Once Upon a Time in China and America

Once Upon a Time in China and America

  • Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
  • Writer: Cheuk-Hon Szeto,Sharon Hui,Mei-Yee Sze
  • Countries of origin: Hong Kong
  • Language: Cantonese, Mandarin
  • Release date: February 1, 1997
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Одного разу в Китаї та Америці
  • "Once Upon a Time in China and America" ​​is directed by Sammo Hung , written by Hark Tsui , action director Sammo Hung , an action movie starring Jet Li , Rosamund Kwan , Xinxin Xiong , Richard Ng , Jane Wang and others   .
    The film tells the story of Huang Feihong bringing his thirteen aunts to the United States to celebrate the first anniversary of Baozhilin's opening for his apprentices. During a fight on the way, Huang Feihong fell into the river, lost his memory, and was rescued by the local Tu people. All the staff of Baozhilin were later robbed of the bank by Jia disaster. In order to prove his innocence, Huang Feihong fought the real murderer and brought him to justice. 
    The film was released in Hong Kong, China on February 1, 1997.

    Details

    • Release date February 1, 1997
    • Filming locations Alamo Village - Highway 674, Brackettville, Texas, USA
    • Production companies China Star Entertainment, Film Workshop, Golden Harvest Company

    Box office

    Budget

    $12,000,000 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

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    • By Garth 2022-02-07 14:52:18

      Straight man Huang Feihong can still reap the love of Thirteen Aunts, some love has nothing to do with romance

      “coffee,tea,or me”

      When Aunt Thirteen came over happily with coffee and tea, she said a witty word to Huang Feihong by the way.

      It's just that Huang Feihong was dumbfounded.

      "or me? How do you drink?"

      Aunt Thirteen sat beside her disappointedly and complained slightly, "You, you have...

    • By Stuart 2022-02-07 14:52:18

      Once Upon a Time in America

      Changed directors, changed ideas and styles. Sammo Hung probably prefers the Hollywood style, so the good head coach of the militia group has become the leading actor of Western films.

      The popular amnesia is used to show the ignorance, backwardness and disunity of the Chinese people, and then the racial conflicts between Indians, Chinese and white people, as well as the indispensable bank robbers, Chinese kung fu and western fast gunmen cowboys, etc. , a lively and...

    • By Stacy 2022-02-07 14:52:18

      western martial arts movies

      If the martial arts paragraph is removed from this film, it is a complete American western shootout film. But with Wong Fei Hung, gunfight movies will also become martial arts movies. The western elements in this film are well used, the gear behind the riding boot, the bull, the Indians, the hangman, the small town sheriff and the bandits, and the standard American western tavern. My favorite Huang Feihong's apprentice, "Ghost Foot Seven", although there are not many passages in this film,...

    • By Burley 2022-02-07 14:52:18

      Fusion of classic creative sequel production, many highlights

      1. The martial arts movie that integrates western movies has many small details of western movies. Although the plot setting of amnesia is cliché, the overall plot design still has continuity with the previous work. The martial arts action design is also inherited from the previous ones. The two types of styles are mixed. The history of overseas Chinese gold rush and the classic image of Huang Feihong still have a beheading;

      2. With the strong cooperation of the old actors and...

    • By Ken 2022-02-07 14:52:18

      In fact, the Western Lions have many bright spots

      I saw too many reviews and downvoted this, I couldn't help but write something to help it rehabilitate.

      Let me talk about the ranking of the Huang Feihong series in my personal mind: the
      first three films directed by Tsui Hark>The Lion in the Western Regions>Iron Chicken Fighting Centipede>Zhao Wenzhuo starring in 2 films.

      The first three films are very Chinese. The
      Lion of the Western Regions has its flaws,
      but the important thing is that in addition to...

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    • By Marques 2023-09-27 01:49:22

      As the worst work in the series, it can also attract who I am after Jackie Chan and Shanghai Noon to imitate. Rosamund Kwan is also one of the first beauties in the golden age of Hong...

    • By Christophe 2023-09-18 21:17:36

      Playing abroad, it is an alternative...

    • By Lois 2023-09-09 15:39:40

      1. The combination of kung fu film + western film, if you look at it today, it must be a bad film, but it is also a special product of the special era in the late 1990s. Jet Li returned, and Rosamund Kwan is also a little old-fashioned. So far the Huang Feihong series Also officially ended 2. The only bright spot is the part where Ghost Foot Seven helps Huang Feihong to cure his amnesia. He plays Yan Zhendong and Nalan Yuanshu. The action scenes in this part are also very good, especially the...

    • By Ally 2023-08-29 19:53:33

      The Wong Fei Hung series is already on the decline. In the whole movie, the last part of the Chinese saying goodbye to Master Huang is the most fun. It doesn't matter if you watch it or...

    • By Mabelle 2023-08-16 17:59:30

      Without Jet Li, Huang Feihong will no longer be dazzling, and Jet Li, who has returned to Huang Feihong, is still in the wind. The last Wong Fei Hung brought Kung Fu and Bao Zhilin to the faraway America, a Chinatown full of Chinese...

    Movie plot

    At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Huang Feihong, the head coach of the Guangdong Provincial Militia, established the Baozhilin Medical Center in Guangzhou, where he and a group of disciples hoeed the strong and helped the weak and carried forward Chinese martial arts. His disciple Ya Zha Su also opened a branch in San Francisco to promote Chinese martial arts overseas. Feihong decided to go to...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    1. This film is the work of "Once Upon a Time" director Hark Tsui and the male protagonist Jet Li working together again four years after the breakup of "The Lion King". Sammo Hung is at the helm, pulling the Chinese story of Huang Feihong to the West for development . Chan 's "Who Am I?" is somewhat similar.
    2. Many foreign actors are used in this film. Among the Chinese workers, Richard Ng and veteran Cantonese film director Long Gang...
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    Evaluation action

    Hark Tsui and Jet Li's "Once Upon a Time" brought both of them to the top of their careers. After the breakup, their development was not ideal. In 1996, Yongsheng Company brought the two together again and filmed another "Once Upon a Time" movie. But the film failed to impress people in other ways, except for the fighting as always. In the same year, Huang Feihong lost his memory and strayed into the Indian tribe and Jackie Chan also...
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