Once Upon a Time in China III

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Summary: It is entertaining; however, it is not Jet Li's best movie.
Review: Jet Li is again Huang Fei Hong in this sequal to the Once Upon a Time in China 1 and 2. Compare to his movies like The Fist of Legend, there are less action. However, it is very entertaining in a way that plot has some funny confusion with Chinese culture and Western Culture. However, I wouldn't say it is better than 1 and 2 or some other movies he made like Saolin Temple series. However, you definately should watch it if you love Jet Li.

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Summary: Third time at bat is a triple
Review: Of the three OUTIC series the third one isn't as deep. The fight scenes between Wong fay hong and club foot are great, but the movie faulters at times. OUTIC III follows the growth of Hong and tries to show a new angle to the industrialization conflict. Hong begins to realize he has to adapt and learn about the new world, but the story side tracks into political assasination. I enjoyed the movie immensely, but I could do without the assasination subplot. The conflict between old and new culture is enough to keep me interested and propel the story.

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Summary: really good, worth watching
Review: On its own, this is a really good movie. If you compare it to Jet Li's best however, subtract one star. But is that really fair? All I know is that I enjoyed this movie from the lion dances, the introduction of Clubfoot, the fight on the oil-stained floor, and the cool opening credit sequence-featuring the Wong Fei-Hung theme. Technically, it is good as well. Nice performances, direction, camera angles, choreography, set design, two-way storyline, and just enough humor. I would've preferred more actual one-on-one kung fu in the finale, but the ending was still entertaining. Add this to your collection.

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Summary: Not as good as 1 and 2
Review: The action in this installment is choppy; however, Jet Li is a brilliant martial artist and always, always, always, amazing to watch. Part 2 is the superior installment, with Part 1 close behind. By the way, if anyone knows of a VIDEO copy of Part 2, I'd appreciate knowing about it!

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Summary: Story O,K.--Video Quality Poor.
Review: This film was enjoyable and fun to watch. However, OUTIC2 still remains the best effort in the series for me. I was bitterly disappointed in the video quality. It was poor and some parts looked almost pixelized. They could have done a better job. Audio was okay and the subs were typical.

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Summary: Great movie...but
Review: This movie carried itself very well. Now if you really want to follow this story and the relationship between Jet and his father you have to watch Iron Monkey then this movie would definitely grab you. I watched this before I watched Iron Monkey and was like it was ok, when I watched Iron Monkey then this movie I really got into it. If you have the other 2 get it it's worth it for your Jet Li collection.

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Summary: Stop the Insanity!
Review: This movie should have never been released in the United States. I could not believe that people actually gave this movie more than one star (there were no minus star's to choose from). This movie is very obviously an old movie that someone decided to make a few bucks off of by re-releasing it, because of Jet Li's appearance. You can tell how old it is, by how young he looks in this flick. Acting in this movie is pitiful, and compounding this with a ridiculous story line. Maybe it is not fair for me to judge this movie because I did watch the English subtitled mode and maybe for the folks that can speak cantonese or mandarin (whatever the choices were) it had a sensible story line, but I still doubt it. The bad guys in the english subtitled version were supposedly Russian, but I don't think they were in the original version. I think they were either British or Americans, I believe they felt it would not be politically correct to slam the us English dogs. They must have altered it in the subtitling ( I first figure this out when one of the supposedly Russians "spoke" using an English word). There were a few other clues that strongly suggested it and I don't think this movie was intended to be a funny one, but some of the english subtitling was just so ridiculous. I don't think the person they had doing the english translation, knew english very well or the ways of us white folks. For example, shouting Bingo while playing with some form of chinese cards was so stupid along with a whole bunch of other circumstances that made no sense. I hated having rented this movie and felt embarassed that it was my choice at the video store and later having everyone rolling there eyes and falling asleep throughout the movie. It was really that bad. The only reason I am writing this, is to correct the wrong that some of the people writing these reviews are doing to the general public. I am really not that discriminating when it comes to movies and for the most part am easily entertained, but this flick, should have found a bic, when they were holding the celluloid. I know I sound harsh, but the film was harsher!

Rating:
Summary: Stop the Insanity!
Review: This movie should have never been released in the United States. I could not believe that people actually gave this movie more than one star (there were no minus star's to choose from). This movie is very obviously an old movie that someone decided to make a few bucks off of by re-releasing it, because of Jet Li's appearance. You can tell how old it is, by how young he looks in this flick. Acting in this movie is pitiful, and compounding this with a ridiculous story line. Maybe it is not fair for me to judge this movie because I did watch the English subtitled mode and maybe for the folks that can speak cantonese or mandarin (whatever the choices were) it had a sensible story line, but I still doubt it. The bad guys in the english subtitled version were supposedly Russian, but I don't think they were in the original version. I think they were either British or Americans, I believe they felt it would not be politically correct to slam the us English dogs. They must have altered it in the subtitling ( I first figure this out when one of the supposedly Russians "spoke" using an English word). There were a few other clues that strongly suggested it and I don't think this movie was intended to be a funny one, but some of the english subtitling was just so ridiculous. I don't think the person they had doing the english translation, knew english very well or the ways of us white folks. For example, shouting Bingo while playing with some form of chinese cards was so stupid along with a whole bunch of other circumstances that made no sense. I hated having rented this movie and felt embarassed that it was my choice at the video store and later having everyone rolling there eyes and falling asleep throughout the movie. It was really that bad. The only reason I am writing this, is to correct the wrong that some of the people writing these reviews are doing to the general public. I am really not that discriminating when it comes to movies and for the most part am easily entertained, but this flick, should have found a bic, when they were holding the celluloid. I know I sound harsh, but the film was harsher!

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Summary: one of the best ,but not the best
Review: this movie was awesome.but a little dissapointing.same thing as the other 2 jet li plays as wong fei hung a kung fu master.but my favorite character is thunderfoot.but whats dissapointing about this movie is the final fight it was very,very, very short.i bet you 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000 it is.rent it and see

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Summary: good but i got chinesse version
Review: This movie was good to watch only the subtitles that i had to put up with was glaring white that blends in with the background. I had to miss a lot of scenes and had to rewind just to understand something. The comedy is very nicely done with seriousness set in it. Hong kong movies has such talent at doing things like that. I am refering to the vcd version since i could not find the dvd version. My best was the next one called "once upond a time in china and america" because that one was set in a cowbow western setting which was very rare.