The Legend of Drunken Master (1994) Jui kuen II (original title)

Director:

Chia-Liang Liu
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Writers:

Edward Tang (screenplay) &
Man-Ming Tong (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

20 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Tagline:

Old wine in a new bottle

Plot:

A young martial artist is caught between respecting his pacifist father's wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts.

Plot Keywords:

Fighting | Battle | Martial Artist | Fight | Revenge

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Wong Fei-hung
Lung Ti	...	Wong Kei-ying, Wong's Father
Anita Mui	...	Ling - Wong's Step-Mother
Felix Wong	...	Tsang
Chia-Liang Liu	...	Master Fu Wen-Chi (as Lau Kar-Leung)
Ken Lo	...	John (as Low Houi Kang)
Kar Lok Chin	...	Ho Sang (as Chin Ka Lok)
Ho-Sung Pak	...	Henry
Chi-Kwong Cheung	...	Tso (as Tseung Chi Kwong)
Yee San Hon	...	Uncle Hing (as Hon Yee Sang)
Andy Lau	...	Counter Intelligence Officer
Wing-Fong Ho	...	Fun (as Ho Wing Fong)
Chia Yung Liu	...	Marlon (as Kar Yung Lau)
Siu-Ming Lau	...	Mr. Chiu
Suki Kwan	...	Chiu's Wife
Wai Yee Chan	...	Lady in Coffee Shop #2 (as Chan Wai Yee)
Shing Wong	...	Larry
Kwok Kuen Chan	...	Curly
Po Tai	...	Moe (as Tai Bo)
Gei Ying Chan	...	Lily
Fong Pao	...	Cook
Chun Chau Ha	...	Senior in Restaurant #1
Wah Lung Szema	...	Senior in Restaurant #2
Yan Pak	...	Mrs. Chan
Louis Roth	...	British Consul (as Louis C. Roth)
Therese Renee	...	Terese
Mark Houghton	...	Smith
Vincent Tuataane	...	Bruno
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tuan Wai-Lun
Yvonne Yung Hung	...	Lady in Coffee Shop #1 (as Evonne Yung)
Anthony Carpio	...	Thug (uncredited)
Man-Ching Chan	...	Thug (uncredited)
Tat-kwong Chan	...	Thug (uncredited)
Wah Cheung	...	Thug (uncredited)
Wan Faat	...	Factory Worker (uncredited)
Hsia Hsu	...	Axe Gang Leader (uncredited)
Mark King	...	Mr. Swire (uncredited)
Rocky Lai	...	Thug (uncredited)
Kin-sang Lee	...	Thug (uncredited)
Chung Chi Li	...	Thug (uncredited)
Mars	...	Thug / Spectator (uncredited)
William Tuen	...	Erhu Player (uncredited)
Bill Tung	...	General (uncredited)
Gabriel Wong	...	(uncredited)
Ming-Sing Wong	...	Thief (uncredited)
Mo-Chow Yuen	...	Thug (uncredited)

Directed by
Chia-Liang Liu
Jackie Chan		(uncredited)

Writing credits
Edward Tang		(screenplay) &
Man-Ming Tong		(screenplay) &
Gai Chi Yuen		(screenplay) (as Kai-Chi Yun)

Produced by
Leonard Ho	....	executive producer
Edward Tang	....	producer
Eric Tsang	....	producer
Barbie Tung	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Michael Wandmacher		(international version)
Wai Lap Wu

Cinematography by
Tony Cheung		(as Tong-Leung Chung)
Yiu-Tsou Cheung
Jingle Ma
Man-wan Wong

Film Editing by
Peter Cheung

Production Design by
Chong-Sing Ho
Eddie Ma

Costume Design by
Ying LIU

Production Management
Kelly Chan Wai-yeung	....	production manager
Suk-Yee Cheung	....	production manager
Yuet-Jan Hui	....	production manager
Kit Keung Ng	....	production manager
Wai Sum Shia	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kam-Lik Fong	....	assistant director
Yiu-Wing Kwan	....	assistant director
Ke Ming Lin	....	assistant director (as Hark Ming Lam)
Fat Wan	....	assistant director

Art Department
Yiu-Kwong But	....	set designer
Chieh-Fu Ho	....	props
Jing-Ping Liu	....	special props
Hsi-jen Yang	....	props

Sound Department
Joe Barnett	....	sound re-recording mixer (2000 re-mix)
Kim B. Christensen	....	sound designer
Erick Jolley	....	sound editor
Sean Keegan	....	foley mixer
Scott Koué	....	sound editor (2000 re-edit)
Val Kuklowsky	....	sound mixer
Yuri Reese	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Bruce Law	....	special effects

