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- From: farant@terapin.com (Faran Thomason)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: THE MASTER
- References: <axolotl.722221091@syzygy>
- Message-ID: <farant.2avu@terapin.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 21:07:31 PST
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- In article <axolotl.722221091@syzygy>, axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au (Iain Sinclair)
- writes:
- >fwong@bnr.ca (Frank Wong) writes:
- > >It's not too bad. Story is basically ; Jet Li comes to U.S. to visit
- > >his Sifu, has to battle bad white guy who has beat up Sifu and destroyed
- > >his herb shop (Bo Chi Lam). The fight scenes are o.k. , but there is
- > >no comparison to Once Upon A Time In China : Wong Fei Hong 1 & 2.
- >
- >I don't think many westerners will get to see Once Upon A Time in China 1 & 2,
- >since they are deliberately not subtitled. (If I directed a film with 19th
- >century white kung fu experts called "Tiger" who spoke perfect Cantonese,
- >I'd make sure it wasn't subtitled. :-)
- >
- >Jet Li was the one using the umbrella, right? Impressive, to say the least.
- >What styles is he best known for?
- >
- >
- >--
- > Iain Sinclair axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au
- Well Once Upon a Time in China is subtitled. I know of at least 3 versions and
- one of them is subbed. I should know I have seen it.
-