Product Details

• Format: Letterboxed
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: Red Sun
• Run Time: 94.0 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000F8J15W
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #115,496 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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2.0 out of 5 stars can't sling a dead cat without hittin' a Yuen brother., June 29, 2008

By	Mantis Lake (Detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews

Simon Yuen returns as Sam Seed, aka the Beggar So (or Su) in this sequel to "Drunken Master", the movie that made stars of him and Jackie Chan (aka Yuen Lung Chan). The story begins with Rubber Legs (Hwang Jang Lee, who played the villain Thunder Leg in the first film) and his student (Cory Yuen) setting out to kill the legendary Sam so that RL can become the undisputed master of Drunken Boxing. Sam, meanwhile, returns home from a several-year bender to find that his wife (Linda Lin) has adopted a son, Foggy (Yuen Shun Yi). Much to Sam's chagrin, his wife demands that he teach Foggy his kung fu and look after him. Sam tortures and humiliates the young man until he finally runs away. Rubber Legs soon finds Sam and nearly kills him until Foggy intervenes. With Sam injured, Foggy is on his way to the apothecary when he discovers a pale man in a coffin (Yam Sai Kun) who is an expert at "Sickness" kung fu. The man then convinces Foggy that his style can defeat Rubber Legs. Care to guess how it ends?

It should be noted that I am not a fan of the original "Drunken Master". While this is nowhere near a great movie, it is a definite improvement over the first film. The first fight in this one has Cory Yuen taking on Brandy Yuen in a case of mistaken identity. Great fight, and sadly, the best one in the whole film. The movie plays more on the creativity of the fights rather than their execution. Meaning style is far more emphasized than speed, and it suffers. The fights don't suck, they just aren't that great.

The humor is a lot better in this too. I sat stone-faced through the original, yet found myself giggling a couple of times in this. The only scene that I really had to choke down was the cameo by Dean Shek, the man who nearly ruined an otherwise flawless finale in "Warriors Two".

This DVD is distributed by Red Sun and the picture is remastered and fantastic. Widescreen too. English subtitles accompany the English dub, but are out of the way and likely won't bother anyone. What might bother some is the fact that there is no chapter selection! This is another title that I had to debate my rating of. I am a skeptic of kung fu comedy, and there have been quite a few that have won me over. This isn't quite one of them. Almost, but not quite. If you are a fan of "Drunken Master" (and apparently I'm the only one in the universe who isn't), you'll likely enjoy it. I'm sure I'll take some crap from fu fans, but this is just my opinion. It's just that when it was over, my level of kung fu satisfaction was on the low scale, and I didn't really have that high of expectations to begin with. Again it doesn't suck, but I can't really recommend it either. 2.5 of 5

1979. aka: Drunken Master Part 2

5.0 out of 5 stars This is what old school should be, December 5, 2008

By	Stanley Morrow (Orange County Ca.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the one to get. I love this movie. I like many old school kung fu, but this one stands apart..in my opinion. Get this one.