Stunts
Anthony Carpio	....	stunts
Jackie Chan	....	stunt coordinator
Man-Ching Chan	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Man-Ching Chan	....	stunt performer
Tak-Kwong Chan	....	stunt performer
Tat-kwong Chan	....	stunts
Wah Cheung	....	stunts
Keung-Kuen Lai	....	stunt performer
Rocky Lai	....	stunts
Sing Kwong Lai	....	stunt performer
Bruce Law	....	stunt coordinator: fire sequences and body burns
Bruce Law	....	stunts
Chung Chi Li	....	stunt performer
Hsiao Sung Liang	....	stunt performer
Chia Yung Liu	....	stunt performer
Mars	....	stunt performer (as Fo Sing)
Tak-Wing Tang	....	stunt performer
Kuo-kuang Tsai	....	stunt performer
Chi Ming Wong	....	stunt performer
Ming-Sing Wong	....	stunt performer
San-Kwan Wong	....	stunt performer
Wai-Fai Wong	....	stunt performer
Mo-Chow Yuen	....	stunt performer
Jackie Chan	....	stunt actor (uncredited)
Rocky Lai	....	assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Ken Lo	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Rod Dean	....	editorial consultant

Other crew
Jackie Chan	....	martial arts choreographer
Rod Dean	....	adaptor: English
Rod Dean	....	dubbing director
Wai-Hung Law	....	production assistant
Siu-Hung Leung	....	martial arts crew
Chia Yung Liu	....	martial arts crew (as Lau Kar Wing)
Chia-Liang Liu	....	martial arts choreographer (as Lau Kar-Leung)
Wei Ma	....	martial arts coordinator
Mars	....	assistant action director
Chi Wang	....	martial arts coordinator
Tang Tak Wing	....	martial arts crew
Mark Houghton	....	assistant martial arts choreographer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Golden Harvest Company
• Hong Kong Stuntman Association
• Paragon Films Ltd.

Distributors

• Golden Harvest Company (1994) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Dimension Films (2000) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Alliance Atlantis Communications (2000) (Canada) (as "The Legend of Drunken Master") (dubbed)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (video)
• Nea Kinisi Video (1996) (Greece) (VHS)
• Roadshow Entertainment Video (Australia) (VHS)
• Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)
• Warner Bros. (????) (Philippines) (video)

Other Companies

• Cine Art Laboratory  film processing
• Sound Satisfaction  foley recording facilities

Also Known As:

"Jui kuen II" - Hong Kong (original title)
"Drunken Master II" - Hong Kong (English title)
"Legend of the Drunken Master" - USA

MPAA:

Rated R for violent content

Runtime:

102 min | USA:99 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS (US version) | Mono (original version) | Dolby Digital (US version) | DTS (US version)

Certification:

Canada:14A | Canada:G (Quebec) | Germany:16 | Norway:15 (video premiere) | Finland:K-15 | Australia:M | USA:R (certificate #37367) | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | UK:12

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivia:

Jackie Chan's character is supposed to be half the age the actor was at the time of filming.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Fei-Hung gets pushed into the pit of fiery coals, his clothes get singed and filthy. As he gets out of the pit and tumbles down some stairs, his clothing is perfectly intact. When we see him at the bottom of the stairs, his clothes are tattered and dirty again.

Quotes:

Wong Fei-hong:Drinking gives Herculean strength!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Best! Movies! Ever!: Fights (#1.6)" (2007)

The BEST martial arts movie EVER

This is it. The single greatest Kung Fu movie ever made. This is the ultimate Kung Fu movie with the ultimate Kung Fu star, Jackie Chan. His entire career has culminated in to this one, great opus. Jackie performs feats of physical agility that will blow your mind, despite being about 40 years old when he made this movie. The story is about the fabled fighter Huang Fe-Hung who encounters corrupt industrialists that are exporting some of China's greatest historical treasures to increase their profits. Naturally Fe-Hung takes up the fight against them, and faces the deadly Ax Gang and finally a dangerous Tae Kwon Do stylist in the movies eye popping final fight scene. (That Tae Kwon Do fighter is actually Jackie's real life body guard. He stepped in as the chief villain because Ho SUng Pak hurt his ankle and was unable to perform the complicated fight sequences required.)

Fe-Hung doles out justice throughout the film with his unique fighting style, drunken boxing, despite ridicule by his opponents, insisting that drunken boxing is inferior. Needless to say, Jackie proves them wrong.

Historically speaking, the real Huang Fe-Hung did not use drunken boxing at all. In fact, he was a practioner of the much more effective style of Kung Fu called Hung-Gar. And his exploits can be alikened more to the Jesse James of America's old west. But Fe-Hung was more commonly found fighting for the underdog and battling tyranny. However, of all the innumerable depictions of Huang Fe-Hung "DRUNKEN MASTER 2" is by far the best.

This movie can be described as a "Big Budget" Kung Fu movie, done in a very traditional period style. The cinematography, direction, action sequencing, writing, and story line are all TOP KNOTCH. There has never been a Kung Fu movie made that is "better" than this one. And there has never been better fight choreography.

As you might well expect, there are some breath-taking stunts. And this is the movie that has the fire stunt responsible for Jackie's skin graft on his arm. He did not get burned so severly until the THIRD take! He wasn't happy with the first two. And if that is not painful enough to watch, then check out the fight against the Ax Gang, when one member gets knocked of the up-stairs portion of the restaraunt and slams into a cross beam before smashing in to the floor.

If you are looking for the best martial arts flick ever, this is it.