Kung Fu of 8 Drunkards

Original title: Zui ba xian quan

1980
PG
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

5.1/10

YOUR RATING

Slapstick Action Comedy

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?

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IMDb RATING

5.1/10

YOUR RATING

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Featured review

5/10

Only suitable for hard core fans on a slow day

After the opening credits demonstrations of drunken style, Mang Fei is training with a drunken master. Cut to Wu Ma about the town. Escaping a beating he passes by Mang Fei. Cut again to a girl cooking. She is his girl and he explains he has been away the past month learning kung fu. His uncle gives him a reality check as to the value of one entire month of kung fu training. Next he gets involved in a tournament. Exposing his drunken style creates new enemies for his entire family.

Wu Ma is one of the most famous faces in the history of Hong Kong cinema but not really a famous name, despite it being short and easy to pronounce. He had no martial arts or stunt background when he took the Shaw Brothers acting course in 1962. By 1970 he was directing. In the 1980s and until his death, his career shifted to prolific character actor. In my opinion his career was based on doing what already worked and surrounding himself with the right people such as Sammo Hung and Tsui Hark.

Everything in this movie has been done before and done better. It failed to hold my attention and had I not intended to write a review I would have napped instead. This is only for hard core fans on a slow day.