His father decides to punish him for his behavior by making him train harder in martial arts. There's an audio commentary by and. Wong follows the instruction and discovers his own unique style of Drunken Miss Ho, which he uses to overcome the Shadowless Hand and finally defeat Yim. Penniless, he stops at a restaurant and tries to con a fellow patron into offering him a free meal. With the help of the beggar gang chief and his daughter, and a little bit of precious Chinese liquor, he finally grasped the full essence of the long lost Kung Fu style — the Drunken Fist. Jun Cao is an engaging leading man, who reminds me of a young Louis Fan Siu Wong, and is very convincing when performing the martial arts forms.
Wong runs into a series of troubles. It was ranked number 3 on 's list of 50 greatest kung fu movies of all time. Beggar So promises not to interfere in the fight. An old drunkard nearby is drawn into the fight and helps him escape. According to his book I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action, Chan nearly lost an eye after his brow ridge was injured. From a lost gilded youth to a proud and driven man, Beggar So can finally get revenge and find the love of his life. This made-for-television production is nothing if not ambitious in tackling this popular story.
Saved by the Beggars' Sect, he learns the long-lost martial art of Drunken Fist to defeat the person who framed him. I love terrible kung fu movies. The missing Cantonese for the opening has been re-dubbed in Cantonese and the other missing Cantonese scenes as extended footage in Mandarin due to trouble of re-dubbing with new voice actors. The son of a wealthy merchant in Canton, So Chan was born with a silver spoon in mouth. Imitators As with many successful Hong Kong action films, several films were released in the wake of Drunken Master and its sequel that could be considered to trade on the fame of the original films.
This was equivalent to 1. The film features the system of fighting, which was historically practiced by and his father Wong Kei-ying, both of whom are major characters in the film. The direction, acting, dialogue and everything else about the movie made me want to strangle puppies. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. We are writers, martial arts practitioners and film-makers consumed by a passion for everything connected to the martial arts, and we love sharing it! Influence on popular culture This section needs additional citations for. For Western audiences however, I think hardcore kung fu movie fans will enjoy a chance to see this type of production, but might find themselves fast-forwarding to the well filmed and choreographed, albeit derivative, drunken fight sequences.
The average admission fee in 1979 was 1,000 won for national films and 1,500 won for imports. The image is cropped from 2:35:1 to 1:78:1 and has the soundtrack with. There is an unexpected, if rather convenient twist in the tale too. There are plenty of moves that fans of this unique style will recognise and lots of wirework to boot. Losing everything, including his family, he survives thanks to a gang of beggars.
The Beggar So character is often cast as an associate of Wong Fei-hung or Wong's uncle. Meanwhile, Yim Tit-sam is contracted by a business rival to kill Wong's father. Subtitles include Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and English. Wong's father fights with Yim and is defeated and injured by him. These had less in common with the original films than the spinoffs starring Yuen Siu-tien.
It is an early example of the genre for which Jackie Chan became famous. His fighting moves consist of drunken style fighting mixed with vulgar actions. Can also not watch the next movie because I've poured bleach in my eyes in order to not be haunted by this crap. Losing everything, including his family, he survived thanks to a gang of beggars who saved his life. That being said, this was so much worse than terrible that I couldn't even finish it. While the character was originally nicknamed Supercop after the film Police Story 3: Supercop Lei Wu Long uses 5 to 6+ stances which have all of Jackie Chan's signature film movies.
Wong provokes and challenges him to a fight and is soundly defeated and humiliated. It contains a 2:35:1 image, Cantonese Dolby Digital 5. Author said that Drunken Master was one of his major inspirations for the Dragon Ball series. Firstly, he teaches an overbearing assistant martial arts teacher a lesson. It contains a full 2:35:1 image and the Cantonese soundtrack. The fight choreography was decent.
With integrity and a sense of justice, even a beggar can be a real hero. The primary villain in Drunken Master is played by Hwang Jang-lee, a Korean martial artist specialising in and known for his high-flying kicks, which are prominently displayed in the film. Released 2016, 'Master of the Drunken Fist: Beggar So' stars , The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 33 min, and received a score of out of 100 on Metacritic, which compiled reviews from well-known critics. The film was a success at the box office, earning two and a half times the amount of Chan's previous film, , which was also considered a successful film. The final fight again displays some familiar drunken techniques mostly performed on wires. Initially in the series it focused on the Snake style he created for Snake in The Eagles Shadow. The story is treated seriously, with little of the humour evident in the Jackie Chan movies.