The White Dragon
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- This article is about the Chinese wuxia movie. For the book, see The White Dragon (novel).
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| Directed by | Wilson Yip |
| Produced by | Joe Ma Y.Y. Kong Cao Biao |
| Written by | Wilson Yip |
| Starring | Cecilia Cheung Francis Ng Andy On Shiu Hung Hui Patrick Tang Lei Liu |
| Music by | n/a |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 2004 |
| Running time | 93 min |
| Language | Chinese |
| Budget | n/a |
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The White Dragon (aka Fei Hap Siu Baak Lung, aka The Flying Heroine: Little White Dragon) is a Chinese wuxia/comedy film, directed by Wilson Yip and starring Cecilia Cheung and Francis Ng.
The White Dragon is directed by Wilson Yip (aka Yip Wai Sun), whose best known movies to date are Bullets Over Summer and Juliet in Love. It stars Cecilia Cheung as Black Phoenix, a pretty, young, and vain student who thinks she has what it takes to woo the most desirable eligible bachelor in the land, Second Prince Tian Yang (Andy On).
[edit] Plot
In a twist departing from the standard superhero formula, White Dragon is a narcissist, forever worried about her good looks, even as she's fighting with Feather (Francis Ng), a blind assassin nicknamed "Chicken Feathers" because of his propensity for using chicken feathers as his calling card.
Chicken Feathers is first challenged by White Dragon, an elderly woman with proficient skills in martial arts to almost match his, but not quite enough. Before she dies, White Dragon transfers her kung-fu knowledge into empty shell Black Phoenix, turning the young woman into the prettiest martial arts expert around. The downside to having these extraordinary powers, which she does not fully understand, is bad acne, which she manages to prevent only by doing "noble" deeds like robbing from the rich and giving to the poor.
Phoenix is reluctant to take on her new role at first, but soon becomes interested in tracking down Chicken Feathers when she learns that her love interest, Second Prince Tian Yang, might become his next target. Using her flute-playing as bait, White Dragon finally faces Chicken Feathers in an attempt to defeat him before he can carry out the assassination. Chicken Feathers proves to be too good for the new White Dragon, however. When White Dragon tries to exploit his "weak points," she ends up injured and dependent on Feathers, who does nurse her back to health after their heated battle. While Chicken Feathers plays nurse, White Dragon seeks to find his true weak point to stop him once and for all.
