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Plot synopsis:
The plot centers on a young and mischievous Wong Fei-hung (sometimes dubbed as "Freddie Wong"). Wong runs into a series of troubles. Firstly, he teaches an overbearing assistant martial arts teacher a lesson. Next, he makes advances on a woman to impress his friends, and is soundly thrashed by her older female guardian as a result; his shame is compounded when these two are later revealed to be his visiting aunt and cousin, whom he had not met before. Lastly, he beats up a hooligan who is the son of an influential man in town. His father decides to punish him for his behavior by making him train harder in martial arts.
Wong's father arranges for Beggar So to train his son in martial arts. Beggar So has a reputation for crippling his students during training so Wong flees from home in an attempt to escape his punishment. Penniless, he stops at a restaurant and tries to con a fellow patron into offering him a free meal. As he was about to leave after his meal, he discovers that the man is actually the owner of the restaurant. He fights with the owner's lackeys in an attempt to escape. An old drunkard nearby is drawn into the fight and helps him escape. The drunkard turns out to be Beggar So, the Drunken Master. (Beggar So is known in some versions of the film as Sam Seed, So Hi or Su Hua-chi)
Beggar So forces Wong into his brutal and rigorous training programme. Wong flees again to avoid the torturous training and runs into the notorious killer Yim Tit-sam (known in some versions as Thunderfoot or Thunderleg) by accident. Yim is known for his "Devil's Kick", a swift and deadly kicking style which has never been defeated. Wong provokes and challenges him to a fight and is soundly defeated and humiliated. He makes his way back to Beggar So and decides to commit himself to the Drunken Master's training program.
The training resumes and soon Wong learns Beggar So's secret style of martial arts, a form of Drunken Boxing called "The Eight Drunken Immortals", named after the eight xian that the fighting style references. Wong masters seven of the eight styles with the exception of Drunken Miss Ho's as he feels that her style of fighting is too feminine.
Meanwhile, Yim Tit-sam is contracted by a business rival to kill Wong's father. Wong's father fights with Yim and is defeated and injured by him. Wong and Beggar So arrive on the scene on time and Wong continues the fight with Yim. Beggar So promises not to interfere in the fight. Wong employs the new skills he has learned and outmatches Yim's kicking style. Yim then resorts to his secret technique, the Devil's Shadowless Hand, which is too fast for Wong to defeat. Wong confesses that he did not master the last style so Beggar So tells him to combine the seven styles and create his own version of the last style. 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.

Review: The comedy works well and Jackies on screen master is very funny and they spark well off each other as a team.This is a really good old style kung fu flick fans of Jackies later work such as Rush Hour etc.
'Drunken Master' features a very different take on the character.Jackie Chan's Wong Fei Hung is a rebellious trouble-maker.
However, in a documentary on Jackie Chan (I can't remember the name, I know that as of this review, it isn't listed on IMDb, but it was shown on SBS in 2003), 'Drunken Master' was mentioned as his breakthrough hit that nearly killed his career: Apparently Chinese viewers were insulted by Jackie's portrayal of Wong Fei Hung and nearly boycotted him when he was just gaining fame as an actor.Onto more important matters.
Boosted by the presence of martial-arts star Hwang Jang Lee, this pretty much made or solidified the careers of Jackie Chan and Yuen Woo Ping (in his directorial debut).
By the time Drunken Master had become legendary world-wide, the chop-socky cycle (to which it still belongs, to an extent) had passed into history, and Chan himself had abandoned historical 'fu films for contemporary comedy-thrillers.It should be noted that the idea of making a film based on the early years of Wong Fei Hong was not original to Chan; at roughly the same time this film was being made, well-known martial arts choreographer Liu Chia Leung made a straight (non-comic) version of the story (without drunken boxing) over at Shaw Brothers, Challenge of the Masters, with Gordon Liu as Wong Fei Hung.The defining moment for the Chan-Yuen version of the film is the use of Drunken Boxing.
Interestingly, in order to highlight Chan's use of Drunken Boxing, these other two techniques, better identified with Wong, are assigned in the film to the villain, "Thunderlegs" played by Hwang Jen Lee.At any rate, it would not be clear that one could consider this a Wong Fei Hung film at all - if it weren't for the fact that this film effectively redefined the Wong legend, so that it has since become pro-forma to assume that Wong was a bit wild in his youth.
