Dread Pirate (Tom) RobertsI just realised my 'Once Upon A Time In China' trilogy box-set comes with a 4th movie.
This is like ordering 3 potato scallops at Palmo Takeaway, where they always throw in an extra one.
I’ll admit to a lot of the politics of this film going over my head.
It’s made in 1992, five years before the handover of Hong Kong. But it’s set in 1895 and foreign influence in society is a major theme.
Like the villains appear to be hardcore anti-foreigner nationalists.
Also the hero Jet Li is also a traditionalist, just he’s not an arsehole about.
The other main character, played by Rosalind Kwan, seems very enraptured by Western culture.
I haven’t quite figured out Donnie Yen’s deal. But if you’ve seen Ip Man, you know you don’t mess with Donnie Yen.
This martial arts fight in the second floor of a building has a surprising amount of horse-mounted combat.
Meanwhile, another guy is knocking out goons with a large wooden crucifix he took from the chaplain.
Donnie Yen has turned up to fight the main character of this film for the right to become the main character of his film.
Ben@troberts are there umbrellas? I seem to recall umbrellas.
@urbanfuzzy Yeah the whole subsequent fight sequence is Jet Li owning cultists with an umbrella.