A masterpiece of martial arts movies

Casey 2022-12-15 00:19:06

1991's "Once Upon a Time in Top Gun" has three major significances in the history of film. First, it opened up a new era of Hong Kong martial arts movies, and secondly, starring Jet Li has become a kung fu superstar in Chinese-language movies with this classic image he created, and it is also the most famous Kung Fu star in Chinese movies. The most classic Huang Feihong version so far, and finally this film also established director Tsui Hark's status as a master martial arts film director.

In fact, if you taste it carefully, this film contains too many concepts of traditional Chinese culture and the fierce collision of Chinese and Western cultures, and this is particularly prominent in the contact between Huang Feihong and Thirteenth Aunt. In addition, The national enthusiasm of the patriots to protect the family and the country and the depiction of some national scum who took advantage of the fire in times of national crisis are particularly brilliant, which shows Tsui Hark's deep understanding of the Chinese national culture.

Through several sequel works of Tsui Hark since then, he has formed a golden partner with Jet Li, making the series an eternal classic in Hong Kong film history.

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Once Upon a Time in China quotes

  • Yim: No matter how good our kung-fu is, it will never defeat guns.

  • Wong Fei Hung: Why so many swords and daggers on the table?