Chop-socky gets sozzled in Drunken Master, the kung fu flick that saved Jackie Chan from obscurity and introduced the world to the “drunken monkey” style. The paper-thin plot – rebellious kid (Chan) is trained by a boozy beggar (Yuen Siu Tien) – allows Chan to perfect his slapstick persona as the Cantonese Chaplin. It’s crude and anarchic: energetically choreographed action maxing out the wack-wack-wah as Chan fights swordsmen with cucumbers, rubs villain Stick King’s face in dog doo and hilariously tries to skive out of his master’s tortuous training regime.
Read the full Drunken Master review
Comments