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Summary: Once upon a time in China 2, a great movie
Review: I have seen all of the Once upon a time in China films, I would have to say that they are the greatest films I have ever seen. If you like original Chinese Kung Fu films then you will enjoy this film. Jet Li is amazing, and Rosamund Kwan is great also. I reccomend this film to all viewers.
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Summary: Nothing Special Weak on the Action !!!
Review: I know that this movie seems great to all the people who are reading these reviews, but trust me, this dvd is not worth it. The action scenes weren't that great. The plot was a little weak. The guy who played Foon didn't fight well. Don't get me wrong, I loooovvvveeeeeeee Yuen Woo-Ping movies. I lovvvvvvveeeeeeeeee Donnie Yen and Jet Li. I expected this to be a non-stop action ride. But in fact, it was greatly lacking all of the above. Yuen Woo-Ping has done some of the greatest fight sequences I have ever seen. But something happened here because nothing was original or unique. It was plain and boring. Don't get me wrong, I've seen Tai-chi master, Wing Chun, Deadly China Hero, Legend of the Drunken Master, Iron Monkey, Fist of Legend, etc, and thought they were the best movies i have ever seen for Kung-Fu. I thought Ouatic 1 was also original and moving. The way Tsui Hark directed the last fighting scene and all the rest was amazing. In this movie you had to wait for 3/4 of the movie to finally see some serious action. Crouching Tiger's action was much better and even more unique. In fact, in Hong Kong and Mainland China they criticized Crouching Tiger as being boring and having no action, while Ouatic 2 was a classic there and had absolutely no action or plot. I know the other reviews sound appealing and I stick out like a sour apple, but please try to understand. I love Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, etc, but this movie was a big disappointment. I watched this in great pain. How could this movie be so ordinary and medicro. I, like you, read the reviews and said to myself, hey this movie is going to be great. I even saw a trailor of Donnie Yen and Jet Li fighting with bows in a enclosed area and said out loud, this is going to be a great movie. I will say this, the action between Donnie Yen and Jet Li was amazing but that amazing part only lasted 10 minutes. Jet Li never fights hand to hand with Donnie Yen. Donnie Yen doesn't fight at all with his hands. Please put this DVD away. Trust me, writing this review hurts me more than it hurts the people who are reading this. I'm a great admirer of Yuen, Donnie and Jet and even . Tsui Hark. But this movie didn't do it for me. (....)
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Summary: My favorite among his "Once Upon ...." series
Review: I like this one the best among all his "Once Upon a Time in China" series. The fighting is great. If you are a Jet Li fan you will not be disappointed. The fight scene at the end was just fantastic.
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Summary: Better than the first! (by a lot!)
Review: I picked this one up as I heard that it's the best movie in the series, as well as one of Jet Li's best movies in general; that statement is really only half right. It is most likely the best in the series, essentially due to the intricate fight scenes choreographed by none other than "The Man" Yuen Woo Ping. Unfortunately, all of the movies in this series suffer in the same manner as the build-up to the fights is rather boring and extensive; i.e. the stories are nothing to write home about. In actuality, my favorite movie with Jet Li depicting Wong Fei Hung would be "Last Hero in China", which is officially not even a part of the OUATIC series. Watch this flick for Donnie Yen; if you want to see more entertaining work by Jet Li check out "Fist of Legend" or "Kung fu Cult Master".
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Summary: Arguably the best of the series....
Review: I picked this one up as I heard that it's the best movie in the series, as well as one of Jet Li's best movies in general; that statement is really only half right. It is most likely the best in the series, essentially due to the intricate fight scenes choreographed by none other than "The Man" Yuen Woo Ping. Unfortunately, all of the movies in this series suffer in the same manner as the build-up to the fights is rather boring and extensive; i.e. the stories are nothing to write home about. In actuality, my favorite movie with Jet Li depicting Wong Fei Hung would be "Last Hero in China", which is officially not even a part of the OUATIC series. Watch this flick for Donnie Yen; if you want to see more entertaining work by Jet Li check out "Fist of Legend" or "Kung fu Cult Master".
