Donnie Yen, King-Tan Yuen, Michelle Yeoh

Asia's top action actress Michelle Yeoh plays martial-arts legend Yip Wing Chun (the lone female Shaolin Temple student, who created her own style of kung fu) in this farcical action comedy. In their...( read more  read more... ) village, Wing Chun and her Auntie Abacus (King Dan Yuen) make a formidable team. Abacus is a shrewd and sharp-tongued businesswoman while Wing Chun (who developed her martial-arts skills to be less attractive to men) is known as a topnotch fighter. When a beautiful widow named Charmy (Catherine Yan) rolls into town and is taken in by the duo, their tofu business booms with customers fighting to catch a glimpse of her. But Charmy also grabs the attention of loutish bandits, who decide they'll steal her for a wife. More of a gender comedy than an accurate historical film (Yeoh doesn't actually perform the fighting style made famous by her character), Wing Chun is a combination of sitcom-style mistaken identity antics and kung fu action sequences. It lightly turns the gender politics of the traditional patriarchal China on their ear, as the female leads are always a step ahead of the men. Yeoh gives somewhat of a straight and stoic performance in this comedy film, which might have been due to a back injury sustained on the set. But it doesn't hamper her from performing impressive stunts, including bouncing up and down on an inch-wide pole like a diving board. And her costars provide plenty of humor to even out the film. --Shannon Gee

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Unrated, 94 min.

Directed by: Donnie Yen, King-Tan Yuen, Michelle Yeoh, Norman Chu, Waise Lee, Woo-ping Yuen

Release Date: January 1, 1994

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DVD Release Date: February 6, 2001

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  • June 16, 2008
    This should have been a lot better, Yuen Woo Ping's comedy timing certain lacks more balance. This type of material is more fit for someone like Lau Kar Leung, or even Stephen Chow in his prime. Mrs Yeoh is fappable as usual, and Donnie Yen plays a rather fit character instead of...( read more) his tiredsome "stone cool guy" persona. But the fights feel rushed and badly edited.
  • September 25, 2006
    Yuen Woo-ping is one of the greatest martial arts choreographers of all time.
  • January 2, 2009
    As it's from director Yuen Woo-Ping, it was always going to be better than your average kung fu movie. The fight scenes are brilliant and don't come much better.

    While the Wing Chun form isn't shown as much as you would think, it does show us it's main principles, especially t...( read more)owards the end scenes which, if you know what your looking at, is great to watch.

    This was also the second to last (Drunken Master 2 being the last) of the great action kung fu period romp movies made in Hong Kong. After this, kung fu movies were all staged with modern settings.
  • December 10, 2008
    First time I saw Michelle Yeoh in Action... I'm a huge fan now
  • October 6, 2008
    Not the greatest martial arts flick in the world. But I love Michelle Yeoh, Yuen Woo-Ping shows why he is one of the best and most creative action choreographers ever.
  • June 11, 2008
    Wing Chun surprises with its fast pace and excellent physical comedy. Fight scenes are also convincing. The entire setting is not very original, but amusing and that is what really counts. The bad guys are rather faceless, but not a big disappointment. The film isn't really a dra...( read more)ma or action film, but rather a fast-paced slapstick. A fun experience and an admirable Kung Fu flick.
  • March 27, 2008
    The Hong Kong equivalent of a carry on film. it had some funny moments. Too many of the fight scenes were obviously sped up which distracts from the actual fighting
  • March 3, 2008
    Martial acts fans will love the stunts.
  • November 9, 2007
    Michelle Yeoh is always nice to look at, but this movie...well, it's not very good :) Still I did laugh quite a bit.
  • October 11, 2007
    If you can get this movie do so it's the best damn Kung Fu movie ever. Comedy, ass kicking and a dude named flying monkey.... Yes go check amazon you know you'll love it

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