Wong Fei-hung runs a martial arts academy in Canton, and is the exemplar of all sorts of native Chinese virtues. He is appalled to discover that the rent on his space in Canton was raised significantly while he was away in Hong Kong. In addition, he has to face the escalating enmity of a local government type, Lui, a martial artist who has adopted many western values and is conspiring with western businessmen to disrupt the Chinese way of doing things in the region. Tournament competitions
between rival academies are only a prelude to the final competition between the two masters, in which the Iron Chicken style will be used against the Centipede style of fighting. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
Hardly a masterpiece, the film does work as both a genre tribute and a genre parody, stuffed with gimmicky and patently unrealistic action sequences making extensive use of wires and physical effects, and interspersed with scenes of broad comedy.
All in all, this is an entertainingly stupid action comedy that never takes itself too seriously but fails to reach either the same level of excitement as Hark's Wong Fei-hung series.
Fantastic and well-regarded, action-filled parody and lots of laughs with the folk hero Wong Fei-hung played by Jet Li.
December 28, 2006
Dean McKenna
Super Reviewer
Imagine...a FUNNY classic martial Arts flick...breaking people's bones and spinal columns in half are now possible after viewing this hilarious well paced classic kung-fu flick. Jet Li returns as a martial arts instructor and moonlighting as a doctor. (hmmm....same type of theme from Iron Monkey?) Got to have this in
your collection because of the RARE type of chinese humor in a martial arts flick! I loved it!
No quotes approved yet for Wong Fei-hung chi tit gai dau neung gung (Deadly China Hero) (Claws of Steel) (Last Hero in China). Logged in users can submit quotes.
Submit a Quote from 'Wong Fei-hung chi tit gai dau neung gung (Deadly China Hero) (Claws of Steel) (Last Hero in China)'
A quote can be a single line from one character or a memorable dialog between several characters. Please make your quotes accurate. Quotes will be submitted for approval by the RT staff.
Example:
Luke: Alright. I'll give it a try. Yoda: No. Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.