I don't see Jackie complaining as much as he did as his character, but that didn't hurt it too bad.The only thing I didn't like about this movie was in the English dub, they refer Wong Fei-Hung as "Freddy Hung".
Besides these little annoyances, this was a great movie.I actually tried to see if there were teachers that could teach me Drunken Boxing, but I found out the style can take many years to learn as it requires much former training in previous martial arts..
Being a fan of Jackie Chan and never having seen "Drunken Master" before 2012 is sacrilege, I know, but I just never gotten around to it, not even with all the high praises for this 1978 movie.Well, I finally got around to watch it and it was with some expectation and anticipation to it.
The young Fei-Hung is in for some rough training, but eventually comes to see the meaning of the tough training."Drunken Master" is more of a comedy (or Comedy Fu, if you will) than it is an actual Kung Fu movie.
1978's "Drunken Master" contains the same manic, slapstick humor and acrobatic martial arts talents that would become a later trademark of Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan.
Seriously, it has elements of "The Three Stooges" and balletic Keaton-like stunt-work so that in essence, "Drunken Master" is the perfect action-comedy.Directed by Yuen Wo Ping, who would later become well-known to American audiences for his work on the "Matrix" films and the "Kill Bill" flicks, Chan stars as an undisciplined troublemaker who happens to be an expert martial artist.
The film captures his talents masterfully and is forthright in its execution of his hyper-active skills in the many fighting sequences.I guess time has been good to "Drunken Master," since it's appeared on several all-time favorite lists for martial arts movies.10/10.
Directed by legendary kung fu choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping, Drunken Master is considered by many martial arts fans to be one of the best films of Jackie Chan's career, but while it certainly displays the star's kung fu and acrobatic ability to great effect, and is a thoroughly enjoyable watch, I found the plot just a little too generic (and the comedy a little too broad) to rate it any higher than an 8 (I actually give it a 7.5, but I've rounded my score up for IMDb).There really is very little going on here in terms of storyline, and what there is most seasoned fans of old school martial arts fans will have seen countless times before: a young upstart, Wong Fei-Hung (Chan), causes trouble in his local town and is sent by his disappointed father to train with a kung fu master, Beggar Su (Siu Tin Yuen).
Beggar Su's techniques are harsh but very effective, so when an assassin named Thunderfoot (Hwang Jang Lee) is hired to kill Fei-Hung's father, the young man is able to step in and save the day.Jackie Chan's comedic style is very much in evidence here, with buffoonery, slapstick action, and fart and poo gags, plus quite a few characters with peculiar facial features (a hairy mole, a red nose, drawn on freckles and goofy teeth), and the humour will not appeal to all (I nearly always struggle with Chinese comedy).
He leaps, he flips, he tumbles, he kicks, and he punches, performing snake style, monkey style and—of course—drunken style, all with incredible energy, speed and split second timing; it's absolutely breathtaking to behold.Naturally, Beggar Su and Thunderfoot are no slouches in the chop socky department either, the old drunken beggar pulling off some very cool moves against a baddie called The Stick King (Hsia Hsu) and Thunderfoot more than living up to his title: with his technique 30% hands and 70% legs, Hwang Jang Lee is given plenty of opportunity to show off his legendary kicking skills.
Also very impressive in her small role as Wong Fei Hung's auntie is Linda Lin Ying: I don't know much about her, but the one fight scene she shares with Jackie is quite stunning—her flexibility and leg control made my jaw drop (I must check out some of the other titles in her filmography—Dance of the Drunk Mantis also stars Hwang Jang Lee, so that would seem like an obvious place to start)..
This of course is the famous movie that propelled Jacky Chan into stardom with new style of action movie - Kung-Fu comedy.
For the first of its kind, this movie is so well made, and it still stands as one of the best kung-fu action comedy.If you've missed seeing this movie, you really owe it to yourself to see it at least once.History of Hong Kong cinema being made right in front of your eyes, that started the fantastic entertainment industry that is Jacky Chan and his movies, spanning the next 30 years and still counting..
However for martial arts fans and the casual viewer, this is a great film with plenty of brilliant action blended with a genial and comic tone that allows it to be solid good fun..
This isn't just a classic Jackie Chan movie but it is also his breakthrough and influential Kung Fu Comedy that set a trend.
Drunken Master, the film that made Jackie Chan a star.
