One of the pinnacles of Hong Kong cinema’s 1990s golden age, theOnce Upon a Time in Chinaseries set a new standard for martial-arts spectacle and launched action star Jet Li to international fame. It brings to
Once Upon a Time in China is a 1991 Hong Kong martial arts action drama film written and directed by Tsui Hark and starring Jet Li as Chinese folk hero, Wong Fei-hung. It is the first film in the Once Upon a Time in China film series. Tsui Hark (born 15 February 1950), born ...
Though it picks up the narrative thread where the previous installment left off, Once Upon a Time in China IV introduces a new director, action choreographer Yuen Bun, and star, Vincent Zhao, who takes over the role of Wong Fei-hung from Jet Li. Once aga
黄飞鸿之二:男儿当自强 黃飛鴻之二男兒當自強 (1992) TSUI HARK Once Upon a Time in China II Having chronicled the social upheaval wrought by Western influence in the opening chapter of theOnce Upon a Time in Chinaseries, Tsui Hark turned his attention to the perils of unchecked nationalism in ...
(黄飞鸿Huáng Fēihóng). It is the second film and first sequel in the Once Upon a Time in China film series. The Mandarin version of the iconic(an iconic image or thing is important or impressive because it seems to be a symbol of something) theme song "A Man Should Better Himself"(...
Time in China(黄飞鸿之壮志凌云Huáng Fēihóng zhī zhuàngzhì língyún) is a 1991 Hong Kong action film co-written and directed by Tsui Hark and starring Jet Li as the legendary Chinese folk hero, Wong Fei Hung. It is the first film/movie in the Once Upon a Time in China film series...
之王者之风Huáng Fēihóng sì zhī wángzhě zhī fēng) is a 1993 Hong Kong well-known action film directed by Yuen Bun. The film stars Vincent Zhao as legendary Chinese folk hero,Wong Fei Hung(黄飞鸿Huáng Fēihóng). It is the fourth film in the Once Upon a Time in the China series...
I have not seen any of the preceding “Once Upon a Time.” films, but I guarantee they cannot be as bad as this. In this, the sixth film in the series, Wong Fei-Hung travels to the good old United States of America and encounters all sorts of trouble, well, enough to keep h...
The original “Once Upon a Time in China” film was a tough act to follow. It reinvigorated the Chinese audience’s appetite for “wuxia” movies whilst at the same time telling a story that was well acted and beautifully filmed. The core themes about living in turbulent times, coming to...
film I had purchased was substantively different from what I had previously seen. There were several new fight sequences, and the old ones were shorter. The new stuff wasn’t bad at all, but it simply didn’t fit well with everything else that was going on in the film. Also, I ...