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Once Upon a Time in China and America

1997 · 102 min

A breezy mix of kung fu action and Western adventure, with amnesia, racism, and a corrupt mayor, played lightly and ending harmlessly.

Genres
Action, Western
Overview
So goes to the U.S. to open a martial arts school. Around this time, many Chinese people were sold off to U.S. railroad companies, and were brutally treated by the Americans under the harsh working conditions. Thus, the American workers' hatred towards the Chinese immigrants is high. As a result, So gets into trouble with the Americans and the mob, and calls Master Wong for help.

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • identity
  • friendship
  • corruption
  • justice
Places
  • wilderness
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror1
Humour5
Realism5
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

In this series

Once Upon a Time in China Collection

  1. Once Upon a Time in ChinaMovie · 1991
  2. Once Upon a Time in China IIMovie · 1992
  3. Once Upon a Time in China IIIMovie · 1993
  4. Once Upon a Time in China IVMovie · 1993
  5. Once Upon a Time in China VMovie · 1994
  6. Once Upon a Time in China and AmericaMovie · 1997 This title

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Genres
action, western
Directed by
Sammo Hung Kam-bo
Written by
Philip Kwok, Sharon Hui, So Man-sing, Sze Mei-Yee
Starring
Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam, Xiong Xinxin, Power Chan Kwok-pong, Jeff Wolfe, Joseph Sayah, Chrystabell, Patrick Lung Kong
Music
Lowell Lo Koon-ting
Cinematography
Walter Gregg
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America, Hong Kong
Languages
Cantonese, English

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