection of films, Jet Li's T H E M A S T E R delivers all the unstoppable martial arts action you demand ! ...
Advantages: The film is awesome Disadvantages: Not an happy ending
I love this film. As mentioned above, at it's time this was the most expensive film made in Korea, a fact shown in the movie with awesome special effects. This film contains a fantastic, gripping plot with tales of forbidden love, treachery, jealousy and vengence. Complete with fabulous sword fighting scenes to equal any top martial arts movie. The Hero, of this film is a simple peasant called Jinha {Shin Hyun-june}, who one day happens upon a girl ... ...next meal to a slavering ravenous wolf. The young boy saves this Heroine called Sullie {Kim Hee-sun}, who happens to be the daughter of a renowned general, By fighting off this lupine beast with his wooden sword, showing at this age a prowess with a sword. From this day onward they become best of friends, meeting in secret. As the seasons come and go{during this part there is a magical special effect that shows them ageing and various seasons passing, ...
Advantages: Erm... hmmm... erm.... well... erm... hmmm.... hmmm... Disadvantages: Not original, childish dialogs and a star that tries to pass as the real Lee.
Take me now Lord!
This is a film in which Bruce Le (that is Le...not Lee) takes on the mantle of the real legend, Bruce Lee, and goes through a fighting journey loosely based on Lee's original concept and filmed in the actual location Lee had originally intended to use.
Like Bruce Lee's famous "Game of Death", this character enters a pagoda building where every floor is guarded by a fighter that is supossedly the master of a particular style of ... ...fighter, the Wing chun expert and a master of the mystic art of Silat. After defeating all the opponents in this "Tower of death" Le must now face the might of Bolo. But we already know the outcome! :o)
First time I watched this film I was about 9 years old and I thought I was watching Bruce Lee because that's how it was passed as on TV. Many years later I had this memory of seeing a film where Bruce Lee takes on a whole banch of people (like he ...
Advantages: something for everyone, even women love these movies Disadvantages: A little dated now, sometimes a little to tongue in cheek.
...portraying this person but the Once Upon A Time in China movies tell the legend the best. Some small elements of fantasy within some fight scenes but for the most part raw hard hitting martial arts. Films are better in cantonese with subtitles rather than cheesy dubbing.
This box contains the first three of a total of six movies. The other three movies are titled Last Hero in China, Once upon a Time in China and America, {Kung-Fu shenanigans in ... ...6 {avoid this, this is the only one that doesn't star Jet Li and it's very poor}
Much like Rocky through the course of the movies you see a love relationship blossom between Fei-Hung and Aunt Yee {no relative}
The films also continue the story so you really build an affection for the charachters, such as Ah Soh, Ah Fu, porky, and Clubfoot. The films contain loads of humour and in parts are hysterical. I love ther part where Wong Fei-Hung woh happens ...
