CCC Reviews
The Legend of Drunken Master
Reviewed By: RyoKazama534
We've all seen Jackie Chan's early works of Rumble in the Bronx and Supercop
as well as Rush Hour. Each had Jackie's distinct style of comedy, amazing
choreography and stunts. The Legend of Drunken Master, is a spin off of
one of Jackie Chan's earliest films. However, this film lacks the comedy that
made Chan's early American imports.
The plot in this story was a little bit more developed than the typical, where
Jackie Chan plays a Hong Kong police officer sent to work with American
officials or to retrieve stolen Chinese artifacts. In some sense, he is
recovering Chinese artifacts that are being smuggled out of the country by
British and Hong Kong officials. But the major struggle in this film is with Fei-hung
and his father Kei-ying. Kei-ying is the owner of a small kung fu school who
believes in filial piety and tradition among the styles of kung fu. Fei-hung is
a very accomplished martial artist but has studied styles not advocated by his
father, including drunken boxing.
Kei-ying feels that although drunken boxing is a very powerful style and that
the consumption of alcohol can raise a fighter's strength and endurance, too
much can cause a person to kill themselves. Although Fei-hung is the most
proficient of any drunken boxer, his father's pride and instructions get in the
way. When Fei-hung gets involved with General Fu Wen Chi in the recovery of
stolen Chinese artifacts, his drunken boxing becomes an even more integral part
of the story due to it's power.
The martial arts choreography is incredible. It's not just crazy stunts ala Rumble
in the Bronx. If you remember the fight with the gang in their hideout, with
the pool table and the pinball machines, the entire movie is filled with street
fights like that. In the beginning, Jackie Chan has a one on one match with
Chia-Liang Liu. The ending is a seven minute scene in a steel factory with
furnaces blazing. The fight is between Jackie Chan and his personal bodyguard,
Ken Lo, where the two combatants throw punch and kick in an all out duel to the
end. Sparring at it's absolute.
This movie is simply amazing and I can't get over it. You will be awestruck at
the fact that Jackie Chan is much more than a comedic martial arts star. He is a
true warrior and this film is hard proof of it.
Scores for Legend of Drunken Master
RyoKazama534 -- 
-- "Amazing choreography and scenes, I loved it."
heatnjam --
-- "Is that where you got that quote from?"
GrannyDani47 --
-- "That was so cool."
Big Dog SG --
-- "Woah..."
Cast
Wong Fei-hung - Jackie Chan
Wong Kei-ying - Lung Ti
Mrs. Wong - Anita Mui
Tsang - Felix Wong
General Fu Wen-Chi - Chia-Liang Liu
John - Ken Lo
Fo Sang - Kar Lok Chin
Henry - Ho Sung Pak
Tso - Chi-Kwong Cheung
Hing - Yee San Hon
Crew
Director - Chia-Liang Liu
Director - Jackie Chan
Screenplay - Edward Tang
Screenplay - Man-Ming Tong
Screenplay - Kai-Chi Yun
Executive Producer - Leonard Ho
Associate Producer - Barbie Tung
Producer - Edward Tang
Producer - Eric Tsang
Music - Wai Lap Wu
Music (2000) - Michael Wandmacher
Cinematography - Tong-Leung Cheung
Cinematography - Yiu-Tsou Cheung
Cinematography - Jingle Ma
Cinematography - Man-wan Wong
Film Editing - Peter Cheung
Martial Arts Choreography - Andy Lau
Dubbing - Rod Dean
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