Drunken Master
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Jackie Chan, Jang Lee Hwang, Siu Hung Cham, Siu Tien Yuen, Tien Lung Chen Director: Woo-ping Yuen Brand: CHAN,JACKIE Cinematographer: Hui Chang Writer: Woo-ping Yuen Editor: Hsiung Pan Producer: See-Yuen Ng Writer: See-Yuen Ng Writer: Lung Hsiao DVD: Region Code 99 Audio: Spanish (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Cantonese (Original Language); English (Dubbed) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1 Running Time: 111 minutes DVD Release Date: 2002-04-02 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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Movie Reviews of Drunken Master
Movie Review: inventive? yes. entertaining? not really
Summary: 1 Stars
This flick does have some things going for it that no others, at the time, did. They include a unique approach and creative training/fight choreography with a new and fictitious chapter in the life of the very real and legendary Wong Fei Hung. Unfortunately, they also include unwatchably agonizing humor and snail-paced fight scenes... even the final one. Hwang Jang Lee is pretty good as the main villain, and the last fight is the best of the movie, but is still very ssssllllowwww.
Some of my criticisms may be unwarrantable. I've seen a lot of old kung fu movies that swiped a lot of things from this one. Simon Yuen's portrayal of the crabby old master has been re-used ad nauseam, often by him. This is certainly a stepping-stone in the evolution of kung fu cinema, and for that alone it's worth a viewing. Otherwise I would avoid it. Jackie himself used this formula, sans alcohol, for most of his films that followed this, like "Fearless Hyena", which for some reason, I liked a lot more.
The picture has been remastered and is very good. The dubbing feature is poor and will switch to Cantonese every once in a while, but it really makes no difference. If you want really cool drunken kung fu, check out the 1994 sequel.
1978. aka: Drunk Monkey in the Tiger's Eyes