![]() ![]() ![]() This is the yardstick by which all other high-kicking action movies and old-school physical comedies should be judged.Ĭhan is Wong Fei-hung, the son of a martial arts legend who is punished for his anti-social ways by being sent to study under Su Hua Chi (Yuen Siu-tien), a figure infamous for his wild boozing as much as he is for leaving his students practically crippled from their martial arts exertions. Immaculately choreographed and imbued with a silly but seriously charming sense of the absurd, this is the perfect match of martial arts majesty and old-fashioned prat-falling comedy. Once Drunken Master had been unleashed upon the world, Asian action films would never be the same again. Together, the duo would rock the martial arts world with first Snake In The Eagle's Shadow and then this perfectly formed little non-stop fight fest. Much more than a masterclass from Chan, this is also a pioneering effort from director Yuen Woo-Ping. ![]() Generally considered one of the finest martial arts films ever made at the time, Drunken Master changed the rules for modern Asian action movies – and the brand new Masters of Cinema Series Blu-ray and DVD Dual-format edition release from Eureka reveals it has lost little of its revolutionary power over the passing decades. IF YOU wanted to show just a single, solitary piece of work to someone who'd never seen a Jackie Chan film in their life – a stand-alone movie encapsulating the man's genius for full-blown martial arts mayhem and old- school physical mugging – then Drunken Master would have to be the one.įrom the peerless fighting technique and logic-defying stuntwork to the Buster Keaton indebted knack for beautifully judged slapstick comedy, everything that made Chan an instant kung fu king when the film arrived in 1978 and everything that continues to make him the true godfather of martial arts action movies is here just waiting to be enjoyed once again. ![]()
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