✗ SKIP — Not worth it

Once Upon a Time in China and America

Name: Once Upon a Time in China and America
Director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Genre: Action, Western
Released: 1997-02-01
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam, Xiong Xinxin, Power Chan Kwok-Pong, Jeff Wolfe

1997 · 1h 42m · Action, Western

IMDb 6.3

A 6.3 IMDb score signals this East-meets-West kung fu mashup doesn't quite land—it's neither a sharp action flick nor a thoughtful period piece. Skip it unless you're a completionist for Jet Li's filmography.

Plot

So goes to the U.S. to open a martial arts school. Around this time, many Chinese people were sold off to U.S. railroad companies, and were brutally treated by the Americans under the harsh working conditions. Thus, the American workers' hatred towards the Chinese immigrants is high. As a result, So gets into trouble with the Americans and the mob, and calls Master Wong for help.

Director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

Cast: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam, Xiong Xinxin, Power Chan Kwok-Pong, Jeff Wolfe

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