Last Hero in China (1993)

Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese "Robin Hood" who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme after unwittingly opening a martial arts school next to a brothel!

Directors:

Jing Wong, Woo-Ping Yuen

Writer:

Jing Wong

Stars:

Jet Li, Man Cheung, Dicky Cheung

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jet Li	...	Wong Fei-Hung (as Lin-kit Lee)
Man Cheung	...	Ti Yi-er
Dicky Cheung	...	So (as Wai-kin Cheung)
Pak-Cheung Chan	...	Mass Tar Wong 'Mr Pimp'
Ka-Yan Leung	...	Leung Foon
Alan Chung San Chui	...	Legate Officer Lui (as Chung-san Chui)
Chia-Hui Liu	...	Master Liu Heung (as Ka-fai Lau)
Tiet Wo Chu	...	Chow Hung (as Tit-wo Chu)
Anita Yuen	...	Miss Nine (as Wing-yee Yuen)
King-Tan Yuen	...	Madame
Isabel Leung	...	Hooker (as Pui-wu Leung)
Tin-Yee Ka	...	Hooker
Linda Cheung	...	Hooker (as Lan-ying Cheung)
Julie Lee	...	Hooker
Chung-Shun Chu	...	Ching Wa

Storyline

Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese "Robin Hood" who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme after unwittingly opening a martial arts school next to a brothel!

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Plot Keywords:

martial art | kidnapping | wuxia fiction | legendary hero | based on legend | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | History

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

1 April 1993 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Deadly China Hero

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Win's Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene where Ah So, Leung Fu and Mass Tar Wong attack the temple, Mass Tar Wong attacks a perverted monk on behalf of Wong Fei-Hung, Miss Nine and Beggar So. When asked by the perverted monk who Beggar So is, Mass Tar Wong says he doesn't know. Beggar So was originally one of the Ten Tigers of Canton along with Wong Kei-Ying and he is often associated with the Chinese fighting form "Drunken Boxing".

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Quotes

So: [crying because Wong has to leave] Master, I'm so sorry...
Wong Fei-hung: You're a man. Stop crying!
So: [nods to Mass Tar Wong] He's crying too.
Wong Fei-hung: [looks at Mass Tar Wong, who is crying comically] He's different. He's not a man.

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Crazy Credits

The closing credits feature outtakes from filming of the movie

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Connections

Spoofs Once Upon a Time in China (1991)

User Reviews

Jet Li plays a comic Wong Fei-Hung

There are two reasons to see this movie: (1) the fighting is quite good, and (2) the translation is good enough that English-speakers will get the jokes.

This is a comic digression from the "Once Upon a Time in China" series. Jet Li again plays Master Wong. He is down on his luck, and so moves to Hong Kong to open a school in a run-down neighborhood. The austere and dignified Master Wong tries to protect his randy students from the corrupting influence of the brothel next-door, while investigating a gang of perverted Shoalin monks who have been abducting young women. In one great fighting scene, Master Wong is so disdainful of a convict with whom he is fighting that he refuses to stand up from his chair to defend himself (instead he conducts the whole fight with his butt in the chair).

A hilarious and fun movie, if about 10% too long.