16 years after Jackie Chan's subversive portrayal of Wong Fei-Hung in Drunken Master, he roped director Lau Kar-Leung into making DM2 AKA The Legend of Drunken Master, which has his drunk folk hero fight Westerners who are robbing China of its cultural artifacts. This is definitely post-Once Upon a Time in China and follows its Wong Fei-Hung playbook, i.e. a huge finale where the hero is as much fighting industrialization as he is the bad guys. It does seem unfortunate that Jackie and Master Lau clashed during filming to the point where the latter left the project, but it seems obvious why. The climax, while savage and spectacular, doesn't feel like Lau Kar-Leung's work - it's a little too sadistic for that, and uses wirework - but is only slightly tonally off the rest (which has a lot of broad comedy and tough but essentially bloodless fights). Now, when I think of Jackie Chan, I usually think of stunts, but this may be his last pure martial arts film and he shows he has the goods. On a side-note, fun to see a young Andy Lau in a minor role you think's going to be more important.
The final fight sequence is just ridiculously fantastic. Alas, Drunken Master II is one of the last examples for Jackie Chan's amazing acrobatic talent before his departure into meh-ish action cinema.
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shitmovies
Worth it for the last fight alone, although the rest is kinda overwrought and boring.Siskoid
16 years after Jackie Chan's subversive portrayal of Wong Fei-Hung in Drunken Master, he roped director Lau Kar-Leung into making DM2 AKA The Legend of Drunken Master, which has his drunk folk hero fight Westerners who are robbing China of its cultural artifacts. This is definitely post-Once Upon a Time in China and follows its Wong Fei-Hung playbook, i.e. a huge finale where the hero is as much fighting industrialization as he is the bad guys. It does seem unfortunate that Jackie and Master Lau clashed during filming to the point where the latter left the project, but it seems obvious why. The climax, while savage and spectacular, doesn't feel like Lau Kar-Leung's work - it's a little too sadistic for that, and uses wirework - but is only slightly tonally off the rest (which has a lot of broad comedy and tough but essentially bloodless fights). Now, when I think of Jackie Chan, I usually think of stunts, but this may be his last pure martial arts film and he shows he has the goods. On a side-note, fun to see a young Andy Lau in a minor role you think's going to be more important.BigDaddy616
I feel like this movie deserves to be in top sequels list.Should be considered a classic in its genre.
Torgo
The final fight sequence is just ridiculously fantastic. Alas, Drunken Master II is one of the last examples for Jackie Chan's amazing acrobatic talent before his departure into meh-ish action cinema.daisyaday
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Amazing Martial arts, lame actingMalfumax
You're impossible!And you're his father
sureup
The first drunken master is way more fun IMO.Anyways this is still a good movie with some really cool fights.
TheLazy1
Amazing fight choroegraphy. Especially the last 20 minutes are nothing short of spectacularTheLazy1
Amazing fight choroegraphy. Especially the last 20 minutes are nothing short of spectacularmartinkopperudandersen
Mindblowing!