Once Upon a Time in China V (1994)
Reviewed by: grimes on 2000-04-09
Fifth in the Wong Fei-Hong saga. This time Wong Fei-Hong fights against a bunch of mean, nasty pirates to save a coastal town from their depradations.

Once Upon a Time in China V has Zhao Wen-Zhao as Wong Fei-Hong instead of Jet Li. Those are some big shoes to fill. He's quite good though he is no Jet Li. This film is quite a bit sillier than the others I've seen in the series (I, III, & VI though VI is also silly) which was different, but not a bad thing. There are some really good action scenes and some great flying-fu gunplay which was really interesting (John Woo, meet Jet Li!). The only real downside was some truly godawful orchestra music (Hollywood style) which was horribly intrusive. Other than that, it's well worth seeing.