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Summary: Interesting Combination
Review: Before reading this review you should know that this is the same movie as "Deadly China Hero."This film is, as the title of this article proclaims, an interesting combination. Combination of what, you ask? It is a combination of the Historic Chinese Martial Arts extravaganza and a Tom Green movie. What makes the film interesting is that the combination is not as bad as it sounds. Jet Li once agains plays the role of Wong Fei Hung, as he did in the Once Upon A Time in China historical epics, but this Fei Hung is a very different character from the more serious Fei Hung (particularly in the first OUATIC) we are used to.
In essence this film takes the fairly standard school versus school and style versus style conflict and extends it to a Dragon dancing competition (mirrors of OUATIC here, but wait) with Jet Li's masterful Dragon dancing interrupted by a villain in a Millipede suit. Jet Li loses the initial competition, due to various circumstances which include the villain's nepharious influence. Jet Li recovers and battles the Millipede in a Chicken Suit in the final battle. Chicken suit? Yes, a chicken suit. I told you there was a touch of Tom Green in this movie, or is it Adam Sandler? Doesn't matter.
Typical of the Jet Li/Wong Jing pairing films this is a less than serious affair. If you go in expecting wonderful wuxia wire-fu and a few laughs in a no budget free for all you will have a great time. Jet Li is an amazing martial artist and somehow this film works. But if you've come looking for Fist of Legend you are in for a serious shock in this film.
Rating:
Summary: Interesting Combination
Review: Before reading this review you should know that this is the same movie as "Deadly China Hero." This film is, as the title of this article proclaims, an interesting combination. Combination of what, you ask? It is a combination of the Historic Chinese Martial Arts extravaganza and a Tom Green movie. What makes the film interesting is that the combination is not as bad as it sounds. Jet Li once agains plays the role of Wong Fei Hung, as he did in the Once Upon A Time in China historical epics, but this Fei Hung is a very different character from the more serious Fei Hung (particularly in the first OUATIC) we are used to.
In essence this film takes the fairly standard school versus school and style versus style conflict and extends it to a Dragon dancing competition (mirrors of OUATIC here, but wait) with Jet Li's masterful Dragon dancing interrupted by a villain in a Millipede suit. Jet Li loses the initial competition, due to various circumstances which include the villain's nepharious influence. Jet Li recovers and battles the Millipede in a Chicken Suit in the final battle. Chicken suit? Yes, a chicken suit. I told you there was a touch of Tom Green in this movie, or is it Adam Sandler? Doesn't matter.
Typical of the Jet Li/Wong Jing pairing films this is a less than serious affair. If you go in expecting wonderful wuxia wire-fu and a few laughs in a no budget free for all you will have a great time. Jet Li is an amazing martial artist and somehow this film works. But if you've come looking for Fist of Legend you are in for a serious shock in this film.
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Summary: Good movie, but get the right version....
Review: For those buying this Deadly China Hero dvd, you are getting a [junky] version of the original film Last Hero In China. The distributors for Deadly.. are known for bootleggin movies and cutting scenes out, so look for the right one if you intend to check this film out. This film is the Jet's second to the last installment to the Once Upon A Time In China (OUATIC) series. It's nothing spectacular in my opinion, but it's not a bad film either. Tsui Hark, who did the original OUATIC series is not a part of this film; instead, the dirty Wong Jing directed this film, which kind of hurt it a bit. Yuen Woo Ping still provided the choreography, but I've seen better. Wong's aunt, or love interest, (Rosamund Kwan) is also out of this picture. Jet plays Wong Fei Hung once again, and he moves his school temporarily to a new location. The school ends up next to a brothel, Fei Hung soons discovers corruption and kidnappings of women taking place around the town. Officials want to get rid of him, and of course Wong wants to save everybody as usual. This is probably all you'd need to know about the story because it really is not that interesting. Right from the start, I could not take this film seriously at all. It was trying pretty hard to be funny, and sometimes it worked, other times it failed miserably. It felt like watching a parody of OUATIC. The MA were good, but not great; there was simply too much wirework and fake elements involved. It's one thing if the movements look real, but wirework was pretty bad in this film. There's a scene where a bad official slaps his hands on tiles, and this brings them up flying at Wong; all of a sudden the official decides to literally swim or glide across the ground afterwards...couldn't help thinkin what was the point of it was, but anyways. The bad official (Alan Chui?) also has one of the most annoying laughs you'll ever hear. There were bits and pieces of battles that stood out, but not one ENTIRE fight scene impressed me. The Shaolin Master Killer Gordon Liu(Lau Kar Fai) was also in the film as a bad guy, but director Wong Jing clearly wasted Liu's talents by not using them. In addition, the outcome of his final battle is pretty pathetic. There is a fight between Liu and Jet that starts off decent until the flying elements came into play...sigh...like I said, bits and pieces. Cheung Man is also in the film, but her MA is strictly wire based and made her look like a ballerina...nothing impressive. As everyone already mentioned here, the last battle involves Jet in a chicken suit fighting a group of baddies dressed as a centipede. It's kind of silly, but the battle that follows between Fei Hung and the bad official is nice. There is still wirework done here, but this battle probably had the most REAL and serious MA. Sadly, there were many shots that made me realize that Jet was doubled for many of the sequences...sigh...you'll also see Jet try to use the drunken style, though unconvincing, and some great moves came afterwards and probably is the base of my rating. Some of the moves here are pretty brutal, and they stayed in my mind even after the film. Overall, I would call this an average movie. OUATIC 1-3 totally outshines this film because there was more meaning to it and I felt more for the characters, plus the MA was far better. I can't really recommend you to buy this film, but since it is pretty cheap, why not. Besides, it's part of Jet's Wong Fei Hung history. It's definitely worth checking out, so you can make your own opinions. To me, this film is trying too hard to be funny, and sadly I found myself laughing at scenes in the film that probably weren't intended to be funny. Better Jet films are his original OUATIC 1-3, Fist of Legend (his best), Swordsman II, Tai Chi Master, Kung Fu Colt Master, Shaolin Temple, and more...hope this was helpful, check out my other MA reviews, thanks for reading.
