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Last Hero in China (1993)
Directed by Wong Jing
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Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese “Robin Hood” who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme after unwittingly opening a martial arts school next to a brothel!
Rated PG-13 | Length 111 minutes
Actors
Jet Li | Sharla Cheung Man | Alan Chui Chung-San | Dicky Cheung Wai-Kin | Leung Kar-Yan | Anita Yuen | Pak-Cheung Chan | Kingdom Yuen | Linda Cheung | Gordon Liu Chia-Hui | Dion Lam | Wong Tin-Lam | Pak Man-Biu | Sze-Ma Wah-Lung | Law Ho-Kai | Chung Fat | Yuen Miu | Jimmy Au Shui-Wai | Julie Lee | Jackson Ng | Chu Tit-Wo | Isabel Leung | Gam Biu | Chun Kwai-Bo | Chu Tau | Chow Gam-Kong | Lui Tat | Tin-yi Ku | Roy Filler | Ho Si-Wan | Chan Siu-Wah | Patrick Ling Chi-Hung | Lee Hang | Lam Kwok-Kit | Jacky Cheung Chun-Hung | So Wai-Nam | Alex Yip Choi-Naam | Douglas Kung Cheung-Tak | Jack Wong Wai-Leung | Anthony Carpio | Lam Foo-Wai
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/15/2022 | TV | DVD | Owned | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
This is a Wong Fei Hung movie that lives outside the Once Upon a Time in China films, like a side-quel of sorts that has Jet Li in the role of Fei Hung. Directed by Wong Jing with action direction by Yuen Woo-ping this movie presses all the right buttons for me. As I was viewing this I thought that the action looked like Woo-ping’s style and yep! Guess I’ve seen a lot of his work this year.
Had to watch my first Gen DVD that I’ve had for 20 years or so that looks like total garbage (widescreen in the 4:3 frame with subs burned in and barely legible). Runtime is shorter than what’s listed on TMDb. Damn shame this one, to my knowledge, hasn’t gotten a restoration and proper release. Definitely needs it bc it’s really fucking great. The lion versus the centipede dance is outstanding.
The description here is only the partial premise. The story involves a corrupt sheriff (leader of the cope or guards) that’s in league with some bad monks that are trafficking young women. Wong Fei Hung gets involved to save the girls when Sharla Cheung’s character tells him she’s searching for her missing sister. Btw, I love Sharla and she is a super badass here! So weird that Gordon Liu went from being the hero in his early movies to being the villain. Maybe to continue getting work? Just so weird to me. Anyways it’s cool to see him and Jet Li mixing it up.
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