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Post by RoadWarriorYajuta on Jun 23, 2006 15:36:32 GMT -8
I have to say all in all I enjoyed this movie. The story has Wong Fei Hung, Cousin Yee, and Seven traveling to America to help a friend open a kung fu school in the wild west of America. In the process of traveling our protaganists end up in a river due to an Indian attack. Fei Hung hits his head and not only gets knocked out but loses much of his memory. the first half of the movie deals with Fei Hung recovering his lost memories amidst a tribe of Indians that rescue him from drowning. The second half of the movie deals with Fei Hung defending his and his fellow country men's honor qhwn the corrupt mayor robs the local bank and sets them up to take the fall. The climactci battle scene has Fei Hung and his crew battling the gang that the mayor hired to rob the bank. This film keeps with the main theme of Chinese pride and tolerance towards all men found in the other Once Upo a Time movies. The fight scenes were very well done and seem to be very light on the wire fu that so many of you loathe. It seems that Shanghai Noon borrowed heavily from this movie. I'd recommend this film. It has its share of humor and top notch fighting. Maybe I am weird, but I enjoyed the hokiness of Hong Kong's interpretation of Native Americans.
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Post by hman on Aug 13, 2006 14:42:07 GMT -8
Action-wise, I think this is the most satisfying of the series, narrowly beating out OUATIC 2. I lost some enthusiasm for OUATIC (the first one) when I found out that Xiong Xin Xin (Hung Yan Yan, who played Uncle Seven in this one) doubled a lot for Jet Li in the finale (Jet had broken his leg during filming). However, I'd like to confirm that tidbit of information though.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Aug 13, 2006 18:23:05 GMT -8
i liked this movie OK- it was fun, though parts reminded me of the Jackie Chan movie as well. i knew Jet had been hurt, but i thought it was before this movie. of course, he had been flying about on wires way before this, so you'd think the broken leg would have had him on the ground.
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Post by hman on Aug 16, 2006 12:17:21 GMT -8
Jet had suffered minor injuries prior to making Once Upon a Time in China (the first one), but breaking his leg was his most severe and last major injury. But because he had a broken leg, he was doubled quite a bit (or so I've read).
He said in his journals that after the first OUATIC, he never again suffered a major injury.
Nonetheless, the fights and choreography in Once Upon a Time in China and America are some of his very best since 1994.
Supposedly, the amnesia angle was original an idea of Jackie's that Sammo borrowed. I read that afterward Sammo formally apologized for doing that.
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