Once Upon a Time in China VI

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Once Upon a Time in China VI
Once Upon a Time in China VI
Directed by	Sammo Hung
Produced by	Tsui Hark Dick Tso
Written by	Tsui Hark
Starring	Jet Li Rosamund Kwan Xiong Xin Xin Jeff Wolfe
Music by	Lowell Lo
Cinematography	Sammo Hung
Editing by	Marco Mak
Release date(s)	1997
Running time	98 mins
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Preceded by	Once Upon a Time in China V
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Once Upon a Time in China VI aka Once Upon a Time in China and America is a 1997 Hong Kong action film written by Tsui Hark and directed by directed Sammo Hung. The film saw the return of Jet Li in the role of legendary Chinese folk hero, Wong Fei Hung, replacing Zhao Wen Zhou, who had filled the position in Once Upon a Time in China IV and V.

It is the sixth and final film in the Once Upon a Time in China series.

1 Plot
- 1.1 Awards and nominations
- 1.2 Box office
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] Plot

Bucktooth So (aka Sol) has opened a Po Chi Lam branch in America. Wong Fei Hung, Clubfoot, and Aunt Yee, who is now Wong's fiancee, travel across the Pacific Ocean to visit him. While travelling by carriage through the wilderness they pick up a friendly cowboy named Billie who has nearly died of thirst. As the party Wong is travelling with stops to have lunch a band of hostile Native Americans ambush the party. Wong, Clubfoot, and Aunt Yee escape the fight unharmed but their carriage slides off a cliff and into a river. Aunt Yee and Clubfoot are rescued and taken to Bucktooth So's clinic. Wong, however, dashes his head into a rock and loses his memory. He is picked up by a Native American tribe. Back in the town Bucktooth So and the others are staying in the mayor is causing trouble for the Chinese by making oppressive rules which Billie tries to stop. Meanwhile, Wong's tribe is in trouble with a more powerful Indian tribe. Their leader is a fearsome warrior who injures one of the braves on Wong's side, Fierce Eagle, the chief's son. However, Wong surprisingly defeats the rival chief and half his army by himself using his amazing martial arts ability. The rival tribe quickly flees in shock. Meanwhile, Wong is eventually brought to the town Bucktooth and the others are staying at by the Indians. There his friends discover that he has memory loss and Clubfoot fights him to help him regain his memory. Clubfoot disguises himself as old rivals of his master ("Iron Robe" Yim from the first movie and General Lan from the second) so Wong could at least remember. When Clubfoot disguises himself as Lan with a metal pot on his head and armed with a cloth stick, Wong has a flash of the original Lan. When Bucktooth and the civilians play the instrumental version of "A Man Should Better Himself", Wong goes into a state of fury. After Clubfoot gets beaten by his master, Aunt Yee stops the fight. When Wong knocks the large water barrel with his stick, it causes a miniature flood which sends him, Clubfoot, and Aunt Yee off balance. Wong begins to remember back to when they fell into the river and regains his memory, but forgets everything that has happened when he had amnesia. Meanwhile, the evil governor is in debt and decides to hire a Mexican bandit (Joe Sayah) to help him rob the bank so he can leave the town once and for all with a ton of cash. The robbery is successful and Po Chi Lam is framed for it. Wong and the others are scheduled to be hanged; however, the Mexican bandit discovers that he has been tricked $400,000 short by the governor and goes back to the town. In the fight that ensues the evil governor is killed and Wong captures the bandit to prove his innocence. At the end, Wong, Aunt Yee, and Clubfoot wish Bucktooth So good luck and head back home to China.

[edit] Awards and nominations

1998 Hong Kong Film Awards
- Nominated: Best Action Choreography (Sammo Hung)

[edit] Box office

Jet Li's return to the series - and, in all likelihood, the final installment of the franchise - opened on the weekend of Chinese New Year, and faced stiff competition from films with Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow. Still, it grossed an excellent $30,268,415 HKD[1].