WING CHUN

Dir.: Yuen Woo Ping

Cast: Michelle Yeoh/Khan, Donnie Yen, Waise Lee, Norman Chu, Catherine Hung

Year: 1993


Michelle Yeoh stars as the Zena like character, Yim Wing Chun, in this tale about the inventor of the Wing Chun martial art style. She sells soya bean curd with her supposedly shwered aunt, "Abacus" Fong. Personally, I think she was rather hot myself and if given the oppurtunity I'd given her a deep d....oops sorry. Anyways she scandalizes the local townfolk and her father by dressing like a man and beating up on local bandits with her superior kung fu skills. When this fine ass chick , Charmy, comes to town with a sick husband, Wing Chun takes her in and gives her a job selling bean curd. This dramaticaly improves the business as the men flock like slavering dogs to ogle this fine ass specimen. Silly, golly gee, macfrugal hijinks ensue as a lecherous scholar, Wong Hok Chow, alternately tries to woo both Wing Chun and Charmy while being pursued by Auntie Fong. Also in town is Leung Pak To (Donnie Yen), a childhood friend of Wing Chun's. He's come for her, but hurts her feelings when he mistakes Charmy for her, and her for a man! Lest you think this movie is nothing but romantic sappiness, Wing Chun also has to deal with the bandit lord, who is impressed with her prowess and thus kidnaps Charmy in order to force her to be his wife. Ah, a chick flick seemingly but for you guys there's plenty of ass to check out.

Wing Chun is a mildly entertaining but not spectacular martial arts period film. The comedy is occasionaly funny but not hilarious, the action scenes good but not exceptional. Michelle Yeoh is generally the best thing in this film as she shows off her expert martial arts abilities. It's cool to see a woman as a kick-butt heroine in a town where the men are all chauvinistic pussies. However, her screen presence is less here on her own than when she's paired up with Jet Li in The Tai Chi Master or Jackie Chan in Supercop. Overall, you'll probably enjoy it, but you also probably won't be wowed. Check it out somewhere like blockbuster before throwing down 23 bones for this non-Jet flick. I give the movie a 6 out of 10 stars.

Excellent flick if you pay under 15 for it!

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