Once Upon A Time In China (DVD)

Once Upon A Time In China (DVD)

Production Year: 1993 - Martial Arts - Director: Tsui Hark - Original Language: Cantonese\Chinese - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Jet Lee, Rosamund Kwan, Yuen Biao, Jacky Cheung more

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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 Wong (Jet Li) serves as an...
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Wong Fei Hung! A must see!
A review by mandydon on Once Upon A Time In China (DVD)
February 29th, 2008


Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it? Loved it 
Story Outstanding 
Characters / Performances Outstanding 
Special Effects Good 
How does it compare to similar films? Outstanding 

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

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

Full review

One of the best known films to rise out of the hong 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 history. Wong Fei-Hong (Jet Li) must fight dastardly foreigners intent 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 the bastard band of Chinese who want to get Wong Fei-Hong.

Eventually, all the evil parties make a deal with the bastard foreigners and try to ship Chinese women to America. Their plan: to entice Chinese workers to head to America as coolies. Aunt Yee is kidnapped as part of this plot, and Leung Fu objects. Now he and Wong Fei-Hong must save Yee AND come to terms with the reality of gweilos in Asia. It's like this: the Chinese have kung-fu, but the foreigners have guns.

A definitly must see movie for chinese martial arts film lover and anyone generally interested in martial arts movies with a touching story. 

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Jet lees best film!
Review of Once Upon A Time In China (DVD) by markaceface

Advantages: Great atomsphere to the film
Disadvantages: If you don't like wires, you won't like this film

Plot: the film is based on chinese hero wong fei hung, no doubt if you are fimilar with hong kong cinema you will already be fimilar with wong fei hung. Countless films have been based on his life. Jackie chans drukern master is another popular film based him as well. The setting of the plot is very good, a clash between old traditions and the need for trade. The plot allows for some deep emotions shown by actors. A true fight against greed and ...
...the atomsphere of the fight scenes, the most memorable fight scene is where jet lee is fighting in the pouring rain and starts kicking around a log.... it goes really slow and you see the movements of the log and jet lee as the rain pours down. Artistic very artistic. I think that one scene makes this film better than hidden dragon, it must have taken ages to make that scene work properly. Performances: Jet lees best performance by quite some distance, ... Read review

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Review of Once Upon A Time In China (DVD) by shintai88

Advantages: Cantonese audio, no unmatching lip action. great martial arts shadow kick
Disadvantages: none

Once upon a time in china is about one of china's fame heros of the ching dynasty era, Wong Fei Hong, the son of the fame doctor wong Kei Yin owner of the famed Po Chi Lam. the storyline to this story is about corrupt imperial official becoming a traitor to the country for foreigners trying to kill of other ambassidors in china to try to start a war, Wong fei hong who becomes aware of this from certain contacts takes action to stop the official. ...
...with Donnie yen with some superb pole action, and some hand to hand leg to leg combat, with his famed shadow kick, and shaolin fist style fighting, a interesting story line and some good acting from jet li as a disicipline master and first class doctor. Dvd features, original cantonese audio along with english dub, with a series of european subtitle plus english, dvd trailer of the movie and other movie trailers featuring jet li films. along with ... Read review

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Once Upon A Time In China - Complete Trilogy (DVD)

Product details

Actor(s): Jet Lee, Rosamund Kwan, Yuen Biao, Jacky Cheung

Director(s): Tsui Hark

Genre: Martial Arts

Classification: 15 years and over

Production Year: 1993

Running Time: 2 hours 8 minutes

Video Category: Feature Film

Plot: A man takes on the forces of evil. Featuring martial arts action in many fight sequences.

Release details

DVD Region: DVD

Studio(s): E1 ENTERTAINMENT; ARVATO SERVICES

Release date: 22/01/2001

No of Discs: 1

Catalogue No: MDV 466

Barcode: 5032438504664

Languages

Main Language: Cantonese\Chinese

Technical information

Special Features: Feature Length Audio Commentary With Bey Logan And Mark King, Animated Biography Showcase, Original Theatrical Trailer, UK Promotional Trailer, Production Photo Gallery, Interview Gallery

Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Sound: Dolby AC-3 5.1 Digital

Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Cantonese English

DVD Description

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 Wong (Jet Li) serves as an appropriate metaphor for the place of the Ching Dynasty folk hero in Chinese cultural memory. A legendary master of a variety of kung fu styles, Wong has been subject to numerous interpretations in dime novels and films since the 1930s. In the late 1970s an irreverent portrait of the young Wong Fei Hung emerged in DRUNKEN MASTER. In director Tsui Hark's hand, the beloved historical figure is given the full lionized treatment as he fights for dignity and self-determination against Western imperialists. A revisionist drama that recalls the struggle of the small-property owner fighting for her land in Sergio Leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, Hark's epic is both a tragic and heroic examination of China's transition to modernity. Like the best of Hark's films (ZU: WARRIORS OF THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN), ONCE UPON A TIME contains imaginative fight sequences, including "no-shadow" kicks and a thrilling battle using bamboo ladders.

Professional reviews

Review: "...A thrilling example of what results when muscle meets grace." -- Rating: A- - Editor's Choice (Entertainment Weekly, p.64, 12/01/2001)

"...Balletic displays of martial arts prowess....A witty, extravagantly picturesque homage to Sergio Leone..." (New York Times, p.C16, 21/05/1992)

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