Drunken Master
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Movie Reviews of Drunken Master
Movie Review: Amazing choreography, shame about the Lip Sync
Summary: 4 Stars
One of Jackies earliest movies in a starring role, (released in tandem with Snake in Eagles Shadow) that many would say started him on the road to stardom. I'm told in their native country, these simple storylines were churned out almost weekly and all pretty much follow the same formula. Similar to Saturday morning cowboy movies from days gone by, for Western audiences. The fact that Jackie has appeared in over 90 pictures, probably supports that fact. Here Jackie becomes student to a wisened old beggar who happens to be an expert exponent of "Drunken Boxing" and dutifully teaches Mr Chan, after he is helped by him. Jackie's love of Buster Keaton action slapstick, combined with the almost superhuman acrobat skills he acquired with the Peking Opera from a young age, blend masterfully, and the movie has plenty of humour as well as action. The fight scenes and stunts, are superbly executed (as usual)and the arduos training regime Jackie must endure, is both comical and revealing. Like so many Kung Fu style pictures of the era, this film sufferes terribly from bad dubbing, and is actually better watched in it's original form with subtitles. At 10 mins short of 2 hours is not that lean, but bounces along from scene to scene without making you worry too much. 16 years before the more widely known Legend of Drunken Master in 1994, this is still a great comic/action martial arts flick, and although it may not be as polished as his more recent work, the raw energy and exuberence of a more youthful Mr Chan, make this a must for fans and collectors alike. Enjoy!Movie Review: I AM REVIEWING THIS TO CALL OUT TRADE AND 5, WHATEVER THE HELL THAT NAME MEANS
Summary: 4 Stars
DID YOU WATCH THIS MOVIE, IT IS LIKE AN HOUR AND 50 MIN. LONG, I LOOKED AT YOUR REVIEWS AND YOU HAVE COPIED AND PASTED A TON!!!! OF THESE REVIEWS, SAVE YOUR STUPID REVIEWS FOR THE THE TRULY BAD MOVIES, BUT NOT ONES LIKE THIS THAT HAVE BEEN REMASTERD AND HAVE RESTORED ALL THE FOOTAGE THAT THEY COULD. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WATCH THESE MOVIES VERY MUCH, BUT THIS OONE IS ABOUT 25 MIN LONGER THAN MOST.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS VERSION ISN'T PERFECT, BUT LIKE I JUST SAID, THIS IS THE BEST VERSION YOU ARE GOING TO FIND. RIC MEYERS EVEN POINTS OUT THAT HE REMEMBERS THE OPENING FIGHT AS BEING A LOT LONGER. THE ONLY OTHER PROBLEM WITH THIS MOVIE IS THAT THE AUDIO CUTS IN ANDOUT OF CHINESE AND ENGLISH WHICHEVER LANGUAGE YOU ARE WATCHING
THE THING THAT REALLY SELLS THIS MOVIE IS HWANG JANG LEE, THIS GUYS LEGS ARE LIEK WHIPS THAT CAN SNAP AT YOU AT ANY SPLIT SECOND. HE DOESN'T FAVOR ONE LEG LIKE JOHN LIU, BUT LOOKS STRONGER AND STRONGER WHILE SWITCHING LEGS WHENEVER HE NEEDS TO. THE SCENE WHERE HE EMBARRASES JACKIE HAS TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST LEG SCENES EVE.
OVERALL, NOBODY WILL PERFORM DRUNKEN STYLE ON SCREEN BETTE THAN JACKIE. THIS GUY IS PRETTY AGILE, AND HES BETTER IN THIS THAN HE WAS IN DM 2.
Movie Review: great movie, bad dvd
Summary: 4 Stars
i'm reviewing the product in question! Columbia House Dvd of
Drunken Master! when I play this movie, and switch to cantonese
language, the movie will sometimes play the english dubbing part
of the film! And I know none of these actors can speak english!
so I don't know if it's just my dvd or any of Columbia dvd's!
GREAT MOVIE , bad product!
UPDATED: I found out that at the bottom of the DVD on the back,
it reads "some of the Chinese dialouge is missing so an english
dubbing will appear" or something like that! So at least
Columbia wasn't dishonest about the product! I would assume that
they tried to get as much of the movie as they can but could
only get most of the Chinese version and anything to add to the
film that's not in Chinese (it's hard explain, I know)! So this
isn't the fault of Columbia! Known fact is that in the early
days, Chinese filmmakers didn't care at all about their own
films! So that's why it's hard to get good copies of these
films!
Movie Review: Great Release, but with a few problems...
Summary: 4 Stars
Finally, one of Jackie's best movies comes to DVD in the US. This version is supposedly uncut but I really cant say since I saw it for the first time quite a while ago and I can't remember. Picture quality is great for a film of its age, especially an HK film (many old HK films are very poor quality because of bad storage conditions) and the sound is about as good as it could be. As has been stated here before, the Cantonese audio track sometimes switches back to english for a few lines which is quite annoying. But seriously, 5 minutes of English dialogue doesnt ruin the whole movie. Overall, I'd say that this is a pretty high quality DVD release except for the audio problem and the lack of any real extras (aside from the awesome full length commentary by Ric Meyers and Jeff Yang). However, for the best version of this movie on DVD check out the Hong Kong Legends version or wait for their 2-disc Platinum release(!)
Movie Review: Probably the best Jackie Chan film out there
Summary: 4 Stars
Drunken Master starts the Kung-Fu comedy Genre and although the story is lighthearted in nature, the athletic work every character displays still holds strong almost twenty years later.Jackie Chan shows the world how big a star he will become in this Yuen Woo Ping masterpiece. The drunken style he dispalys in this classic will make you laugh even though your jaw has dropped to the floor. The training sequences he goes through are vigorous and gut-wrenching which many films later try to impersonate but fail to do so.
Seriously, if you like Jackie or old Martial Arts Films, i shouldn't have to tell you to go buy this, the movie is great and the DVD quality is even better.
P.S.
The audio commentary is probably the best i have heard on any DVD. They break down the film to a comlete science and after listening you will only have more respect for Jackie.