Año 1895 en la China Imperial. Fei Hung Wong, maestro en artes marciales y medicina china, llega a Cantón junto con la prima Yee y su discípulo Fu para una convención sobre medicina china y occidental. En Cantón descubren que La Secta del Lotus Blanco, liderada por Kung, quien supuestamente tiene poderes sobrenaturales y es inmune a las armas de fuego, está causando diturbios y pretenden expulsar a todos los extranjeros de China. La Secta de Lotus Blanco ataca una escuela de idiomas y Fei Hung Wong se enfrenta a ellos para defender a los alumnos. Después de ponerlos a salvo, Fei Hung Wong decide enfrentarse a La Secta del Lotus Blanco para acabar con los disturbios. (FILMAFFINITY) Edit Translation
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- Título original: 黃飛鴻之二男兒當自強
- También conocida como: Érase una vez en China II
- Guionista y Director: Chui Hak
- Guionista: Cheung Tan
- Géneros: Romance, Wuxia
Reparto y créditos
- Jet Li Papel principal
- Kwan Rosamund[13th Aunt]Papel secundario
- Max MokLeung FoonPapel secundario
- Donnie YenCommander LanPapel secundario
- Zhang Tie LinSun Yat SenPapel secundario
- David ChiangLu Hao TungPapel secundario
Reseñas
"Who would have thought time was so important?"
Once Upon a Time in China 2 reunited Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, and director Tsui Hark. Max Mok joined the cast as Leung Foon. This time around Wong Fei Hung had the White Lotus Cult to deal with as well as a deadly Commander all while helping Dr. Sun Yat Sen and his rebellion. And there was a secret list in true traditional kung fu film style!Whether it was led by Lo Lieh in a white wig or Xiong Xin Xin, the White Lotus Cult was always full of crazed and dangerous followers in Kung Fu Land. Based on a real sect, in this iteration, they wanted to rid China of anything remotely Western. You know they were evil because they even threw a Dalmatian dog on the bonfire for being too Western. Wong Fei Hung takes his first train ride to Canton along with 13th Aunt and Leung Foon arriving just in time for the burning and murdering. He also meets Dr. Sun Yat Sen at a medical symposium and befriends him. Along the way they rescue Chinese children who were taking foreign language classes and are on the cult’s hit list. Commander Lan appears to be all helpful and loyal but the audience knows better.
I enjoyed this film better than the first one. The story kept the action and conflict cranked but most importantly we were given two amazing fights between Jet Li and Donnie Yen. Yuen Woo Ping won the HKFA for best Fight Choreography and he earned it. He pushed Jet and Donnie and they excelled. There was wire work to be sure, but these two fast hitters were in their prime and sold every move with fists, kicks, poles, and wet towels. The fight with the cult leader relied too heavily on fantasy wire work, while entertaining, it wasn’t as good as the other two big fights.
The drawbacks for me with this film usually involved Leung Foon. His weird arousal every time he was near 13th Aunt was creepy and I didn’t find him amusing, mostly annoying. I also didn’t need to see three vomiting scenes. Because of the conflation of a cult attack, rebels with a secret list, 13th Aunt wanting WFH to notice her, a British embassy and children to protect as well as a murderous corrupt official to deal with, the story bounced around a lot and also dragged in places.
What drew me to this film and made it enjoyable were the fights between Jet Li and Donnie Yen. Without them the film would have been lackluster. It was fun to watch two kung fu movie legends go against each other in a no holds barred pole and wet towel fight.
2 March 2024