Jay Liu is a writer and critic of film and culture hailing from the embattled city of Hong Kong. He was chosen twice to lead the official Cannes Classics x USC School of Cinematic Arts partnership, reporting on the Cannes Film Festival. He has also written for nonprofit website Cinema Escapist, and he's excited to write for Collider.
The Big Picture Move over, James Bond and Iron Man. The Guinness World Record for the hero with the most appearances in any media series goes to Hong Kong cinema's Wong Fei-hung. Born in 1847, Wong was a real-life martial artist and doctor who has been mythologized to legendary status. But among the 107 films and 20 TV shows made about Wong so far, Jet Li's take on the character remains the most iconic.
Release Date August 15, 1991 Director Tsui Hark Cast Jet Li , Yuen Biao , Jacky Cheung , Rosamund , Kwan , Kent Cheng Runtime 134 Minutes Main Genre Action Writers Tsui Hark , Yuen Kai-chi , Leung Yiu-ming , Elsa Tang Studio Film Workshop , Golden Harvest , Paragon Films Ltd.
'Once Upon a Time in China' Shows the Best of Hong Kong Cinema Close The immediate appeal of the series is that it features stunts from the prime of Hong Kong cinema, as Hark united master choreographers, Lau Kar-leung and Yu Jim-yuen, the latter of whom was the master of Jackie Chan. Any of the action set-pieces in the first movie can easily be a spectacular highlight in most Hollywood action films, but the first defining characteristic of stunts in Hong Kong cinema is clarity.
Related David Leitch Says His 'Kung Fu' Movie With Donnie Yen Is In Development "It just feels like a big international franchise potential." Despite that, pure stunts don't make a good movie. One of the main reasons why Once Upon a Time in China works is because of Jet Li's Wong Fei-hung. Many legends—including Kwan Tak-hing,Gordon Lau, and Jackie Chan—have played Wong before, yet Li was able to make Wong entirely his own.
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