It's 1895. Some in China are rejecting the Western world. Wong Fei-Hung (Jet Li), 13th Aunt (Rosamund Kwan), and Leung Foon are in Canton to attend a medical conference. The White Lotus Sect is a local Boxer-like group fighting all things western. Commander Lan (Donnie Yen) is the local military leader. At the conference, Wong Fei-Hung is befriended by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen who would be the future father of the Chinese Republic.
This is a good sequel although a bit less than the first movie. Wong Fei-Hung has moments of anger which makes him less appealing. The movie is trying very hard to fit into Chinese history. On the possible side, it does have Donnie Yen in it. There are some very good fights but nothing so cinematic as the ladder fight. I do appreciate the closed-in room of the climatic fight but Lan's weapon is more limited by that space. The room and the weapon don't fit together. I like claustrophobic fights. Maybe if that's Wong Fei-Hung's weapon, he would feel disadvantaged which would make him a bigger underdog which is often a good thing in a sports movie. All in all, this is good, very good in fact, but I do have some issues.
This is a good sequel although a bit less than the first movie. Wong Fei-Hung has moments of anger which makes him less appealing. The movie is trying very hard to fit into Chinese history. On the possible side, it does have Donnie Yen in it. There are some very good fights but nothing so cinematic as the ladder fight. I do appreciate the closed-in room of the climatic fight but Lan's weapon is more limited by that space. The room and the weapon don't fit together. I like claustrophobic fights. Maybe if that's Wong Fei-Hung's weapon, he would feel disadvantaged which would make him a bigger underdog which is often a good thing in a sports movie. All in all, this is good, very good in fact, but I do have some issues.