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Drunken Master
Hong Kong 1978
produced by Ng See-Yuen for Seasonal
directed by Yuen Woo-Ping
starring Jackie Chan, Yuen Siu Tin, Hwang Jung-Lee, Dean Shek, Lam Kau, Linda Lin, Chen Tien Lung, Hsu Hsia, Lee Chiu Jun, Wang Han Chen, Shan Kwai, Chiang Chin, Yuen Shun-Yee, Fung Ging Man, Tsai Hui, Chan Shao-Hung, Hoh Tin Shing, Huang Ha, Li Chun Hua, Li Ying, Lin Tieh-Cheng, Lo Chiang, Tam Bo, Tang Jing, Wong Chi Ming, Brandy Yuen, Yuen Woo-Ping
written by Hsiao Lung, Ng See-Yuen, music by Chou Fu Liang, stunt coordination by Hsu Hsia, Yuen Woo-Ping
Wong Fei Hung, Wong Fei Hung (Jackie Chan)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Young Wong Fei Hung is an essentially good guy - but also a bit of a
troublemaker, who gets into fights a bit too often, and the fact that his
kung fu's pretty good has made him a bit of a loudmouth, which doesn't
help things either. So his father (Lam Kau) decides to have Master So
(Yuen Siu Tin) teach him some manners - but Fei Hung chooses to run away
instead ... and right into the arms of Master So, who helps him out of a
conundrum, but then trains him rather vigourously in kung fu. In the
meantime, Fei Hung's father is under pressure from his neighbour Mr Li, as
he refuses to cave in to his crooked business tactics. Mr Li wants to use
force, but Master So and Fei Hung interfere - so Mr Li hires
assassin-for-hire and master martial artist Thunderleg (Hwang Jung-Lee) to
take our both of them ... and their first encounter ends almost lethal for
Master So and his student, but then Master So trains Wong Fei Hung in
drunken kung fu - and in the finale, a heavily drunk Wong Fei Hung takes
out the baddie. This movie and Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
before it (which was shot with largely the same cast and crew) laid the
groundwork for Jackie Chan's superstar status, and cemented the style of
his movies for decades to come (even if his style grew more and more
refined over the years): A combination of perfect martial arts and
slapstick, one woven into the other, a blend of hard-hitting action and
comedy, with Chan as the likeable, flawed, slightly clumsy hero. The
film itself is less than perfect: Sure, the martial arts are pretty good,
as is the slapstick, but the humour's pretty broad, the story seems
episodic rather than well-structured, and the characters lack depth. And
that said, it's still a very fun watch, and a great precursor of
things to come - and a great walk down nostalgia lane above all that, too.
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