Odd Couple - Sammo Hung, Lau Ka Wing, Karl Maka, Leung Ka Yan, Lee Hoi Sang, Mars, Lam Ching Ying, many others
5/5

A fest of weapon fighting. All weapons except a few small scenes. It's all great, nothing disappoints in this movie. Camerawork at times is especially exciting, moving slowly and scanning along with the action. Sammo and Lau are experts with weapons and every villian is great. It also has a great deal of comedy fights which are just as fun. Leung is skilled with a weapon as well. Top Sammo/Lau material.



Once Upon a Time in China - Jet Li, Yuen Biao, Yan Yee Kwan
4/5

Solid perfornace by Li, with an interesting villian played by Kwan. Biao does almost nothing, with no fights. Li is very skilled though and his fight against Kwan ('s double) at his own house is great and not too wire assisted. There's also a scene where Kwan fights a guy with a sword and uses his Iron Robe capabilities, which is interesting indeed. But again Kwan uses a double. Li is acrobatic. The last fight is silly with lots of wires and ladders, but it's not too bad, therefore not a 5.



Once Upon a Time in China 2 - Jet Li, Donnie Yen
5/5

Forget the rest of the cast. These two put on an awesome show. The martial arts content here is much more serious than the first one. Donnie fights Jet twice, and the last stick fight between them is awesome and totally moody, taking place all over a bunch of scaffoldings. Their first fight is a tad shorter but still a good 2 or 3 minutes long with staffs. At the very end, Donnie traps Jet and Fu and uses a wet cloth, wound up, and dried by batting it against the dirt to make a sort of staff. Very well done. Jet also takes on some cult members in the beginning and looks great doing it. His later battle with them is not half as serious, though, and is heavily wire assisted. still, watch this one for Donnie and Jet's amazing chemistry.



Once Upon a Time in China 3 - Jet Li, Hung Yan Yan
2/5

This is about lion dancing and isn't very interesting to me. Some minor martial arts from Wong Kei Ying (the only serious MA) against some goons, and Club Foot (Yan Yan) is all over the place with wires. When off wires, though, Yan Yan is sinister with his legs and puts on a show. Jet has no good fights. Don't bother unless you want to continue the series and are interested in the plot, since this is about rivaling martial arts schools.



Once Upon a Time in China and America - Jet Li, Hung Yan Yan, Joe Sayah
2/5

Not bad, but it could have been so much more. Yan Yan is the star this time because his moves are much more interesting, and his name is Seven (7), how can you beat that? Jet is good, but his martial arts are obscured by TERRIBLE camera work (it goes all over the place). The action was directed by Sammo too, which might explain a few things. Yan Yan and Jet have a pretty good fight that brings back memories from OUATIC1 and 2's enemies, and you can see what's going on most of the time here. The last fight between Jet and Sayah is bad as Sayah's choreography was lame, and he was stiff. TONS wirework as I expected. Yan Yan takes on a big guy for 30 seconds at the end and looks good.



Operation Scorpio - Chin Kar Lok, Kim Won Jun (Yuen Tsan), Lau Kar Leung, Yuen Shun I
5/5

Kim Won Jun is the best kicker I've ever seen on screen, and I'll be very surprised if I find someone as good as him any time soon. He's absolutely amazing in this, and even though there's really only one big fight (the end), it's LONG, everything builds up VERY well, it's modern, Lau Kar Leung is fabulous as expected, and Kar Lok is great as well. Though there is some bad wire usage, that can't possibly detract from the value of this movie. Get it for Won Jun alone if you want.



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