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Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997)

Once Upon a Time in China and America poster
Original title
黃飛鴻之西域雄獅
Directed by
Sammo Hung
Genre
action film, biographical film, martial arts film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 118 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Wong Fei-hung travels to America with his wife and uncle. They get caught up in a series of adventures in the Wild West. Martial arts and cowboy culture collide.

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What happens

Once Upon a Time in China and America, also known as Once Upon a Time in China VI, (Chinese: 黃飛鴻之西域雄獅) is a 1997 Hong Kong martial arts western film directed by Sammo Hung, who also worked on the film's fight choreography. The film is the sixth and final installment in the Once Upon a Time in China film series. The film also saw the return of Jet Li as Cantonese martial arts master and folk hero Wong Fei-hung, who had been replaced by Vincent Zhao in the fourth and fifth films. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 1 February 1997, and garnered positive reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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