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Shanghai Noon
Why this pick
Its East-meets-West frontier setting, playful fish-out-of-water comedy and inventive martial-arts action echo the breezy crossover spirit of Once Upon a Time in China and America.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1997 1h 42m HKG
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Once Upon a Time in China II
Why this pick
Another Wong Fei-hung adventure with Jet Li, combining patriotic stakes, buoyant comic side characters and exceptionally agile kung-fu choreography.
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Iron Monkey
Why this pick
A rousing Wong Fei-hung-era adventure whose righteous heroes, broad humor and precise wirework capture the warm, crowd-pleasing side of Hong Kong martial-arts cinema.
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Kung Fu Hustle
Why this pick
For its cartoonishly inventive combat, affectionate comic ensemble and heightened period-world charm, it delivers similarly joyous martial-arts entertainment at a more surreal pitch.
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The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Why this pick
A Korean Manchurian western with breakneck chases, eccentric characters and flamboyant action; it shares the pleasure of blending frontier iconography with Asian genre energy.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Wong Fei-hung, Clubfoot Seven Chiu-Tsat and "13th Aunt" cross the Pacific Ocean to America to visit Bucktooth So, who has opened a Po-chi-lam clinic there. While traveling by carriage through the wilderness, they pick up a friendly cowboy named Billy, who is almost dying of thirst. When the party stops to have lunch, a bunch of hostile Native Americans ambush them. Wong, Clubfoot Seven Chiu-Tsat and 13th Aunt escape unharmed but their carriage slides off a cliff and falls into a river. 13th Aunt and Clubfoot Seven Chiu-Tsat are rescued and taken to Bucktooth So's clinic. However, Wong hits his head on a rock and loses his memory as a consequence. He is saved by a Native American tribe.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Power Chan
Dr So
Jeff Wolfe
Billy
Richard Ng
Uncle Han
Roger Yuan
Dick
Tony Halstead
Jet Li
Wong Fei-Hung