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The Legend of Drunken Master

The Legend of Drunken Master

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Legend of Drunken Master
Review: Jackie Chan stars as Wong Fei Hong , and this movie has action and adventure at the same time.The story is about a young man named Wong Fei Hong tring to save China's history from an evil abassador.When Fei hong was on the train tring to get the gin-seng,he wounds up with a special artifact,and the bad guys found out and chases him around.That is When the action and adventurecomes. At the end , he uses drunken boxing to defeat the evil ambassador...it is a very good movie.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: the legend of drunken master.
Review: This is the good movie, I repeated watching many times, you should to.The story and drunking boxing great, but let me remine everyone don't drink and drive, no matter what degree boxing you have, you will get big trouble with the law enforcement and you will lose your driver license + money.Drink coffee and enjoy the movie that the best.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Get Drunk, Kick Somebody's ...
Review: This movie has great action and it's very funny. It's less boring than the first one, however the reason I only gave it four stars is that the beginning was a bit boring. There is a very cool, very drunken fight scene at the end! Also Jackie Chan's messed up family contributes to the humor. Martial Arts fanatics should definitely see this movie!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Jackie -wham,blam,slam,-Chan
Review: If you ever thought Jackie Chan was only a silly acting kung fu bufoon this movie will change your mind. I admit I was not really a Chan Fan because most of his movies were silly slapstick that became annoying at times. But it works in this movie. Jackie kicks some serious xxx in this one. Especially the scene when he has to fight what looks like about 100 axe-wielding thugs. Good story line & actors also( Ti Lung, Anita Mui). The end fight between Ken Lo & Jackie is one of the best ever filmed. Very recommended

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A whirlwind of a film!
Review: I enjoyed this film from beggining to end.My only quibble is the lack of extra features to go along with this great film.I watched this the same night with the Wu Tang Clan's release of Kung Fu of the 8 Drunkards-wonderful combo.The extra features were plentiful,including bonus clips of the stars and a special treat called 8 Drunken Fights.Have yourself a double bill with these two!I can also recommend the Wu's release of Shaolin Drunkard,directed by Yuen Woo Ping(see my review!)

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Amazing Movie, AWFUL DVD
Review: This is one of the best, if not THE best, kung fu movies of all time... unfortunately, the DVD is one of the worst. The original Cantonese audio track is nowhere to be found on this disc... which always seems to be a feature in kung fu DVDs. I guess they decided that a French track would be more useful. Sure, why not? That reason alone is enough to make me wait for a rerelease, but on top of that the last fight scene is cut short. Why!? VHS will always be the best until American companies wisen up.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Why?
Review: Well still to this day, The Legend of DrunkenMaster (originally Drunken Master 2) is still my favorite Jackie Chan movie. Its actually one of the Top 10 out of all the movies I've seen.

The only reason I had to give this particular movie a 4 star instead of a 5 is because they cut out the last scene in the movie and like many kungfu movies that has be re-released in the US, it doesn't include the original chinese Audio version. Always English and French. I usually prefer the original everything with subtitles.

Anyway, this movie includes everything from dramatic scenes to mind blowing action scenes and many funny scenes as well. Even the title "Drunken Master" sounds funny if you really think about it. One thing I would recommend though is watching the Original Drunken Master movie. Although the original movie was was made like 20 years ago and so its not a very high adrenaline pumping type action movie, it does however show how and why Jackie (Wong Fei-hung) leanred the drunekn boxing martial arts.

I strongly recommend this movie for any Jackie Chan fan. And if you are one of those people who want the original chinese dvd copy, I would recommend you buy it soon. I know of three companies that have made this movie into DVD (that has the original title) and I only know one that still manufactures the DVDs.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Jackie Chan's best.
Review: This is without a doubt my favorite Chan movie. The fighting is spectacular, and the comedy is quite good. The main advantage of the American release is the 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen. In fact, it's the only advantage. Rather than buy this version, I got the Hong Kong version, with the original language track (I hate dubbing), and the original music and sound effects. The H.K. DVD is only 1.78:1 widescreen, but I still feel, overall, that it's heads and shoulders over the US release. I still won't take a star off for all the US version's faults, because the movie itself is what counts, and it's insurmountable. If picture is your main concern, then by all means, enjoy this version. But if you want a true moviewatching experience, hold out for the Hong Kong edition.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Chan's Best!!!!!
Review: This is what kung fu moives are all about, fun and loveable actors doing some amazing stunts and whole lota [brawling].
Jackie Chan stars as folklore hero Wong Fei Hung. Wong Fei Hung is know for his style of martial arts called Drunken Boxing. The more Hung drinks the mor agile and stronger he becomes, and trust me, the 1st time you see Chan chug a bottle of boze during mid fight it'll put a smile on your face for the remainder of the movie.

As with any kung fu movie, the fight sequences are the real stars in this movie. Each fight secne fells fresh and not to mention heart pumping fun. This movies has the best Jackie Chan fights and some of the best fights in an action movie period.

Highly Recommended for everyone.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Loved It
Review: I loved the original print when it was played in theaters in the early 1990's, however, I was disappointed when Dimension Films rereleased it and replaced the fighting sound effects with less powerful and less effective ones for the general American audience. The DVD version is of the latter one. This may seem irrelevant but anyone who really loves Asian martial arts films will be annoyed by this. I wasn't too dismayed that they changed the incidental music, the dialogue, and end song, but replacing the fight sound effects is a stab at the heart of any martial arts film. The recent "Iron Monkey" was another victim of this blasphemous act but you may be lucky and find the original release. They should have put both versions on the DVD.


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