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An orphan, whose father has been killed by dark power, attempts to bring justice back to the town.An orphan, whose father has been killed by dark power, attempts to bring justice back to the town.An orphan, whose father has been killed by dark power, attempts to bring justice back to the town.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 14 nominations
Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
- Master Lui
- (as Sammo Hung)
Eddie Peng
- Fei
- (as Eddie Peng Yuyan)
Luodan Wang
- Chun
- (as Wang Luodan)
Boran Jing
- Fiery
- (as Jing Boran)
Cho-Lam Wong
- Big Tooth
- (as Wong Cho Lam)
Junjie Qin
- Foon
- (as Quin Junjie)
Jiayi Feng
- North Evil
- (as Jack Feng)
Julius Brian Siswojo
- Old Snake
- (as Brian Siswojo)
Roy Hin Yeung Chow
- Fei
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Miroslav Karel
- Slaveboss
- (uncredited)
Mike Leeder
- Jonathan, Slaveboss
- (uncredited)
Stephen Rong
- Throat Slit Captive
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaEddie Peng did all his Kung-fu stunts, no doubles
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The movie is about the early days of Wong Fei Hung, a real person in late-19th century/early 20th-century China whose deeds have been greatly embellished and made into dozens of films and TV series. He is the same character portrayed by Jet Li in the Once Upon a Time series.
However, the film itself has almost nothing to do with the real person. The main character uses the WFH name and his father conjures up familiar memories of a umbrella-wielding kung fu master popularized by the Iron Monkey film. Also, in the real-life tales of WFH's heroic deeds, it is said that he took on a dock gang in his early days, which this movie loosely portrays.
Other than that, this movie could have simply been a standalone film. But the WFH name is famous throughout China and no doubt was used to sell more tickets.
Although the use of CGI and wire is very noticeable at times, the overall look and choreography of the film is very good. Unfortunately, as is common with Chinese films, too much attention is paid to the look, but not enough to the substance.
Ultimately the movie does not break any new ground. As is common in Chinese action films, characters again do inexplicably idiotic things for the sake of creating "drama" or "emotion" and to create convenient scenarios to push the plot along without any serious attempt to explain WHY.
Overall, it's not a bad movie but it's also little more than another typical Chinese flick that looks good but doesn't do anything beyond that.
However, the film itself has almost nothing to do with the real person. The main character uses the WFH name and his father conjures up familiar memories of a umbrella-wielding kung fu master popularized by the Iron Monkey film. Also, in the real-life tales of WFH's heroic deeds, it is said that he took on a dock gang in his early days, which this movie loosely portrays.
Other than that, this movie could have simply been a standalone film. But the WFH name is famous throughout China and no doubt was used to sell more tickets.
Although the use of CGI and wire is very noticeable at times, the overall look and choreography of the film is very good. Unfortunately, as is common with Chinese films, too much attention is paid to the look, but not enough to the substance.
Ultimately the movie does not break any new ground. As is common in Chinese action films, characters again do inexplicably idiotic things for the sake of creating "drama" or "emotion" and to create convenient scenarios to push the plot along without any serious attempt to explain WHY.
Overall, it's not a bad movie but it's also little more than another typical Chinese flick that looks good but doesn't do anything beyond that.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Hoàng Phi Hông: Bí Ân Môt Huyên Thoai
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $30,932,534
- Runtime2 hours 11 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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