If you've never seen a martial arts movie, this is the one to start with.
The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
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Reviews Counted:74
Fresh:61
Rotten:13
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: Jackie Chan sends up some amazing and entertaining fight sequences in The Legend of Drunken Master.
Theatrical Release:Oct 20, 2000 Wide
Box Office: $9,719,472
Synopsis:
From a land where honor and tradition reign, comes the legend of a martial-arts hero unlike any other. The "Drunken Master" can turn just one drink into devastation and humiliation for his enemies....
From a land where honor and tradition reign, comes the legend of a martial-arts hero unlike any other. The "Drunken Master" can turn just one drink into devastation and humiliation for his enemies. His technique is fast, furious...and powerfully funny.
Jackie Chan, the world's biggest action star, mixes high-proof action with a twist of his trademark humor as the renowned Wong Fei-hong, the young master of the "drunken" fighting style. When Chan mixes up his luggage during a train trip, he finds himself at odds with evil foreigners trying to steal sacred imperial treasures.
Never before have such elaborate, acrobatic fight sequences been captured on film. As Jackie fights to save China's imperial past, he faces hundreds of ax-wielding villains, dodges fires, endures scalding coals -- all with the charismatic style that made him famous. -- © 2000 Dimension Films
Starring: Jackie Chan, Lung Ti, Anita Mui, Felix Wong
Starring: Jackie Chan, Lung Ti, Anita Mui, Felix Wong, Lau Kar-Leung, Ken Lo, Andy Lau
Director: Lau Kar-Leung
Director: Lau Kar-Leung
Screenwriter: Edward Tang, Tong Man-Ming, Yun Kai-Chi
Producer: Edward Tang, Eric Tsang
Composer: Michael Wandmacher
Studio: Dimension Films
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Mar 13, 2001
Reviews for The Legend of Drunken Master
While you might not always appreciate the historical aspects of the story, you will definitely find Chan's physical acumen amazing.
Watching Chan and Lo battle it out, you just have to marvel at Chan's ability to choreograph long, intricate fight scenes with no break in the action.
There's no Jackie Chan movie more pleasurable than Drunken Master II, which Miramax's Dimension Films has dubbed into English and rereleased as The Legend of Drunken Master.
Great fun for action fans. And if you haven't tried one of these Hong Kong stunt-packed thrillers, this one may get you hooked.
Beats Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon at its own game of high-flying huzzah, and with relative ease.
The Legend of Drunken Master contains some of the most impressive action routines ever captured on film.
You Should Pay Nine Bucks to See This If: You're not a Chan/kung-fu fan. You just haven't seen this movie yet, is all.
As usual, the martial make-believe is either superbly incredible or superbly unbelievable. I chose to believe.
With lots of laughs, lots of blood and the irrepressible Chan pushing the envelope in stunts and spectacularly choreographed group fights.
The fight scenes ... are amazingly staged and astonishingly executed.
If you have a taste for Hong Kong action (and I do) then The Legend of Drunken Master has enough going on to make it a classic.
While the plot does get in the way of what viewers are really after, there's enough of the fun stuff to keep them interested.
If you like Jackie Chan, The Matrix, or just action films in general, you HAVE to see this thing.
The 20-minute closing duel may just be the best kung-fu battle ever filmed.
Though his antics are comic as ever, what makes this film stand out are the thrilling and frankly beautiful fight sequences.
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