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Summary: Still Kickin'
Review: I really enjoyed Once Upon a Time in China. Naturally I was interested to see what direction the filmmaker would take the sequal. It was not a good as the first, but none the less a fantastic martial arts display.Li is Wong Fei Hong, a renowned matial artist, this time around traveling with his companions when he becomes entangled with a revolutionary group called the White Lotus Sect. They are calling for the expulsion of all foreigners from China. This leads some to fantastic fight sequences which certainly lived up to the first film. I think martial arts fans will get a terrific kick out of this movie. Other fans, well, I don't know. However I will definatly check out the third film in this series because I liked this one.
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Summary: Best of the trilogy.
Review: I reckon this is the best of the trilogy. Decent plot, good acting (Rosamund Kwan a very cute actress too). And you can hardly find a fighting scene as well choreographed as the one between Jet Li and Donnie Yen, both being "real" masters from Shaolin. When it comes to Kung-fu in the post-Bruce-Lee era, only the well-trained techniques of Li and Yen can really take your breath away (unless you prefer Jackie Chan's acrobatic moves and funny stuff, that is). Jet Li goes on scoring big with "Kiss of the Dragon", but I don't think he is cut out for the double role in "The One". So far my top five martial arts films are: "Fist of Fury" (Bruce Lee), "Iron Monkey" (Donnie Yen), "Wing Chun" (Michelle Yeoh), "Once Upon a Time in China" and "New Legend of Shaolin" (Jet Li).
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Summary: Now THIS is a kung fu DVD to get!
Review: I think that this is a must-buy DVD for fans of martial arts films from Hong Kong. This movie delivers, and this DVD also delivers. First, the DVD. It's great. A lot of people have complained about Hong Kong movie DVDs, and rightly so, but this one delivers the goods. First, the video transfer is VERY good. Usually, they do NOT look this good. The print is sharp and relatively clean. There's an artifact or two on occasion, but by and large, it's a very nice transfer. Much better than a lot of other movies, especially for its age (1992). The sound is also very good. I noticed that it was in Dolby Digital 5.1 and there was actually some use of the surround channels. Not like some of those other DVDs in Dolby 2.0 or mono! For the langauges, you get the English dub AND a Cantonese soundtrack with English subtitles. Remember those Jet Li DVDs with only a dub? Well this one isn't like that! And another benefit is that the subtitles are presented extremely well. They are in yellow and in the black bar at the bottom of the screen (it fits since it's 2.35:1). The letters are easy to read since they are large enough, it is a clear sub without spelling errors, and the titles don't move too fast that you can't read them. I've had some really bad experiences with some HK subtitles, but rest assured, this one is good. So the DVD is of high quality, no question about it. But how's the movie? It's also very good! I've seen my share of HK movies, and this one was definitely one of the better ones. There's some very cool action. A mix of wire and non-wire. Jet Li is great and so is Donnie Yen. It may not be wall-to-wall action, but I felt there was enough and what you do get is really good. Oh, and the film's soundtrack is also good, clearly above average. Heck, even the plot isn't that bad. This movie as a whole certainly blows Part III of this series out of the water. I'm very happy with this.
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Summary: Best jet lee film so far
Review: I thought it was brilliant and the end fight with donnie yen magnificent (must see for all kung fu fans)
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Summary: Better than the first! (by a lot!)
Review: I've saw the first and second one and I must say that the second one was soooo much better than the first one. If you liked the first one or any other martial arts movie with Jet Li in it, then don't pass out on this one!
The second movie (in my opinion)is not nearly as violent as the first one; they don't cuss as much; and the storyline was just great! There are less fighting scenes (not too much, so don't worry) but when they do appear, they are better than all the fighting scenes in the first one combined!
What else can I say? Get this film or at least rent it!
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