a5c7b9f00b His nickname is Naughty Panther, so earned because of his lack of discipline. Constantly clowning around when he should be learning Kung Fu, his father sends him to live with and study under his uncle - a sadistic Master with the reputation of crippling his students. Meanwhile, a rival landowner places a price on Fei Hung's father's head… and an assassin answers the call. Wong Fei-Hung (Jackie Chan) is a mischievous, yet righteous young man, but after a series of incidents, his frustrated father has him disciplined by Beggar So (Yuen Siu-Tien), a master of drunken martial arts. This is it. This is the one that took Jackie Chan from being a star in Asia to being a Superstar. Zui Quan (Drunken Master) is full of terrific fight choreography and, although most of the time you can tell that that's exactly what it is, it still keeps us glued to the screen. It's like a deadly ballet, and it's fascinating to watch. The plot itself is light, but that's all it needs to be; anything more would have been too heavy. It underscores the action and moves us from one fight to the next without too much suspension of disbelief. Chan proves himself to be a gifted comedian here, as well intense and tough - there is simply _no_ way to fake those back-handed push ups he does during one of the film's training sequences. Don't miss this movie. I must admit that Jui kuen is one of the better martial arts films I've seen from Hong Kong, but it is certainly not one of the best. As a rule I prefer Jackie Chan to Bruce Lee and it was obvious from the beginning. There is a lot of comedy in Chan's film and that, together with the good acting by the cast made a great beginning of the film. Towards the middle though, the film tended to follow standard formula and got a bit boring (as do most martial arts films) as we watched Jackie train and train and train. After that the film just never got back on his feet and even some of the supposedly funny scenes and comments made a somewhat cheesy impression on me. I, for one recommend everybody to go and see Jui kuen II (The Legend of the Drunken Master) which is a real masterpiece and recommend this only to the real martial arts/kung fu fans.<br/><br/>6,75 out of 10 (a 7 given upon voting)
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