By Mark Adams, Screen Daily
A rousing and romping martial arts genre adventure, Dustin Nguyen’s directorial debut Once Upon A Time In Vietnam is a real change of pace from the more recent diet of art house cinema from Vietnam, and as one of the country’s most expensive film to date it has moves as marketing links to break out on a modest scale. The film has opened in Vietnam and had its international premiere at the Busan International Film Festival.
Screenshot from the movie Once Upon A Time In Vietnam
Nguyen stars as Master Bao, a warrior monk unable to return his monastery after a lifetime of killing after protecting his leaders and who roams the land tracking down deserters.
He arrives at a remote Sand Village where he rents a room from mild-mannered baker Hien (Thai Hoa Tran), who is being harassed to sell his shop by local thugs. It turns out that Bao has history with Hien’s wife Anh (a charismatic Thanh Van Ngo), who used to fight alongside him and had a relationship with him. The fact the he thinks her son Hung may be his child brings further intensity to their reunion.
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