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Once upon a time in China part 5

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Director and Quatic series creator Tsui Hark bravely put a new twist on the legend of Wong Fei-Hung in this fifth chapter in the series. As emphasized by other reviewers here, firearms are fairly prevalent in this episode: although they complement rather than overshadow the martial-arts action. Personally, to see WFH dodging bullets whiled kicking heads made for lively viewing. Man Cheuk Chui plays Wong Fei-Hung pretty well but, in the acting/charisma stakes, he's obviously no Jet Li. Where he does shine is in the well choreographed action scenes. Spinning and kicking for all his worth, here he does give Jet a run for his money! In fact, all of Wong's sidekicks are given space to show off their martial moves, with Clubfoot in particular displaying some powerful kicking.

This is an action packed movie. Its set in China with Wong Fei Hung. The choreography is very good and its allot of action and good story line. The movie isn't remastered but the quality is ok. Its worth the money. And this is a hard film to find let alone DVD. Whats great about this movie is some of the actions scenes on the boat. These guys really worked on this film well. And tried to show some of China's best martial arts.