Once Upon A Time In China (DVD, 2001)

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Once Upon a Time in China

Yuen Biao, Jacky Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, Jet Lee

Tsui Hark

DVD

Cantonese\Chinese

2001

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

16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

128 Mins

Sports

15

1

Entertainment 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...

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.

Once Upon A Time In China

Dolby AC-3 5.1 Digital