Wing Chun (1994)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Woo-ping Yuen

Writer:

Elsa Tang (written by)

Release Date:

24 March 1994 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

Wing Chun, a woman living in a remote village often pillaged by robbers. When Wing Chun finally loses her cool and defeats them...

Plot Keywords:

Wing Chun | Beautiful Woman | Action Heroine | Kung Fu | Wooden Dummy

Cast

Michelle Yeoh	...	Yim Wing Chun
Donnie Yen	...	Leung Pok To (as Yen Chi Tan)
King-Tan Yuen	...	Abacus Fong
Catherine Hung Yan	...	Charmy (as Catherine Hung)
Waise Lee	...	Scholar Wong (as Lee Chi Hung)
Norman Chu	...	Flying Monkey (as Chui Siu Keung)
Pei-pei Cheng	...	Nun Ng Mui - Wing Chun's teacher

Also Known As:

The Beautiful Secret Agent (Hong Kong: English title)
The Legend of Kung Fu Queen (Hong Kong: English title)
Wing Chun (Hong Kong: English title)

Runtime:

USA:93 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Hong Kong:II | South Korea:15 | UK:12 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Beijing, China

Company:

Peace Film Production Co.

Trivia:

One reviewer mentioned the obvious innuendos, but there are many more than you would expect. In addition to Flying Chimpanzee's "Champion Spear", "To Eat Someone's Tofu" is a Chinese idiom that means to flirt with a female.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Wo hu cang long (2000)

Enjoyable little diamond in the rough

Wing Chun is a memorable film because Michelle Yoeh epitomizes the female heroine at a time when it was not allowed for women to be as strong or in this case, stronger and smarter and more skilled than men. But Michelle Yeoh creates a memorable and competent impression while maintaining a masterful grace and precision that will blow your mind.

Michelle Yeoh has the posture and grace of Bruce Lee, now if only they had done a movie together... now that would be something, like Salvador Dali's short animation collaboration with Walt Disney, what a treat that would be.* I saw this movie years ago and finally discovered it again after long searching and am I glad I did rediscover this little gem.

This movie truly takes me back in time to a simpler time, like finding a diamond in between the millions of grains of sand on the endlessness of beach.

Much of the acting is really silly, but that's just the way these movies were back then. The martial arts are terrific, the sex appeal is palpable, Tofu is gorgeous, drop dead, and the story is very enjoyable.

*Dali and Disney started a project in 1946 but it was never finished in their lifetimes, recently completed in 2003, many of us are long awaiting a DVD release slated for 2004, and still waiting in 2007.