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Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997)
Directed by Sammo Hung
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Overview
So goes to the U.S. to open a martial arts school. Around this time, many Chinese people were sold off to U.S. railroad companies, and were brutally treated by the Americans under the harsh working conditions. Thus, the American workers’ hatred towards the Chinese immigrants is high. As a result, So gets into trouble with the Americans and the mob, and calls Master Wong for help.
Rated NR | Length 102 minutes
Actors
Jet Li | Rosamund Kwan | Xiong Xin-Xin | Power Chan | Jeff Wolfe | Joseph Sayah | Chrysta Bell | Patrick Lung Kong | Richard Ng | William Fung Kwun-Man | Johnny Koo | Roger Yuan | T. J. Storm | Ryon Marshall | Gavin Perry | Chris Doughton | Freddy Joe | Jason De Hoyos | Daniel Luján | Steve Beasley | Thomas Worrell | Glenn Brown | Curtis Kollar | Raymundo Quiñones | Richard W. Cox | Ron Ring | Jason Leppo | Pancho Sanchez | Juddson Keith Linn | Dean Seltzer | Ron Rondeaux | Carlos Alvarado | Vidal Rodrignez | Albert S. Old Crow | Jason Scott | Mike Mireles | Gilley Grey | Tony Halstead | Deborah Kay Hooker | Micah Leonard | Alex Louviere | Barry Simpton | Tim Santos | Take Shanklin | Matt J. Vazquez | Harrell Floyd | Michael Bowlin | Barry Stewart | Dave Crowe | Robert Hooker | Nina Kaczorowski | Lau Kar-Wing | Roberto Lopez | Gine Lui | W. Glenn Malmskog | Mars | Joe McDuffie | Danton Mew | Gil Raymer | Kerry Wallum | Wu Jian Fei | Jerry S. Wu
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/21/2022 | TV | Blu-ray | Owned | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Finished off the set of films with the final installment which has the return of Jet Li as Wong Fei Hung and places him in the old west along with Rosamund Kwan’s Aunt 13 and Xiong Xin-Xin reprising his Clubfoot role. Despite Sammo Hung taking over the director duties, this is my least favorite of the six movies.
There’s some neat setpieces and the change of setting to America is interesting but the story is not very good. Perhaps it’s how both the Native Americans and Chinese are treated here that bugged me the most even if the depiction is close to truth with prevalent racism of that time. Frustrating to see it used as a plot device here and part of the main story.
There’s a making of on the Blu that was actually more entertaining because they chat with Tsui Hark and have lots of BTS footage. It was cool to see how they did some of those stunts.
Wish we got another installment that put Li and Kwan back in China to close out this series.
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