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In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to overthrow the Qing dynasty. But when they find out that assassins have been sent to kill him, they assemble a group of protectors to ...
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"I have seen every major Chinese film over the last forty years and I have lived and worked in China for over a decade. I know a little about China. This film, of course, has little to do with the actual events of the Chinese Revolution of 1911 and the ascendancy of Sun Yat-Sen. However, it does capture the emotion involved by the true Chinese revolutionaries of the time. The Chinese Revoluton predated the well-known (to the West) Russian Revolution of 1917, which has been dramatized in dozens of films in the West; most notably Reds and Dr. Zhivago. However, few Westerners know anything about t..."
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During the fight between Donnie Yen's character against the henchman (played by Cung Le), the latter was killed by a sharp object cutting across his neck. In "Once Upon a Time in China II" (also starring Donnie Yen), Yen's character was also killed by a sharp object cutting across his neck.
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In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to overthrow the Qing dynasty. But when they find out that assassins have been sent to kill him, they assemble a group of protectors to ...