The first major martial arts film since the great Enter the Dragon.Set in Hong Kong, Freddie Wong (Jackie Chan) is a skilled material artists, but a young man who often gets in trouble, fighting with his instructor, flirting with a young woman and beating up a young thug.
The two even form a friendship and work together whilst fighting.After the unfortunate death of Bruce Lee, Hong Kong cinema entered into the brief period of Bruceploitation where lookalikes attempted to make martial arts films, many failed.
Jackie Chan did martial arts very differently, he made them comic, and the fights in Drunken Master were slapstick in nature.
Like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan is a skilled Martial Artist and possibly the man closest to him in the film world in skill terms.
The fights may look robotic in a way and the comedy is sometimes overacted but this stunt actually brought this movie into recognition.A young Jackie Chan displays his skills here fluidly and his cheeky character is well played.
This film barely gives you time to think as one fighting scene leads to another and the next thing you know you're already watching the final fight.Yuen Woo Ping makes alibis for every action sequence by having Fei Hung walk into situations and starting a fight.
It is one of my favorite Kung Fu comedies and along with Fist of Fury (American title: The Chinese Connection) one of the most beloved of the Hong Kong Kung Fu films.Jackie stars as Wong Fei Hung a troublesome teenager who cannot please his father the venerable Wong Chi-Ying (played by the venerable Lam Kau who seems more like his father than Ti Lung in Drunken Master II), the master of the Po Chi Lam studio and clinic.
Though Kung Fu columnist Ric Meyers has stated that the training scenes, and other scenes from this film especially the beginning fight scene between Thunderleg and Chen Kuo-Wei, were originally a lot longer but the original print has possibly been lost.This training was so Wong Fei Hung could learn the secret of the Eight Drunken Gods.
Wong learnt all of these fluently, while being inebriated, (along with the snake and crane forms he already knew) except the Miss Ho forms which he felt was sissy, though in later films Jackie would have no problems fighting as a woman --Young Master.All of the training, scenery and Cantonese comedy is fun to watch, but the main reason most people love this film is because of the awesomely choreographed and directed martial art scenes.
A young Jackie Chan gives an energetic and funny performance as Wong Fei Hung, an often fictionalized character in Chinese folklore but who actually lived and is remembered with great reverence in China.Here, Wong Fei Hung is the dissolute son of a town leader and martial arts master.
Returning to his uncle, or "Drunken Master", Wong finishes his training just in time to face Thunderfoot again, this time for keeps.As a casual watcher of Kung Fu films as opposed to a true devotee, I would highly recommend this movie for its humor, interesting fights, and often hilarious English Dub Track.
I think Jackie Chan could well be the most accomplished master of physical comedy in movie history.
Drunken Master is, without doubt, the greatest Jackie Chan film I have ever seen.
The fights, as well as being plentiful, are all beautifully and painstakingly choreographed and executed with great style.The plot is far from original - Jackie is a naughty boy, gets sent to train with his cruel, and drunken, uncle and ends up a master, this time in Drunken kung fu.
Watch jackie chan get drunk and beat up kung fu masters with bad hair cuts !!!.
well yes it is , its very good indeed .Featuring  some brilliant and inventive fight scenes, well judged slap stick humor  and a suprisingly coherent plot line for a film that is really all about fighting  , drunken master makes for excellent entertainment .
But the entire affair wouldn't work as  well  without the relationship and training sequences that occur between Jackie Chan and sui tien yuens characters, these moments are among some of the best in the film .And on the action front  drunken master does a good job of  giving you a hard time deciding  what your favorite fight scene was .
The story is a very classic (poor) one and the acting is not the best ever from a western view point but is very "Chinese" (almost like a drama play), however and as I stated the choreography and the physical skills of Jacky Chan are amazing.
While Snake In The Eagle's Shadow demonstrated Jackie Chan's potential to be a major action film star, Drunken Master solidifies it.
Though his scenes are few, Hwang produces among the best martial arts performance of his career, culminating in an epic, fittingly and satisfyingly climactic final battle with Jackie Chan.With all this said, this movie is not without obvious flaws.
Even though the direction, pacing, acting, comedy, action scenes are all great, the story itself is only mediocre, even borderline bad.The lead character Wong Fei Hung is unlikeable: he's a complete dick and not at all a person you want to root for, and at the end, he never really see the error of his ways - he didn't quite redeem his past transgressions.