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Summary: Last and The Least
Review: I bought this film on a whim, since the store I went to didn't have 'exactly' what I wanted (OUATIC 2 fer sure)SO I figured I'd watch the last in the series since OUATIC and America was a HUGE disappointment for me. I have yet to make up my mind on Jet Li films. And this put me in the negative state (again) The story was slow and unmoving, the characters were not interesting, the fighting was sparse (why else get a kung fu film?)and the last fight with Jet in a chicken suit (JET LI IN A CHICKEN SUIT!!!!!)was the last straw. I'm sorry, but if Fist Of Legend was his best, then this must have been by far his worst. "I wouldn't buy this DVD with YOUR money!!!"
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Summary: jet li as wong fei hong again
Review: though not as good as the once upon a time series, it's still a pretty good movie, because it throughs humor into the mix. if you've seen deadly china hero it basically the same but last hero in china has 1 or 2 extra scenes, but it's something you really don't notice because it doesn't effect the plot of the movie. They even have one of my all time favorites Gordon Lui(he's a bad guy this time though) i recommend this version on dvd for two reasons first it's Jet Li, so you know you're getting great fight scenes, (even though his drunken boxing wasn't as good as when Jackie Chan played Wong Fei Hong in Drunken Master 2) and secondly because the Deadly China Hero dvd is the worst dvd i have in my collection, it's worst than anything i have on my vhs collection as well. So if you have seen any of the once upon a time in china series i suggest you give this one a chance to see Jet Li play a light hearted version of the man that made him internationaly known
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Summary: Centipedes and Chickens
Review: Whats up folks? I picked this movie up about 2 months ago. I didnt know what i was getting into, but i imagined that it couldnt be too bad, I mean, the main character is Wong Fei Hung. Right off of the bat, i want to say that Amazon has the best price ive seen for this movie. So if you're gonna get it, and i recommend that you do, i urge you to get it from here. Whats the premise? The cops arrest 3 leaders of the rebel Boxer Association, you may remember the Boxer Association from your history classes. Well, Fei Hung happens to be there, and hands them over to the police. Fei Hung is running out of money, cant afford his studio, so his star pupils Ah-so and Ah-fu make a deal with some landlord for leasing a building for dirt cheap, they later find out that the owner of the building is a pimp, and his whore house is right next door, overlooking the grounds of the studio. I want tell you anything else, and theres a lot more to see, but ill tell you that its funny. The martial arts is pretty good, and if you guys are MA fans, then I should tell you that Gordon "Master Killer" Liu is in this also. Yeah, thats right, the log on water riding master himself. So if you guys are looking for a good laugh (at the comedy, not poor attempt at a movie) then this movie is definitely it. It has its serious moments too, after all its about Fei Hung. It has good MA action, from what I remember, i mean i watched it twice. The characters are cool, but the cast that plays them is excellent. The villain, is awesome. He's evil as hell! Certifiably insane! I dont know what else to say about it, its a really good movie, i thought it was better than Once Upon A Time in China 2, (not OUATIC I, i said II). The whores were funny. I only wish they showed more of Leung Man, she was bad boy. She had this one scene, man, shes good (by the way, shes not one of the whores) 4 stars, go get it. If youre into Jet Li, or are wandering if you really like his style of acting and MA, then get this movie, he'll impress you, he is afterall a Kung Fu master.
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Summary: Centipedes and Chickens
Review: Whats up folks? I picked this movie up about 2 months ago. I didnt know what i was getting into, but i imagined that it couldnt be too bad, I mean, the main character is Wong Fei Hung. Right off of the bat, i want to say that Amazon has the best price ive seen for this movie. So if you're gonna get it, and i recommend that you do, i urge you to get it from here. Whats the premise? The cops arrest 3 leaders of the rebel Boxer Association, you may remember the Boxer Association from your history classes. Well, Fei Hung happens to be there, and hands them over to the police. Fei Hung is running out of money, cant afford his studio, so his star pupils Ah-so and Ah-fu make a deal with some landlord for leasing a building for dirt cheap, they later find out that the owner of the building is a pimp, and his whore house is right next door, overlooking the grounds of the studio. I want tell you anything else, and theres a lot more to see, but ill tell you that its funny. The martial arts is pretty good, and if you guys are MA fans, then I should tell you that Gordon "Master Killer" Liu is in this also. Yeah, thats right, the log on water riding master himself. So if you guys are looking for a good laugh (at the comedy, not poor attempt at a movie) then this movie is definitely it. It has its serious moments too, after all its about Fei Hung. It has good MA action, from what I remember, i mean i watched it twice. The characters are cool, but the cast that plays them is excellent. The villain, is awesome. He's evil as hell! Certifiably insane! I dont know what else to say about it, its a really good movie, i thought it was better than Once Upon A Time in China 2, (not OUATIC I, i said II). The whores were funny. I only wish they showed more of Leung Man, she was bad boy. She had this one scene, man, shes good (by the way, shes not one of the whores) 4 stars, go get it. If youre into Jet Li, or are wandering if you really like his style of acting and MA, then get this movie, he'll impress you, he is afterall a Kung Fu master.
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