We all know the situation in Ukraine at the moment, but while it is only coming out here now, this film pre-dates the war, having been released at home on Christmas Eve, 2020. Given that, and the fact that I have no real knowledge of Ukrainian politics beyond the fact that there is a war going on, I am not going to attempt to frame Once Upon a Time in Ukraine through that lens. Well, that’s one reason. The other reason I’m not going to attempt to frame the film through contemporary politics is that while I’m sure those allusions exist within it, they aren’t needed to appreciate it.
Taras Shevchenko (played here by Roman Lutskyi) was a real historical figure; a writer, artist and poet whose work, a little reading suggests, is considered foundational to modern Ukrainian literature. The film, however, imagines him as a serf who,...
Taras Shevchenko (played here by Roman Lutskyi) was a real historical figure; a writer, artist and poet whose work, a little reading suggests, is considered foundational to modern Ukrainian literature. The film, however, imagines him as a serf who,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Sam Inglis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"He has something that is not his to have. I want to take it back." Goldwyn Films has revealed an official US trailer for an indie action western from Ukraine titled Once Upon a Time in Ukraine, their local riff on Once Upon a Time in the West. This actually opened in Ukraine back in 2020 (with an alternate title The Inglorious Serfs), and never played outside of the country before this year. With the war going on there's more interest in Ukraine so they're finally giving it a chance to screen in the US, and it actually looks like some good B-movie fun. "What if Taras Shevchenko put down his pen and took a samurai sword into his hands?" A Ukrainian serf named Taras teams up with the samurai Akayo to get revenge for Akayo’s master and to free his beloved Maria from a slave master. Roman Lutskyi stars with Kateryna Sliusar,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Stars: Jean Reno, Qi Shu, Andy Lau, Tony Yang, Jingchu Zhang, Eric Tsang, Karel Dobry, Gen Seto, David Bowles, Yi Sha, Tianyi You | Written by Chi Kwong Cheung, Stephen Fung, Steve Ha, Andy Lo | Directed by Stephen Fung
Infamous and charismatic thief Cheung Tan (Andy Lau) has recently been released from prison. Cheung immediately plots a heist with his former partner in crime, Po (Tony Yang), and beautiful chameleon Red (Qi Shu), in order to pull off the heist of a lifetime – and steal precious jewels in Europe. Meanwhile, French detective Pierre (Jean Reno) has been hot on Cheung’s trails for many years. This time, he decides to capture Cheung and his gang of thieves for good… which means Cheung and co. will have to take their game to the next level.
Who doesn’t love a good heist movie? When the genre is done right you get fantastic and intriguing films like Flypaper,...
Infamous and charismatic thief Cheung Tan (Andy Lau) has recently been released from prison. Cheung immediately plots a heist with his former partner in crime, Po (Tony Yang), and beautiful chameleon Red (Qi Shu), in order to pull off the heist of a lifetime – and steal precious jewels in Europe. Meanwhile, French detective Pierre (Jean Reno) has been hot on Cheung’s trails for many years. This time, he decides to capture Cheung and his gang of thieves for good… which means Cheung and co. will have to take their game to the next level.
Who doesn’t love a good heist movie? When the genre is done right you get fantastic and intriguing films like Flypaper,...
- 1/5/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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