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Drunken Dragon
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List Price: $9.98
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Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse
Starring: Philip Ko, Leung Ka Yan
Directed By: Chao Cheng Sin
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: BCI ECLIPSE LLC
EAN: 0787364678099
Format: Color
Label: Bci / Eclipse
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Bci / Eclipse
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-08-08
Running Time: 94
Studio: Bci / Eclipse
Theatrical Release Date: 1981
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The Hong Kong film Drunken Dragon is a hyperkinetic melange of kung-fu action and slapstick comedy. Martial-arts legend Philip Ko stars as an evil master on a quest to find the magical armor that will make him invincible and help him achieve world domination.System Requirements:Running Time: 94 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:Â SPORTS/GAMES/MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Rating:Â NR UPC:Â 787364678099
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Summary: Crouching thugs, drunken dragon
Comment: Brentwood's Rarescope is doing a wonderful job bringing kung-fu movies to viewers, especially the rare stuff that most people haven't seen. One example of this is martial-arts comedy "Drunken Dragon," with its bizarre characters and extremely odd training. It's not Rarescope's best, but it is fun.
Master of Doom (Phillip Ko) and his lethal henchmen are trying to steal the seven-star armor, which theoretically makes one invincible. But it isn't where they thought it would be -- it turns out to be on an old lady, who lives with her somewhat loserish grandson Doggy. After one of the henchmen beats up Doggy, Granny sends him off to his great-uncle -- with the armor.
Unfortunately, the guys catch the old lady without the armor, and kill her. Doggy and the great-uncle (who is madly in love with Granny) return to find her remains in an urn. Doggy vows revenge, but he can only become strong enough by undergoing his great-uncle's strenuous training...
"Drunken Dragon" -- I'm not sure why it's called this, since there isn't much drinking here -- is a nice solid little kung-fu movie, the sort you'd find gathering dust in a video store until a cult movie fan picks it up. It's all you'd expect, with a basic revenge plot and some slightly sick comedy reminiscent of Monty Python.
Actionwise, "Drunken Dragon" is a semiprecious gem, with lots of the usual kicking and chopping, but also with one gloriously bizarre scene involving a one-legged martial-artist in a wheeled boat. Doggy's training is pretty bizarre, with the old man repeatedly hitting him with a giant hammer to make his reflexes stronger, while wearing a Michelin Man bodysuit.
There is one problem, though -- the early plot involves Doggy's fiancee, a chubby but powerful girl (sort of a female Sammo Hung). After Doggy insults her, she leaves for her village, and he repents -- the whole thing is sort of dropped.
The main characters here are Doggy and his great-uncle. Doggy is good as a rather idle young man who suddenly finds a motive to become an unstoppable martial-artist. But the great-uncle -- who is more than a little crazy -- is the scene-stealer, with dozens of odd inventions and a lifelong grudge against his brother.
"Drunken Dragon" is a nice, comedic little kung-fu revenge story, with some very peculiar action and its sense of humor firmly in place. Definitely worth checking out.
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Summary: Average movie, could have been a lot better with more fight scenes
Comment: Unfortunately though the movie starts off with some good fights, but then we ony get a couple more.
Directed by "the top disciple of woo ping", it certainly has that woo ping style. Though I can't really name who this guy is, you can tell that rarescope is not lying. The movie starts out with a VERY weird seen when the Master of Doom(Phillip Ko) and his oddly dressed henchman(Yeung Hung and William Yen) show up looking for the seven star armor. Now the wierdness can't really be explained so I will sum this up by sayign that Hio Meng's paddle style in Hell'z Windstaff ain't got nothin on this scene.
Next we meet our hero Doggy. Yes that is his name in the movie and his name in real life in Sun Kwo-Ming. You will recognize him from plenty of films and I feel retarded that I can't name one right now. So Doggy lives with his granny played by the 6th venom(hybrid) Chiang Shang. You can see his chinese opera skills in full array as he must have played women roles when he was training in the opera growing up. And btw, he is not trying to act like a woman necassarily, but he is playing his character to perfection. Having seen so many of these movies, it is nice to see someone as talented as the late great Chiang Sheng playing a role that he is really one of the best at.
So Doggy has to go and meet his child hood friend Tiger so that they can get married. Not noticing his child hood love because she has gained some weight, she finally picks Doggy up and then he remembers. This fat girl I have to say was extremely fun to watch. She only has like 2 fight scenes but they were absolute brillinace.
The rest of the movie is weird and wonderful, but just doesn't move along like a woo pign movie. It kind of drags and THEN Leung Ka Yan(Beardy) shows up. He plays Doggie's new master and DOES NOT FIGHT!!!!!!!!! I mean one fight from him and I probably would overlook a lot of things and give this a 4/5, but instead all that we see are these really weird camera clocks, magic, and just super weird stuff in general. His training sequences are decent though. SO FINALLY the final fight comes around and this was really exciting. You can see a lot of WWF type moves in here. And another thing I have to point out is that this movie has some of the best stunts EVER. I am talkign guys falling from 15 feet high flat on their back. I got one hell of a rush out of this but I thought this scene still could have been a bit better, just like every other scene.
So like I said, it is a woo ping type movie, expect it to be funny, stupid, weird, and to have super sped up fight scenes.
Now it seems that though rarescope has started to step up their releases as of Along Comes a Tiger, this is nto a great release. English dub and English subtitles which I have to thank rarescope SO MUCH for putting on but the movie is presented in a 16:9 format, not letterboxed. That is just fine with me though, as long as it not not full screened. Exrtas are super scimpy and include an acrobatic taiwanese opera demonstration form Willam Yen. Also a very short interview with Phillip Ko and unfortuantely he doesn't talk abotu the movie Drunken Dragon. Oh well, not every rarescope release is gonna be great I guess, but I do thank them for releasign these extremely rare movies.
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