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Wing
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Year: |
1994 |
Fighting for tofu: Michelle Yeoh in Wing Chun |
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Director: |
Yuen
Woo-Ping |
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Action: |
Yuen
Woo-Ping, Yuen Sun-Yi, Donnie
Yen Ji-Dan |
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Cast: |
Michelle
Yeoh, Donnie
Yen Ji-Dan, Waise Lee
Chi-Hung, Norman
Chu (Tsui Siu-Keung), Catherine
Hung Yan, Yuen King-Tan,
Yuen Cheung-Yan |
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The
Skinny: |
Light
and funny action comedy featuring a charming Michelle Yeoh
and scads of well-choreographed, entertaining action. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Queen-of-kicks Michelle Yeoh is Wing Chun, tomboyish proprietor
of the local tofu stand. She gets involved in a Three's Company-type
mistaken identity crisis when her childhood love (Donnie Yen)
reappears and mistakes the beautiful young Miss Soybean (Catherine
Hung) for Wing Chun. Causing even more problems are the amorous
affections of a rich, but daffy scholar (Waise Lee). Also,
bandits bother everyone, and their boss (Norman Chu) likes
Wing Chun, too. Hell, apparently everyone likes Wing Chun.
And there's fighting.
Yuen Woo-Ping (Tai-Chi Master)
directed this fun action-comedy that showcases Yeoh’s impressive
physical skills, as well as a comedic charm that's quite becoming.
This is a strangely happy little movie where no one dies,
and even the HK-style melodrama is kept to a minimum. Instead
there's wacky antics from the overacting Waise Lee and a surprising
comedic performance from Donnie Yen. Even more, the action
sequences are creative and wildly entertaining. The highlight
of the picture is a stunning sequence where Wing Chun fights
while balancing a tray of tofu in the air. For those just
dabbling outside of the typical John Woo/Jackie Chan fan-favorites,
this is a sure-bet next move. (Kozo
1995) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Modern Audio
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
English and Chinese Subtitles |
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image courtesy
of Tai-Seng Video Marketing, Ltd.
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