Filmmaker reacts to Drunken Master 2 (1994) for the FIRST TIME!
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I would've broke every bone doing this...anyone remember the cartoon though?
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Same 🤣 Also, I’ve heard of the cartoon but never seen it, looks cool tho
If you haven’t could you please review judge dredd 2012 please!!! One of my all time favorite movies and I wish that they would make a sequel to it
I see that you did never mind 😊
How do you see this subtitled? I can only find the dub
yes, that /is/ the axe gang. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Axe_Gang
The guy who plays the main villain was Jackie’s bodyguard for a long time before he invited him onto the stunt team. If you look for him he’s in pretty much all of his movies.
That's Ken Lo, 7 time martial arts champion trained in Muay Thai and Taekwondo. He was already famous before becoming Jackie Chan's bodyguard.
@@XRenimages I know but before this movie I don’t think he was in the stunt team. After this he was in all his movies.
@@XRenimages 'famous'
Such a classic. RIP Anita Mui!
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*Wong Fei Hung was a real historical figure, a folk hero comparable to Wyatt Earp. Like Earp, he lived to see the first movies based on his life. The first actor to portray him was one of his students. The actor associated with him the most is Kwan tak-hing who portrayed him in nearly 80 films from the 40's to the 80's. Jet Li's star-making role was as Wong in "Once Upon a Time in China." The biggest recent movie about him was "Rise of the Legend" with Eddie Peng (2014)
*His father Wong Kei-Ying was also a famous martial artist. Donnie Yen portrayed him in "Iron Monkey" (1993)
*One of his students was the folk hero Lam Sai Wing. The most famous portrayal of him is by Sammo Hung in "The Magnificent Butcher"
*Fei Hung's drunken style master "Beggar" So Chan is also a popular figure in Chinese culture. The actor that played him in the original Drunken Master (1978) went on to portray him in three other movies. one of Stephen Chow's (Kung Fu Hustle) big early hits was "The King of Beggars" (1992). The most recent hit movie about him was "Master of The Drunken Fist" (2016)
I love Sam Seed/Beggar So soooooo much, "Dance of the Drunken Mantis" is one of my favorite martial arts films ever.
I'd watched many of his films many many decades ago, & when I learned that renowned choreographer Yuen Woo-ping was his son, my mind was totally & completely blown.
Dreadnaught, starting Yuen Biao, as Mousey, also had Wong Fei Hung in it too (Kwan Tak Hing). And "Beardy" Leung Kar Yan played the other side-kick Ah Foon. Another great king fu flick. Fun fact about this one. It features a scene where Mousey is treating in eagle fist by doing his laundry. The scene was lifted and was performed by Chris O'Donnell as Dick Grayson in Batman Forever.
In a magazine interview years ago, Jackie shared this crazy story about how he and a friend got into a street fight in Hong Kong (I think) and ended up kicking these dudes' asses. He got stabbed in the leg, and had to push a piece of bone back into his hand near the knuckle. A few days later, his hand started to smell pretty badly so he went to the doctor. That piece of bone he pushed back into his hand? It was actually a tooth belonging to one of the guys from that street fight before. 😂
Ewwwwwmygawd!! Whoo, that's gnarly!
@@mrkwrbl Bruh. You know that thing when someone tries to be a smartass but only ends up making themselves seem a bit foolish?
I tried to post the link a bunch of times but just search "Jackie Chan tooth in fist".
Now, I have an excuse for getting a few details wrong because I read this more than 10 years ago. You just failed. Quite hard. :/
the main bad guy with the glasses and vary fast legs is actually Jackie Chan's real bodyguard In 1986, ken Lo met Jackie Chan in a disco in Hong Kong, where he was head of security, and Chan hired him as his own bodyguard. Lo not only became Chan's bodyguard but also acted in many of his martial arts films.
Yoooooooo, you have to do The Foreigner. The first 10 minutes will knock you right in the feels. It's rare to see Jackie Chan in a serious action role, but he freakin nails it. You will NOT be disappointed.
This is absolute peak Jackie Chan. He was living legend by this point in his career and he still pushed further to become a living legend in Western cinema.
