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Kung Fu of 8 Drunkards

Original title: Zui ba xian quan
  • 19801980
  • PGPG
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
83
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Kung Fu of 8 Drunkards (1980)
ActionComedy
Chang Fung is a young man studying kung fu under the perpetually inebriated Wu Tseng, who seems to have made a few enemies along the way. When a gang of four warriors show up intent on killi... Read allChang Fung is a young man studying kung fu under the perpetually inebriated Wu Tseng, who seems to have made a few enemies along the way. When a gang of four warriors show up intent on killing Wu, it is time for Chang to show what he has learned of his trainer's "drunken kung fu"... Read allChang Fung is a young man studying kung fu under the perpetually inebriated Wu Tseng, who seems to have made a few enemies along the way. When a gang of four warriors show up intent on killing Wu, it is time for Chang to show what he has learned of his trainer's "drunken kung fu". Will he be able to protect his teacher from the killers?
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
83
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Wu Ma
  • Writers
    • Mei-Lung Hsiang(screenplay)
    • Hsin Wei(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Fei Meng
    • Sing Chen
    • Wu Ma
  • Director
    • Wu Ma
  • Writers
    • Mei-Lung Hsiang(screenplay)
    • Hsin Wei(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Fei Meng
    • Sing Chen
    • Wu Ma
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    • 6User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Fei Meng
    Fei Meng
    Sing Chen
    Sing Chen
    Wu Ma
    Wu Ma
    Sung-Young Chen
    Sung-Young Chen
    Fu-Hsiung Cheng
    Fu-Hsiung Cheng
    Han Chiang
    Han Chiang
    Mei-Lung Hsiang
    You-Min Ko
    You-Min Ko
    Ching Ku
    Ming Lei
    Ming Lei
    Yi-Lung Lu
    Yi-Lung Lu
    Fei Lung
    Fei Lung
    Chang Ma
    Chang Ma
    Ju-Feng Ma
    Ju-Feng Ma
    Pei-Ling Shao
    Yu-Chiao Szema
    Ai-Chi Wang
    • Director
      • Wu Ma
    • Writers
      • Mei-Lung Hsiang(screenplay)
      • Hsin Wei(screenplay)
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      Referenced in Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere (1980)

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    5/10
    Pretty cheesy kung fu movie
    This movie had a lot of corny jokes in it, more than were really necessary. The fighting was kind of sparse and only decent. The main character only used one style of fighting, and that was the one taught to him by his constantly drunk master, the last person to know a certain form of drunken kung fu. There's a neat little intro to the movie that mentions the Shaolin monks who organized the different styles of kung fu into 96 or so different techniques. It said that kung fu was first used to imitate different animals around a cave fire, and that a kung fu expert used all of his power in his fingers. This was very helpful for explaining why so many fighting techniques are centered around one knuckle or the fingertips.

    This movie's plot was kind of weak. It was another of the "we are looking for this guy we thought we killed a number of years ago, but his style is showing up in a few places, so we will kill anyone involved." It has a protagonist who doesn't know any kung fu until his drunk master takes him in as his student, and in one month learns much more than most people would, even though he leaves his master from being tired of his strenuous exercises. He then manages to hold his own against formidable opponents, even using a bit of Jackie Chan urban weapon fighting, using barstools, benches and gambling rods to hold off attackers. The antagonist of the movie, though thought to be the guy with the dark sombrero hat, is really the girl's father, supposed head of the local evil group (every king fu movie has got one).

    Moderate dubbing, moderate plot, moderate fighting, moderate characters... only an moderate movie. An annoying master, and annoying and cheesy friend of the protagonist made the movie all the more moderate. I suggest you watch it if you can find it just for the experience in cheesy king fu movies. Good day gentlemen.

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    • nhlgumby
    • May 31, 2002

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    • Countries of origin
      • Taiwan
      • Hong Kong
    • Language
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Drunken Art's Tricks
    • Production company
      • Magnificent Tower Film Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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