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Director: Sammo Hung

Starring: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Hung Yan-yan, Jeff Wolfe, Power Chan

Productor: Tsui Hark, Dick Tso, Tiffany Chen

Written by: Tsui Hark, Sze-to Cheuk-hon, Shut Mei-yee, Sharon Hui, Kwok Wai-chung, So Man-sing

Music: Lowell Lo

Country: Hong Kong

Release date: February 1, 1997

Running time: 98 minutes

PLOT

Wong Fei-hung, Clubfoot and 13th Aunt cross the Pacific Ocean to America to visit "Bucktooth" So, who has opened a Po-chi-lam clinic branch there. While traveling by carriage through the wilderness, they pick up a friendly cowboy named Billy, who is almost dying of thirst. When the party stops to have lunch, a bunch of hostile Native Americans ambush them. Wong, Clubfoot and 13th Aunt escape unharmed but their carriage slides off a cliff and falls into a river. 13th Aunt and Clubfoot are rescued and taken to "Bucktooth" So's clinic. However, Wong hits his head on a rock and loses his memory as a consequence. He is saved by a Native American tribe.

Back in town, the mayor makes oppressive rules with the intention of causing trouble for the Chinese people living there, while Billy tries to stop him and protects the Chinese. Meanwhile, the tribe that rescues Wong Fei-hung encounters a more powerful rival tribe. The rival leader, a fearsome warrior, injures Fierce Eagle (the chief's son) on Wong's side. However, to everyone's surprise, Wong defeats the rival leader and half of his men with his amazing kung-fu abilities, causing the rival tribe to flee in fear. Wong is eventually brought back to the town where his companions attempt to help him recall his past.

_{References: Wikipedia, once upon a time in china and america}