Jackie Chan, Ho Sung Pak, Lung Ti

Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't...( read more  read more... ) want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong has learned a style of fighting called "Drunken Boxing", which makes him a dangerous person to cross. Unfortunately, his father is opposed to his engaging in any kind of fighting, let alone drunken boxing. Consequently, Fei-Hong not only has to fight against the foreigners, but he must overcome his father's antagonism as well.

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R, 1 hr. 42 min.

Directed by: Chia-Liang Liu, Jackie Chan

Release Date: December 31, 1994

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DVD Release Date: March 20, 2001

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  • October 15, 2009
    I'm a massive Jackie Chan fan. I have most of his films, and this has to be one of my absolute favourites.

    The film is choc-full of memorable fights, and incredible stunts, some of which may cause you to yell out at the screen in mental anguish. The most incredible stunt has to ...( read more)be when Jackie is pushed onto white hot coals, and has to crawl backwards across the pit (apparently, he did this twice - ever the perfectionist).

    The storyline is never the reason anyone would be gripped by a Chan film, but in this case, it's basic, yet more than acceptable.

    The drunken boxing style is given a good go in this film, with Jackie demonstrating the style to magnificent effect. Watching this film, you certainly get a feel for Jackie's creativity and incredible ability to pull off some of the moves that simply no one else can perform. The sheer brilliance of some of his work in this film suggests that Chan never faltered from his quest for absolute perfection.

    Overall, if you're a fan of Chan, then you'll probably adore this film. If you're a casual Chan fan (ie Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon) then this film will surely lighten up your knowledge of just how amazing this martial artist is.
  • February 21, 2009
    Hell yeah. Sweet action scenes with Jackie Chan at the helm, beatin people up drunk and sober. I laughed until my nuts chuckled.

    In fact, I give this movie 2 balls up.

    Full scrotum.
  • December 31, 2007
    One of the best, if not the best, martial arts film ever made. Jackie Chan's skills, both at physicall comedy and of course at martial arts, are displayed here in full glory. Some of the best fights ever recorded on film, the teahouse brawl and the final duel are stuff to make le...( read more)gends from.

    Ken Lo kicks a lot of ass too as the villian, wish he would had better roles (these days he usually appears as a mere extra in Jackie's films) and Anita Mui is very fun to watch. Lau Kar Leung direction is good, but credits for Jackie in that final segment, which he directed. Seems LKL didn't want it to be like that, and i seriously can't see the reason.

    Go watch this if you haven't done yet, Jackie might had reach his peak with this ,but damn, what a way to reach it.
  • July 2, 2007
    Jackie Chan return becomes and is able to fend off numerous attacks and perform incredible stunts. Aided by his hilarious stepmother and friends.
  • June 26, 2007
    It's ok, nothing special here.
  • November 20, 2009
    This film is just an excuse to let Jackie Chan go crazy.
  • November 13, 2009
    Jackie Chan's Best "Hardcore" Kungfu movie!!! I really miss the Golden Age Jackie Chan Era... :(
  • November 11, 2009
    Best fighting scene ever...(the last one)
  • September 13, 2009
    Wasn't this sorta the plot in Rush Hour 2, you know with the whole recovery of artifiacts thing?
  • September 12, 2009
    hahaha its funni when he acts like a girl

Critic Reviews


March 22, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

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. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The final 20-minute fight sequence ... sets some kind of benchmark: It may not be possible to film a better fight scene. full review

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  • chowyunpat
    December 20, 2008
    Definitely my 2nd favorite Jackie Chan movie (Police Story is my favorite) and it has all the ingredients of a quintessential Chan movie: comedy, a little of drama, and the Chan trademarks, some insanely dangerous stunts and bone breaking, intricately choreographed fight scenes.

    Despite what some reviewers here said the movie is perfectly paced and more than OK. This movie OK? Whoever said that obviously isn't a big fan of Asian action films.

    The standout fight scene of which they are so many good ones, is the climatic fight scene in the factory with Ken Lo, where his villainous character does a standing leg split and blocks Chan's Drunken fist with one of his legs, it is a truly jaw dropping display of agility and athleticism.

    This puts any of Jacky Chan's Hollywood outings to shame, Rush Hour, schmush hour. I also agree that the original music "The Wong Fei Hung theme" should have been left in.
    Definitely see the Hong Kong version of this aka Drunken Master II.

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