Arts Movie Reviews

yes its a kung fu classic and Jackie Chan's personal favorite movie, but the video and audio quality are unwatchable, seek out the remastered edition and skip this one.

I am a big Jackie Chan fan, so I bought this with high expectations. While the fight scenes are spectacular and well staged (an average of a fight every 5-10 minutes), the big disappointment in the is the quality of the transfer to DVD. The picture is blurry at times. Another disappointment is the sound. It is dubbed with very poor quality. Ironically it was very similar to the Kung Fu movies they used to show on television years ago, the very ones that made me a big fan of the genre. It was a trip down memory lane. I am still glad I bought it as a better version is not available and it is better than nothing.

This is a good movie. Many are complaining that this movie is not Drunken Master II. It is Drunken Master I, just like it says on the cover. This is a movie with alot of fight scenes and action scenes, although it is slow in the beginning. The style used in this kung fu comedy is the Drunken Eight Immortals, it is a very comical and effective style. This movie demonstrates it well.