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Clearly made on a very low budget, the action is nevertheless inventively choreographed and well filmed. Siu Tien Yuen doesn't have much to do, though the framing device and the passage of time to when the old friends meet again lends a poignancy and sense of loss unusual in kung fu movies. The star would reprise the character at greater length in Magnificent Butcher (again, 1979), while Jackie Chan finally delivered his own Drunken Master II in 1994. The title on this print is actually Drunken Dragon.
On the DVD: the original 2.35:1 ratio film is presented here at standard TV 4:3, with often little evidence even of any panning and scanning so that the images look badly composed and lack important information throughout. The credits have been simply squashed to 4:3 so that everything looks tall and thin. Worse, the encoding is riddled with compression artefacts and the eye-aching out-of-focus, grainy, washed-out transfer shows clear evidence of originating with a poor quality video than the original film. There is no original soundtrack option, only a dreadful American dub. The sound is mediocre mono. Apart from various language subtitles the only extra is the original theatrical trailer. This is presented anamorphically enhanced, but the picture quality is still very poor and the image has been squashed from 2.35:1 to 1.77:1. The listed trailers for other MIA titles are missing from the disc, which astonishingly claims to be a "Special Edition". The cover blurb even manages to confuse the plot with that of an entirely different film, the same director's The Mystery of Chess Boxing (1979). --Gary S Dalkin
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FOR FANS OF PREMIUM WINE,
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This review is from: The World of Drunken Master [DVD] (DVD)
Ok, so I couldn't help buying this DVD for 2 reasons. Firstly it's well-priced (if you're into low budget fisticuffs), and secondly it had Sam Seed on the cover. Now although Sam the Man only has a cameo the quality and quantity of drunkard martial arts in this picture is premium. The flick starts with 2 astounding forms lasting a good 7 minutes in total. Although not as comical as the 8 Drunken guards routine ala Jackie, the forms are more clinical in their deadly application. The actors truly are great drunken masters.If this wasn't good enough the first fight happens almost immediately, and as with all the fights, is long and very original, matching Tiger against Drunken style. The plot? Well, two teenagers get caught stealing premium grapes in a vineyard which happens to be owned by a master of a well-known kung fu stle. In order to repay him they are forced to work under him, eventually learning his wine cup techniques. There are baddies and many adventures are had. There's also drinking and grape frolics along the way. For fans of the attractive but deadly Shaolin styles, you couldn't really ask for much more from the cast. The acting and direction? That's not what this is about-drink up and enjoy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
World of the Drunken Master,
By A Customer
This review is from: The World of Drunken Master [DVD] (DVD)
This is a wonderful classic martial arts outing. With the Cheekiest dubbing ever! This is a spin off from Drunken Master (Jackie Chan Starred) It has the ever adorable Sam Seed in it. I thouroughly enjoyed this classic and I'm sure you will too.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If only i could do this when i was drunk....,
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This review is from: World of Drunken Master [VHS] (VHS Tape)
this film is great, the two drunken masters meet after years of seperation, with the story of their training being told via flashback.The staggering, rolling and tumbling style of the Drunken kung fu makes it wonderful to watch, and there is some very well worked out sequences. a definate kung fu must.
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