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Deadly China Hero

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1 star:		(4)

 

 

The other user comments are technically correct. The film is great... in its original version. "Deadly China Hero," however, is a clipped version of the film "Last Hero of China." I highly recommend the original film instead of this one, which cuts out several crucial scenes and important subplots. There's no reason to settle for this hacked-up version.

JET li stars in this powerful movie as he portrays chinese folk hero WONG FEI HUNG. THis movie is totally different from the other movies in the Once upon a time in china series. Some of the most memorable scenes from the movie are when Li battles "shaolin masta killa" Gordon Lui. The other great part in this movie is when Li dresses up like a chicken and battles a giant centipede. The end is still the best part when Li breaks his toes he's forced to get drunk and uses the Drunken style to win the final battle. One of Li's finest!!!!!!!!!!

When I first put this DVD in I noticed that they cut away the opening, then the movie starts and I can't believe my eyes as the quality of the DVD is even lower than my VCD version, this is just frustrating to watch. The subtitle cannot be change or removed since it is fixed onto the movie, the subtitle is in chinese and english use at the same time, the quality of the image is so below par that the subtitle at times can't even be read. Another thing is the audio, you can't switch between Cantonese and Mandarin like on my VCD, yes this too was fixed to cantonese only. There is no extra features, you might as well buy a VHS tape, which would probably be an improvement on the picture quality. It does look like they tranfer this movie from an overused VHS tape with no other intention then to sell it to unsuspecting "customers"(read victims).

Not widely regarded as an extension of the "Once Upon A Time In China" series, "Last Hero In China" tends to go unmentioned as far as guilty-pleasure entertainments go. I believe that the film's quality (though the Wong Jing humor is debatable) is right on par with the series, as once again Jet Li braids his hair to assume the identity of Wong Fei-Hung and rip some naughty miscreants a new one. Yes, Jet Li is in the role NOT Jackie Chan, as Amazon's blurb mistakenly implies. Though both actors have personified the role, it is in this film's final fight that I finally got to see Jet Li's bout at Drunken Boxing for my first time ever (thus the review's title). If he does it in older movies, I haven't seen it yet. But he demonstrates the stance with all the effortless acrobatic ability his legions of fans have grown accustomed to. Plus, Yuen "you only wish you could choreograph action like me" Woo-Ping offers us a shot at Fei-Hung delving into Chicken Style against a ten-man centipede, plus numerous other wire-fu goodies that'll put a stoned grin onto any viewers face.
No real special features on the disc to even mention save the inherent but ever-necessary widescreen, but then again I own the HK version. The only drawback...? Where's Auntie 13 (Rosamund Kwan)? She writes Fei-Hung a letter in the movie, but that's all we get. Sigh... But enjoy -- this is as ridiculously fun a movie as you could want from Sir Jet.

I agree with Michael Van about the clipped version " Deadly China Hero" as I own "Last Hero in China" which is the movie in its orginal presentation and with Subtitles. This is actually, if placed in order of sequences by year, the Fourth "Once Upon a Time in China" series before OUATIC IV/V came out. Nonetheless, you have to watch this movie as it has, as usual, great martial art scenes. I own all but OUATIC IV and most of Jet Li's DVD's that are available. The 6th version of OUATIC is "Once upon a Time in China and America" also starring Jet Li. Though this may be the 4th Jet Li did as Wong Fei-Hung, you do not have to see the three previous OUATIC's. Order is not important with this version of Wong Fei-Hung but the tales of this Martial Artist (a real actual Chinese Hero) is. Get this DVD and try to get "Last Hero in China" also. In fact, get every Jet Li movie made. You will not be dissappointed. This man is our replacement for Bruce Lee.

Whats up folks? I picked this movie up about 2 months ago. I didnt know what i was getting into, but i imagined that it couldnt be too bad, I mean, the main character is Wong Fei Hung. Right off of the bat, i want to say that Amazon has the best price ive seen for this movie. So if you're gonna get it, and i recommend that you do, i urge you to get it from here.

Whats the premise? The cops arrest 3 leaders of the rebel Boxer Association, you may remember the Boxer Association from your history classes. Well, Fei Hung happens to be there, and hands them over to the police. Fei Hung is running out of money, cant afford his studio, so his star pupils Ah-so and Ah-fu make a deal with some landlord for leasing a building for dirt cheap, they later find out that the owner of the building is a pimp, and his whore house is right next door, overlooking the grounds of the studio. I want tell you anything else, and theres a lot more to see, but ill tell you that its funny. The martial arts is pretty good, and if you guys are MA fans, then I should tell you that Gordon "Master Killer" Liu is in this also. Yeah, thats right, the log on water riding master himself.

So if you guys are looking for a good laugh (at the comedy, not poor attempt at a movie) then this movie is definitely it. It has its serious moments too, after all its about Fei Hung. It has good MA action, from what I remember, i mean i watched it twice. The characters are cool, but the cast that plays them is excellent. The villain, is awesome. He's evil as hell! Certifiably insane!

I dont know what else to say about it, its a really good movie, i thought it was better than Once Upon A Time in China 2, (not OUATIC I, i said II). The whores were funny. I only wish they showed more of Leung Man, she was bad boy. She had this one scene, man, shes good (by the way, shes not one of the whores)

4 stars, go get it. If youre into Jet Li, or are wandering if you really like his style of acting and MA, then get this movie, he'll impress you, he is afterall a Kung Fu master.

This was such an awesome movie.

Remove everything you ever knew about the Once upon a time in china series from your head, except for Jet Li playing the serious Wong fei-hung. Then make this movie one of the craziest and funniest movies ever and stick Wong fei-hung in the middle of it. What you have is a very enjoyable movie. And as much as I did like it, the music was the best part for me. For those of you that know the OUATIC series, you know Tsui Hark was the first ones to put lyrics in a movie to the Wong fei-hung theme song. Well then Jing Wong was the second. Great Soundtrack.

All you people trying to stick through it all the way, please wait until the end fight.

Deadly China Hero is different from his other Wong Fei Kung movies. You will probably never find him dressed up like a chicken in a bright red outfit again. He is so cute in it. How he brings a new look and feeling to this character is hilarious. He is an all around actor and in this movie he proves just how good he is. A must see.

Deadly China Hero is a poorly edited version of the original Last Hero in China. I'm glad so many people like it but it lacks about 15 minutes of the original movie and they are the minutes that make it a cohesive movie instead of a jumble of martial arts fights. This taking of a classic martial arts movie, chopping it up, and then releasing it under a different name has got to stop! People deserve the chance to see the original movies!

Jet Lee, Hong Kong's brightest martial arts star and heir to the Bruce Lee mantle, stars as Wong Fei Hung, folk hero of turn-of-the-century China. With his assistants Ah-fu and Ah-so, Wong wages war against the corrupt and ruthless Boxer society. Scene after scene of breathtaking martial arts acrobatics and a monumental fight with the Master Killer (Gordon Liu), choreographed by Yuen Woo Ping (Drunken Master, Fist Of Legend) combine a truly charismatic performance by Lee to make this an action classic in the tradition of Lee's Once Upon a Time in China series. Don't miss the climactic fight sequence with Lee displaying an excellent display of Drunken Boxing!