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Actors: Jackie Chan, Siu Tien Yuen, Jang Lee Hwang, Hsia Hsu
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Drunken Master |
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This 1978 original Drunken Master movie is a kung fu movie classic. The movie that started Jackie Chan's career rolling, it has the basic symptoms of old kung fu movies with rolls and rolls of Cantonese humor and situations. Also, the forefather of 1992's Drunken Master II, or as the American release, The Legend of Drunken Master which is arguably better. This movie is about Wong Fei-Hong, the classic kung fu movie hero who supposedly lived in the 1800s. He is a member of his father's kung fu school, but is a misfit in the town and ends up beating up the son of the rival kung fu school. They come and debate, but to no avail. Fei-Hong's father decides to send him to train with his uncle, Sam Seed, the legendary kung fu master. Fei-Hong runs away but ends up meeting with the guy anyway, who ends up being a drunken old man, but still can kick his butt, and is taken away to train with him. He runs away again, only to encounter Thunderfoot, another kung fu champion. He gets his but kicked and goes crawling back to Sam Seed, now determined to train with him to become the best kung fu master ever so he can beat Thunderfoot. Meanwhile, the rival kung fu school has hired Thunderfoot to assasinate Fei-Hong's father. Finally, Sam decides that Fei-Hong is ready to learn his secret technique. When he does learn, he is sent back to his father, only to encounter Thnderfoot attempting to kill his father. They engage in a wonderfully choreographed fight scene. Though this movie may seem stupid to us american audiences, it is definately worth seeing just for the amazing kung fu fight scenes.
--Michael Gookin, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Drunken Master |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 70%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Training/Promotion story?
Yes
Kinds of training/promotion:
- martial arts
Combat acrobatics/martial arts?
Yes
Kind of movie
- traditional karate
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- very skinny (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- China
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- climbing on trails
Prairie?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- 1
Kind of violence:
- karate chop
- hand to hand
- swords
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Chinese
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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