1993 · martial-arts · action · history
Once Upon a Time in China III
Directed by Tsui Hark1h 52m1993
Master Wong and his disciples enroll in the 'Dancing Lion Competition' to stop an assassination plot and to battle an arrogant, deceitful opponent.
Our read: Once Upon a Time in China III (1993) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive martial-arts · action · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured martial-arts / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- kinetic
- intense
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