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Drunken Master Details

1978 Certificate 15
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Chan plays Chinese folk legend Wong Fei Hong as a wily teenager getting into and out of trouble on the streets of Hong Kong. AKA "Drunk Monkey in the Tiger's Eyes." Read more

Starring Jackie Chan, Casanova Wong, Siu Tien Yuen
Director Yuen Woo-Ping
Genres Action/Adventure, World Cinema

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Drunken Master

Chan plays Chinese folk legend Wong Fei Hong as a wily teenager getting into and out of trouble on the streets of Hong Kong. AKA "Drunk Monkey in the Tiger's Eyes."

Starring Jackie Chan, Casanova Wong, Siu Tien Yuen
Director Yuen Woo-Ping
Studio E1 ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 47 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Action/Adventure, World Cinema
Language DVD: Mandarin
Dubbed English
Released DVD: 24 Apr 2000
Production year: 1978
Format DVD
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  • 4 stars out of 5

    This was the film that saw Jackie Chan crowned as the clown prince of kung fu. As the legendary folk hero, Wong Fei-hung, who is forced to suffer the humiliations of uncle Yuen Hsiao Tian's pitiless training programme, Chan frequently reveals why he's so often acclaimed as Hong Kong's answer to Buster Keaton. But not everything is as gloriously knockabout as the final fight with the eight immortals, with the roadside encounter with assassin Huang Cheng Li being particularly brutal. Two sequels were released in 1994 — and yes, that is Bond girl Michelle Yeoh as Jackie's aunt.

    • Radio Times
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  • 9 out of 9 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Drunken Antics!

    This film is hilarious…! Starring a youthful and arrogant Jackie Chan in all his glory, and a cast of jokers it would seem!

    The story in traditional style is entirely corny, and provides an appropriate backdrop for much vengeance, showing off and general combat.

    The Kung Fu is aesthetically stunning, although a tad too theatrical and choreographed for my preferences. However, nonetheless a feat of co-ordination, and awe-inspiring to watch in the same way as a complex break dance routine!

    The ‘Drunken Master’ concept is what swings it however, and the notion that a few sherbets can tip the martial arts master over into a state of mind body and soul where seemingly staggering, special styles of drunken gods are the ultimate fighting stances that will defeat all others.

    The characters are humorously and convincingly styled within the constraints of the genre, and the discipline of the art is effectively conveyed in a most entertaining fashion!

    Veering towards the light entertainment end of the martial arts spectrum, I would thoroughly recommend this to anyone with an interest in martial arts, or indeed, in comedy. Highly amusing!

      • bombshell from London
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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Number one

    i would reccomend this to every one who enjoys martial art films.

    it has the most amazing fight scenes ever! i love all jackie chan films, but this takes the cake. some amazing comedy in there (and some not so good). i hear the second is even better, hard to believe because this ones great. in a nutshell a superb film whith sad parts, amazing parts, funny parts and happy parts.

      • A customer from England
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    Jackie Chan has heaped praise on Jaden Smith's martial arts skills, insisting the youngster is better at kung fu than his own son. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's 11-year-old son has been taking lessons from the action man's stunt co-ordinator for his role in Kung Fu Kid, the forthcoming remake of the 1984 hit The Karate Kid. And Chan has been left wowed by Jaden's dedication, after he studied Mandarin to speak with his teachers and learned the Chinese phrases for various kung fu moves.... Read more

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