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Submitted by: Peas and Carrots Starring: Starring: Jackie Chan , Andy Lau , Anita Mui , Lau Ka Leung, Ti Lung Directed by: Lau Ka Leung Genre: Action Set in early 20th century China, this action packed film rates among one of Jackie Chan's best from the martial arts standpoint. The plot pits Wong Fei Hong, a Guangdong province folk-hero, against British antique collectors and the Chinese middlemen/traitors. Now, obviously we won't go deep into the right and wrong, or the legalities of this antique trade, but it is ironic that if some of the ancient Chinese treasures weren't purchased or smuggled out of the country, they would have been destroyed during the endless revolutions/civil wars anyways. But we have digressed...back to Wong Fei Hong. Fei Hong is the son of a prominent doctor who specializes in herbal medicine. The movie begins as father and son, plus servent, return from a trip in which they got all sorts of goodies from mother nature. On the train ride a mishap occurred and they ended up with an old emperor's seal instead of ginseng (they were going to sell the ginseng to Arizona ice tea to make their sugar water). The usual misunderstandings, mix-ups, etc... happen along the way. The specialty of Fei Hong is this drunken boxing style, and if he gets his hands on alcohol, especially high purity industrial alcohol, his power increases exponentially (just like Popeye with his spinach, or Peas with filet mignon). For those who enjoy martial arts sequences, there is probably nothing better than this; of course, if fight scenes bore you...well...you still have Jackie the cutie and Anita Mui the goofy. Because Fei Hong is doing this for all Chinese people, I suggest that the Chinese audience should watch the movie standing up as a salute to him. Finally, we Jackie fans want to tell him: "Jackie, we know about your talents and especially your obscenely high threshold for pain, but since we want to see more of you, we need you to take better care of your body, please...a national treasure like you don't come along often." Addition by Carrots, "that Andy Lau sure does look good!!!" Dubbed (US release): 
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Submitted by: Blueberry Moose As the director of SPFX, I always run out to see Jackie Chan movie when they are first released in the theaters. When you are interested in SPFX the best place to watch a movie is in the theaters. Jackie Chan is renowned for performing his own stunts in movies because of this he is always trying to captivate the audience with stunt scenes that will blow your mind. Can you imagine falling onto a hot bed of coals? Or dodging a chain placed in a hot furnace coming straight for your face? Nothing seems to stop Jackie Chan. When watching this movie, you can definitely tell that it was produced outside of the US due to the extensive martial art sequences as well as daring stunts. Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place, there is a scene in the movie that has about 10-15 guys with weapons about to close in on Jackie at once and his only defense weapon is a table. As you will see the movie does not spend any time promoting a sidekick (as Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon did), thus more time was left for fight scenes. The drunken boxing style is very entertaining, and funny as hell to watch; if you enjoy Jackie Chan movies, this one is one of the best I have ever seen. And for you lady fans, you will get to see all of Jackie Chan's greatest ASSets. Rating this movie out of a possible 5 SPFX , it receives a 4.5 SPFX because...well, no one is better than an "out-of-control" stuntman, Jackie Chan. SPFX: 
Submitted by: The Bunny Foo Foo Known to Asians as Drunken Master II, Jackie Chan continues his vicious cycle, akujunkan, with this re-release of this older work. Although at times, too much effort was placed on humor, I must admit that this film is one of his better works. His better fighting works anyway. Set in the early period of the Republic of China, this story tells the tale of a legendary Huang Fei Hong. Although his stories are well documented by Jet Li in his series, "Once Upon a Time in China", Jackie adds a new skill to Master Huang's repetoire, the Drunken Style. But this does not mean that Jackie did not do his homework. He did incorporate some Jet Li like moves as the traditional rendition of Huang. Basically, like Huang's father said, Drunken boxing is a powerful yet dangerous style of fighting. While it adds strength to the fighter and also increases the pain threshhold, the effects of alcohol is unpredictable and could backfire. Well, I guess Jackie was trying to teach us the bad points of drinking in this one because basically, while he wins fights after fights, he falls deeper into the trap of alcohol and eventually gets disowned by his father. But after awakening to his mistakes, Huang was able to atone for his errors and lead his friends to victory against foreign pillaging of Chinese artifacts. While the plot, like every other Jackie Chan film, was questionable, the fighting is exciting and hilarious. Also in this film, you will see some familiar faces of Anita Mui and the dreamy Andy Lau. This film deserves all 5 go's because it is filmed in the style that made Jackie Chan the superstar that he is today.
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