Jacky Cheung

Winner of the Hong Kong Film Award! China's been infected with a plague known as the Western world,and Wong Fei-hung (Jet Li) refuses to stand by and watch as his country is decimated by the foreign forces. A martial arts expert, Wong collides with the foreigners, their influence and, especially, their firearms. Leading his misfit militia, Wong is determined to stop the immoral slave trade that serves the California gold fields. When his favorite aunt is kidnapped to be sold as a prostitute, Wong must battle his countrymen and the superior firepower of the slave traders, all for the very soul of traditional China.

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Wong Kar Wai works his magic in this long planned reworking of his legendary, romantic and one and only martial arts film, previously unreleased in North America. Set in ancient China, Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung) is a fallen swordsman who is afraid of love after having his heart broken. But the bounty hunters that work for him like Blind Swordsman (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and Hung Chi (Jacky Cheung) discover the intangible secret of true love while Ouyang retains his attitude towards fighters and the precious lessons that they have taught.