Watching movies like this, you also understand exactly why the increasingly road-worn Chan simply can't do this kind of stuff anymore. But damn, you'll walk out glad he once could.
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
Chan fans will probably want to pay to see this one on the big screen. Everyone else can bide their time for the video release.
[Chan's] as close as film gets to guaranteed entertainment, and he's on top of his game in The Legend of Drunken Master.
The purpose of Drunken Master is the fights, which are very good and, in the case of a final battle in a steel factory, superlative.
Beyond all of the fighting and stunts, there isn't much else present to recommend the film.
A mammothly entertaining picture that represents the best that the traditional kung fu genre has to offer.
Everybody should see this film, even if you hate martial arts pictures.
If action fans can take a chance and wade through the unfamiliar settings and awkward dubbing, they’ll find an action film that transcends the best of the genre.
Watching Chan in action here is pure pleasure, the enjoyment magnified by the big-screen experience.
Jackie Chan movies are popcorn: light, devoid of nutritional value, something you can gobble for 90 minutes without filling up.
Chan is an entertainer who can singlehandedly make any film enjoyable to watch.
The fight scenes are masterpieces of choreography, kineticism at its most sublime.
Compensates for what it lacks in plot with hearty laughs and truly spectacular action sequences.
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