Customer Rating: Summary: A step down for Lau, but he certainly picked himself up after this movie Comment: This is the film that Master Lau Kar Leung went to make after leaving the set of drunken master 2(with Jackie Chan). I think he was fired but doubt he would ever admit it and no way in hell I would question him. This movie here has to be one of the top 3 or 4 worst movies Lau has ever directed. There is no drunken style in this movie except a couple of mentions of it, seriously. There was one scene where I cracked a smile but that was all the enjoyment I got out of this movie. So we have Gordon Liu in this, along with superstars Andy Lau, Lau Kar Leung, Michelle Reis(not a fighter), Simon Yam , and Adam Cheng. Then we have some white guy who is supposed to be the main bad guy and he is like 5 foot 5 inches weighing in at maybe 140 pounds. Too many problems to go over but I will sum it up by saying that Andy Lau was the ONLY character that I enjoyed. When Andy Lau is the only good thing in a Lau Kar Leung film, we have serious problems. Customer Rating: Summary: Under-rated kung fu classic Comment: I wanted to write this review to defend this under-rated kung fu classic. This film was directed by Liu Chia-Liang, the absolute finest martial arts director ever. While this film is very different than the other in the "Drunken Master" series, it is still excellent. While the other films contained a lot of stupid comedy and excellent old-school kung fu, this film is more serious and realistic. The fight scenes contain the same outstanding creativity as does all of Liu Chia-Liang's work, but with this film the fights do not contain the same attack-pause-attack-pause, pre-scripted feel. The fights are fast and frantic. The one bad thing about the film is that there are a relatively small amount of fights. However, if you are a fan of true kung fu, and not the wire-work suggested by the other reviewer, this would be a great film to check out. Customer Rating: Summary: 2 1/2 stars - This film does not have Jet Li in it! Comment: This film does NOT have Jet Li in it. It also doesn't have Jackie Chan in it either. It DOES have some decent humor and a few decent kung-fu fights, but mostly is pretty weak. Andy Lau is in this one and is also under-used. If you liked Legend of Drunken Master and seek more like it - then look for Iron Monkey, Last Hero in China, Swordsman 2, Fong Sai Yuk 1 & 2, and if you want good Jackie Chan - look for Supercop, Who Am I?, and Operation Condor. This film isn't horrible, but you should probably pass on it anyway.
