Once Upon A Time In China (1991)
Do you enjoy insane martial arts fights that feel more akin to intricate ballet than straight up fistfights? Do you have a penchant for history? And can you enjoy the at times erratic style of Tsui Hark? Then this might be a thing for you. Sure, it might not be the best film out there, but the fight choreography is absolutely the main reason to watch this and be gobsmacked at how insanely good the performers are. Truly, Jet Li (and others here present whose names I can't remember) deserves a lot more credit than he sometimes gets - in the Western world, that is. Damn, that guy was good. 'Once Upon A Time In China' tells the story of Wong Fei-Hung, a practicioner of kung fu who has his own school in Fanshan and who is increasingly troubled by Western influence and abuse in the region. The Americans, British and some French are all imposing their own views and laws upon Chinese territory and importing their standards, which doesn't sit well with Fei-Hung. An...