The ending was also rushed, with the motive for the final fight and the involvement of Beggar So in the last scene is out of place and sudden.Despite all of this, Drunken Master is THE definitive 'Fu film and if you enjoy cinema, this is one of the movies that you must watch..
I like Jackie Chan, the world's greatest circus clown, and Yuen Woo-Ping is probably still the only fight choreographer to achieve note outside a particular narrow fan-base, so I knew there would be something to see in their classic Hong Kong action collaboration Drunken Master.
The star features of the movie, however, are Jackie Chan and the fight sequences.
Wong Fei Hung (Jackie Chan's character) was a very popular character to feature in martial arts films.
Quebec Rating:G Canadian Home Video Rating:PGDrunken Master was the film that made Jackie Chan famous in China.The sequel to this film Legend Of The Drunken Master(which most of us know) was released in 1994 then in 2000 in America.Legend Of The Drunken Master is arguably Chan's best film.This film and Snake In The Eagle's Shadow introduced the now famous martial arts/comedies.Drunken Master is more than just a cheap Kung Fu film from the 70's.It has a better story and its just more funny and good than others.This film is about a young boy who always jokes around and causes trouble.So his father sends him to an old drunk man who teaches him the art of drunken boxing.There is also an assassin called Thunderfoot who is at large.Using Drunken Boxing Chan must kill Thunderfoot and save his father from being killed.Drunken Master is a great Chan film and I recommend it.Runtime:112min 9/10.
Before I start, I've seen a good number of martial arts movies before and flat out, Drunken Master is the best of them all.
Never mind his horrible US films such as The Tuxedo and Rush Hour 2, Drunken Master is Jackie Chan's best performance ever.And you know what?
It's rare to see a film such as Drunken Master to have an emphasis on both martial arts and comedy.
Yuen Woo Ping's legendary comedy/kung fu film Drunken Master (1978) was the film that made Jackie Chan finally the star he is even today.
There's hardly any plot in Drunken Master, but Jackie plays the hero Wong Fei-Hong, a wild and young boy whose father sends him away from home to the torturous training of Beggar Su/Sam Seed, played again by Siu Tien Yuen, the father of director Woo Ping.
Still, I can't think of one person who can deny the fact that this movie has some of the best realistic martial arts fight sequences of all time!
Jackie Chan shows off his talents in martial arts and comedy in this entertaining movie.
It was disappointing since it has a reputation to be a Chan classic , it is no classic the performances by a the cast were OK and annoying for a martial art film it does deliver as Jakie and beggar Sui go through training and long term practice so Jakie can master the eight drunken gods a martial art style of drunk mortal fight art.
So the comedy of drunken master was fun there are many gags and characters who fight Chan that result in an funny ending , it is annoying that the films quality in every aspect is bad but the film was a lot more fun in 1979 .
So it has fun elements and decent effects and martial arts fights of the time but its dull .Jakie in the film plays a comic look on Chinese folk hero Wong fie hung that is boring and yet again he is called Freddie Wong shown in the subtitles .My review drunken master is half entertaining and half dulla.
The film that made Jackie Chan a star, Yuen Wo-Ping's "Drunken Master" constitutes a departure from previous Hong Kong cinema with its intensely comedic elements, while paying tribute to more ancient Chinese cultural traditions.
The movie has very little plot relying instead on Jackie Chan's low-brow, Three Stooges-esquire comedic timing, and his acrobatic ability.It begins with an action scene and really doesn't let up until the very end of the film.
Beautifully shot, with skilled performers, and choreographed by the masterful Yuen Woo-ping, DRUNKEN MASTER is the epitome of Hong Kong martial arts comedy and a real masterpiece.Jackie Chan takes on the role of the rebellious, somewhat cocky student who finds himself caught up in fights wherever he goes.
I can't really see anyone watching these films for the plot.Featuring some brilliant and inventive fight scenes, well judged slap stick humor in a movie that is really all about fighting , drunken master makes for excellent entertainment .
Unlike many early Jackie Chan films, where the comedy would be obnoxious, it's actually very effective here with some great slapstick.
Jackie Chan entered Hollywood after he succeeded in the Hong Kong film market by his martial art/ Kung Fu performances.
The story is mainly about the young Wong Fei Hung played by Jackie Chan and how he is transformed by his master Su Hua Zi and becomes successful in this particular sort of Kung Fu – being drunk and unbeatable at the same time.