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The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
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. His technique is fast, furious...and powerfully funny.
Jackie Chan, the world's biggest...
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
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Jackie Chan, Lung Ti, Anita Mui, Felix Wong, Lau Kar-Leung
Screenwriter: Edward Tang, Tong Man-Ming, Yun Kai-Chi
Producer: Edward Tang, Eric Tsang
Composer: Michael Wandmacher
Reviews
Chan has always seemed like a silent-screen virtuoso self-catapulted into modern times.
The extended fight scenes [have been] justly hailed by aficionados as classics of the genre.
Um dos melhores filmes da carreira de Chan e a comprovação definitiva de que ele é o resultado de uma combinação improvável (e maravilhosa) de Buster Keaton, Gene Kelly e Bruce Lee.
At long last, the American masses will get a glimpse of what Jackie Chan can really do.
I'm extremely unhappy when one of my HK favorites is re-released, re-titled and re-packaged as an English-dubbed Jackie Chan vehicle for American audiences to ostensibly enjoy.
Among the most breathtakingly wonderful acts of physical endurance and grace that I have ever seen.
If you're looking to have a really wild time, this is the film to see.
A spectacularly silly comic epic in which almost every known camera trick, stunt and fight choreography known to the genre is squished into one story.
Suffers from some of worst problems of the martial arts genre: bad dubbing, bad soundtrack, chaotic plot, no character development ... but it has great fights and stunts.
The Legend of Drunken Master is pure entertainment and proves that Jackie Chan is indeed a cinematic icon.
Beats Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon at its own game of high-flying huzzah, and with relative ease.
There can be little doubt that Drunken Master 2 is one of the greatest martial arts films ever made.
This imported and dubbed Jackie Chan fossil might be a kick for diehard fans, but most will be left feeling high and dry.
If you've never seen a martial arts movie, this is the one to start with.
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