Stars: Jet Lee, Liu Chia Hui, Cheung Man, Sharla Cheung

Director: Yuen Woo-Ping

Summary: Kung Fu master, Wong Fei Hung, wages a one-man war against corrupt and ruthless Boxer Society in turn of the century China. Cantonese dialogue with subtitles.

Another in a long series of adventures starring Li as Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-Hong (such as the blockbuster "Once Upon a Time in China" franchise). Here, the legendary anti-colonial kung-fu master tries to prevent the Boxers from profiting on their female slave trade. Director Yuen Woo Ping also choreographed the fight scenes in 1999's blockbuster THE MATRIX.

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In Last Hero in China, Jet Li reprises the role of Wong Fei-hung, a legendary figure in China. Both a doctor and a teacher of martial arts, Wong has just moved his school in Canton, only to discover that the neighbouring house is a brothel. Though Wong's students are delighted and the earnest brothel master only wants to study with him, Wong feels he has lost face. But this becomes the least of his troubles: soon he's fighting a corrupt police chief, a temple of slave-trading monks and a deafness-causing medicine sold to children--and that's just in the first hour. Last Hero in Chinais a grand melodrama, featuring exaggerated heroes and villains, goofy humour and hyperbolic kung fu action. The plot takes some hard-to-follow turns, but the action is so non-stop it hardly matters. The lion vs centipede dance/fight has to be seen to be believed, to say nothing of the priest with a floating lotus chariot and a flying claw. Jet Li is in fine form, Gordon Liu (as the venal top cop) is maniacal and despicable, and the lovely Cheung Man plays an expert martial artist looking for her kidnapped sister. The character of Wong Fei-hung also appears in the Once Upon a Time in Chinaseries (where he was first played by Li) and in Jackie Chan's Drunken Mastermovies. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	4:3
Main Language:	Cantonese
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Photo Library, Theatrical Trailer, Cast Information, Interactive Menus, Scene Access
Subtitles:	English
Year:	1993
Release Date:	June 5, 2000
Runtime:	90 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	H K A C 59480
Keywords:	Last, Action, China, Hero, General, Deadly, Wide, Screen, Adventure, Cantonese
Genre:	Action/Adventure