{"id":16742,"date":"2024-09-07T21:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T01:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/?p=16742"},"modified":"2024-09-07T15:01:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T19:01:15","slug":"once-upon-a-time-in-china-iv-1993-yuen-bun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/16742","title":{"rendered":"Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993, Yuen Bun)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pre-credits scene has Vincent Zhao making some very un-Jet-Li awesome moves, then his name is splashed across the screen – good, they’re not trying to hide the new guy. It’s also the first sequel to start directly after the previous one<\/a> – they’re still celebrating the end of the Lion King festival when friendly Governor Zhiwen Wang (currently of the Infernal Affairs<\/em> TV series) shows up and they lion-dance together.<\/p>\n

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Foon, Clubfoot, and Yan are back in the mix, but 13th Aunt is replaced by (Katy guessed it) 14th Aunt: Jean Wang of Swordsman III<\/em> and Iron Monkey<\/em> the same year. New director Yuen doesn’t exactly revitalize the series here. The dubbing is bad, and despite having a subplot about a group using wires to appear to fly, the movie itself is full of unintentionally visible wires, especially in the heinous horse-punching scenes (yes, there’s more than one).<\/p>\n

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14th Aunt starts a newspaper but nobody in town knows how to read – so, technologically we’ve moved from still photography to motion pictures to the printing press. Anti-foreigner sword cult Red Lantern is menacing everyone, and the foreigners have equipped their lion suits with deadly weapons. The nice governor dies, it’s very sad, then Wong takes a measured bit of revenge before withdrawing to prep for the final(?) movie.<\/p>\n

Chin Ka-Lok is angry, I’ve forgotten why:<\/em>
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Ze Germans:<\/em>
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