Once Upon a Time in China III (1993)

Master Wong and his disciples enroll in the 'Dancing Lion Competition' to stop an assassination plot and to battle an arrogant, deceitful opponent.

Director:

Hark Tsui

Writers:

Tin-suen Chan, Tan Cheung

Stars:

Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Siu Chung Mok

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Jet Li	...	Wong Fei-Hung
Rosamund Kwan	...	Aunt Yee
Siu Chung Mok	...	Leung Foon
Xin Xin Xiong	...	Club Foot / Thunder Foot
Shun Lau	...	Wong Kei-Ying
John Wakefield	...	Tumanovsky
Jin Chiu	...	Chiu Tin-Bai (as Gin Chiu)
Cunzhuang Ge	...	Lee Hung-Cheung
Tak-Yan Wong	...	Yan
Chunzhong Zhang	...	Master Chiu
Jin Meng

Storyline

Wong Fei-Hung and sidekick Chung arrive in Peking just as the Empress announces a Lion Dance martial arts contest. Also accompanying him is cousin Yee, his young, Westernized aunt-by-adoption, to whom Wong is secretly betrothed. Wong faces a possible romantic rival in a Russian diplomat, Tumanovsky, whom Aunt Yee knew back in school, and a martial arts rival in the brutal Club Foot, who beats up Wong's father. Club Foot works for the slimy Leung Fun, who is determined to win the prestigious Lion Dance contest at any cost. However, by the time the spectacular Lion Dance contest occurs many things will change.

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Plot Keywords:

martial arts | battle | assassination plot | beating | sword duel | 

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Taglines:

A Hero Beyond All Others.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Biography | History

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese Russian

Release Date:

11 February 1993 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Once Upon a Time in China III

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Company, Film Workshop

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min 112 min (uncut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First film of "Once Upon a Time in China" series presented in Dolby Stereo sound.

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Goofs

The film that Aunt Yee plays using the projector is 90 degrees clockwise. However all the people who watch it turn their heads to the left (90 degrees counterclockwise).

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Connections

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

User Reviews

Jet returns as Wong in a lion dance extravaganza

Though nowhere near as good as its predecessors, episode three of the legendary series does have some memorable moments, though they may appear few and far between. On this occasion, Empress Dowager tries to cause hostility between foreign powers settling in China by holding the ultimate Lion Dance competition set to restore Chinese pride and heritage, only to have it quashed by martial madman Chiu Tin Bai who's intent is to annihilate the competition and win the Lion Dance himself. Wong Fei-hung steps in after his father is beaten down by Chiu's crazy henchman Clubfoot, and the stage is set for Wong's single-handed onslaught of all evildoers and the restoration of some kind of sanity in this crazy town. There's plenty of colourful lion dances to please the eye and Jet is still the most exciting thing around, yet what it really lacks in is purpose, setting no real moral high ground and merely acting as a relentless cash-in on its previous successes.