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Wong Fei Hung! A must see!

Advantages: Brilliant action scenes/over the top comedy/romance!
Disadvantages: Jet Li's overuse of wire works!

...kong martial arts movie genre. Once upon a time in China shows why Jet Li can be compared to the likes of Jackie Chan. In this movie Jet Li (or should i say Wong Fei Hung) portrays a martial arts master who is the best at fighting, funny and for the first time in a chinese martial arts movie a love story blooms from begining to end! Plot summary: Plot: China is in turmoil, with Western influence having an upsetting effect on China's long cultural ...
...on smudging China with their gweilo presence. Said bastard foreigners are in cahoots with a local band of Chinese who frame Wong's local militia for a series of terrorist acts. Meanwhile, Leung Fu (Yuen Biao), a member of said evil band of Chinese, gets attracted to Aunt Yee (Rosamund Kwan). Fu hooks up with Master Yim (Yen Shi-Kwan), who wants to supplant Wong's status as the number one kung-fu guy. To accomplish his goal, Master Yim hooks up with ...

mandydon 29.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Once Upon A Time In China (DVD)

A Martial Artist Robin Hood

Advantages: Great martial arts, breathtaking fight choreorgraphy, innovative action scenes
Disadvantages: None really

...(Donnie Yen) to apprehend the Iron Monkey. If he fails to do so, the governor will take Kei-Hung's son, Wong Fei-Hung (Tsang Sze Man, an actress playing a male) as prisoner. Iron Monkey is a wonderful film, full of exhilarating energy and impressive martial arts choreography. Each character in this film displays an amazing array of moves. Some highlights include: an awesome impromptu rooftop between the Iron Monkey and Kei-Hung; the night battle ...
...the climactic battle taking place above a fiery pit. Though Yen and Yu are the stars, actress Tsang Sze Man steals the show with a few astonishing moves of her own. If you loved Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but felt the film was a bit too philosophical, you will appreciate the lighthearted and fun tone of Iron Monkey ...

aEnigma7345 09.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Iron Monkey (Subtitled and Dubbed) (Wide Screen) (DVD)

Jet Lee is impressive as always

Advantages: combines great humour and Kung-Fu, like some Jackie Chan movies
Disadvantages: possibly looking a little dated now

...This film is classic early Jet Lee and the fight scenes etc are similar to those in Once Upon A Time In China. This film is based on a real rebel legend and Chinese hero called....you guessed it, Fong Sai Yuk. This period film has something great about it, other than just the great fighting. The realationship between Fong Sai Yuk {Jet Lee} and his mother is classically comedic. These two are like a chinese Abbot and Costello, and I wonder if Jackie ...
...This movie, as well as the first part are excellent movies that will have you laughing away and enthralled by the fight scenes. By the end of this movie you hate the bad guy so much you cannot wait to see Jet Lee kick the stuffing out of him. ...

tayloa22 23.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Jet Li - The Legend 2 (DVD)

THE STORMRIDERS (1998)

Advantages: Great fantasy, wuxia genre. Nice looking men! Comic book turned movie.
Disadvantages: Too many characters, which meant slightly under-developed.

...start, I do apology for the character names. It sounds ridiculous in English, but when translated into Chinese, it is only two syllables and it does sound like a normal name! The story begins with the evil 'Lord Conquer' (Sonny Chiba), who was the leader of the 'Conqueror's Clan.' This man was obsessed by power and was desperate to be the best fighter in the land. In order to accomplish such claim, he must wait 10 years to duel with his rival, 'Saint ...
...hired the 'Prophet Mud Buddha' (Lai Yiu Cheung) to enlighten him of his future. The prediction revealed that he must seek two young boys named 'Wind' (Ekin Cheng) and 'Cloud' (Aaron Kwok). Lord Conquer must train them up to be great fighters in order to fulfil the prophecy. However, the rest of the prophecy can only be revealed in ten years time - it has to be one step at a time. Unless Lord Conquer can open a complex ancient puzzle box which will ...

Moogiekupo 29.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of The Stormriders (Subtitled and Dubbed) (Wide Screen) (DVD)

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Confuses Audience

Advantages: See what life might have been like during the Qing Dynasty
Disadvantages: it left the viewer confused with unanswered questions

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon takes place during the Qing Dynasty and tells the story of woman and men warriers and a sword known as the Green Destiny. I was utterly confused when watching this movie and had a hard time grasping my head around the plot. This story line was very difficult to follow and was needed to be searched on the Internet to discover the plot. In my opinion, the movie didn't answer any questions that were set up in the beginning ...
...plot and the characters of the story were to confusing that it was distracting from the effects included. Personally, I beleive that Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was a pointless movie in which there was no plot but just a series of random events that made transitions through the movie. ...

secret23 19.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (DVD)