Last Hero in China

Director: Yuen Woo-ping, Wong Jing
Genre: Martial arts, World cinema, Action/Adventure, Action, Chinese Movies
Year: 1993
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, English Language, Standard Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese
Starring: Jet Li, Anita Yuen, Cheung Man, Dicky Cheung, Natalis Chan, Leung Kar Yan

Last Hero in China is a 1993 Hong Kong film written and directed by Wong Jing. It is a derivative of the Once Upon a Time in China film series, and unlike other imitations, it can be considered a spin-off or parody to some extent. It was released after the first three films in the Once Upon a Time in China franchise. The film starred Jet Li as Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung and the action choreography was done by Yuen Woo-ping. However Last Hero in China differs greatly in tone from the Once Upon a Time in China films as it contains stronger elements of violence and broader, more slapstick, comedy.

Due to economic pressures, Wong Fei-hung is forced to move his martial arts school and Po-chi-lam clinic to a new location but unknowingly re-opens next to a brothel. Wong comes into conflict with a corrupt police chief who is helping evil monks from a nearby temple to kidnap young women and sell them into prostitution in distant lands. Whilst investigating the temple, Wong gets into a fight and is subsequently accused of an unprovoked attack on the monks. He is also poisoned and becomes temporarily deaf. In a later fight, Wong intervenes in the police chief's attempts to assassinate a

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