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Product Information
A man takes on the forces of evil. Featuring martial arts action in many fight sequences.
Product Identifiers
EAN5032438504664
eBay Product ID (ePID)3946427
Product Key Features
ActorYuen Biao, Jacky Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, Jet Lee
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Film/TV TitleOnce Upon a Time in China
DirectorTsui Hark
Release Year2001
FormatDVD
LanguageCantonese\Chinese
FeaturesFeature Length Audio Commentary With Bey Logan And Mark King\Animated Biography Showcase\Original Theatrical Trailer\UK Promotional Trailer\Production Photo Gallery\Interview Gallery, Widescreen
GenreSports
Run Time128 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationIn 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.
ReviewsEntertainment Weekly - "...A thrilling example of what results when muscle meets grace." -- Rating: A- - Editor's Choice, New York Times - ...Balletic displays of martial arts prowess....A witty, extravagantly picturesque homage to Sergio Leone...