Happy you got the version with the original ending that joked he took some unintentional internal/mental damage from the industrial alcohol in the final fight. I used to have the orginal version on VHS before they started to cut that last bit for U.S. releases. Drunken Boxing is a real style but like mentioned in the movie many practitioners would succumb to alcoholism or have severe damage like how American moonshine could potentially blind the person that drank it.
Not to take away from anything you said my friend, but bad moonshine only led to Blindness when not properly distilled. A direct consequence of Prohibition.
Jackie Chan,Ken Lo and Anita Mui really made this an incredible film
Fun Fact: Jackie Chan usually sings the ending credits to his films and has also had Anita sing with him.
R.I.P. Anita Mui, she was a real class act. Top notch
Just wanted to remind you, I still believe in what your doing and what you've created. Your kind and intelligent and humble in your demeanor. Thank you for being a peaceful light on UA-cam.
Nah, fr. I used to skip your intros mister James but I realized how soulful, genuine and overall inspiring/uplifting vibration is incredible. You’re chill as hell and I love your personality man! Your little comments are hella funny aswell. I just love that you’re genuine
Jackie’s movements are so rapid & flowing it always felt unreal like a cartoon. The actress who plays the mother is actually a huge international star for her singing, very multitalented.
This is my favorite Jackie Chan film. When I first watched it, the themes of community and support were not at the forefront of my mind and I appreciate your insight to give me a fresh perspective and a new way to enjoy the film.
Love your appreciation and understanding of filmmaking in ALL its forms. I own this one and agree its a great ride. A gem we pull out for special friends.
Great reaction as always! This is such a great movie and the fights are legendary! The actress playing the stepmother is Anita Mui. She was such a great screen presence as well as popular singer. Unfortunately, she passed away from cervical cancer in 2003. But, she left an incredible legacy.
Anyways, keep up the excellent work!!
If you've seen the first Drunken Master (1978), you'd know that Jackie's character uses the Eight Drunken Immortals technique. Which does carry over to this sequel w/ Fei-Hung naming each immortal as he fights. Unfortunately, it looks like these subtitles didn't bother translating those instances. While the English dub simply makes up random names for JC's moves. Which is a shame b/c part of the fun is recognizing how he interprets each mythical character through his movements:
Lu Dongbin - the drunkard w/ inner strength
Zhang (Chan) Gualao - the drunkard w/ the swift double-kicks
Lan Caihe - the drunkard w/ the sudden deadly waist attack
He (Ho) Xiangu - the drunken woman flaunting her body
Li Tieguai - the drunken cripple w/ the powerful right leg
Han Xiangzi - the drunken flute player w/ the powerful wrists
Cao (Tso) Guojiu - the drunkard w/ the powerful throat lock
Zhongli (Jun) Quan - the drunkard holding a pot in his arms
Jackie also plays Lu in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) under the character's birth name.
the english dub did name most of these bro like Jackie dubbed his own dialogs so I'm sure he translated them into english
@@viditjain2653 No, it didn't. The dialogue was changed to random names like "monkey drinks master's wine", "eagle carries wine bottle", "uncle stirs the barrel", etc...
Hands down my favorite Jackie Chan movie. The part where he back crawls across burning coals, how can you beat that.
Jackie took action comedy to levels that will probably never be equaled.
Now THIS is the truth and definitely some top tier Jackie Chan cinema. I’ve loved this one since I was a kid. Jackie and his whole team really went all out.
"Snake in the eagles shadow" and " Wheels on Meals" are a couple movies that people who love Jackie films just seem to miss. Worth giving those a look. Particularly Wheels on Meals is a favorite of mine. One of the best choreographed movies of Jackie too in my opinion. But maybe it just had things that struck my fancy.
Meals on Wheels is absolutely fantastic!
Dragons Forever and Thunderbolt are some other great ones that arent often mentioned
@@Superior_Productions I'm fond of basically all his films from before around 2005-2010 or there abouts. I'm particularly fond of his 80's and 90's films. His newer-ish stuff I can't say I enjoy them or not due to just having stopped seeing anything newer after Rush hour 3 and Shanghai Knights and bits and pieces of the newest karate kid.
Project A 1&2 are great too
snake in eagle's shadow is legit old school kung fu and I love it for that
I'm a immense JC fan....met him TWICE...and this is my favorite of his movies. In fact, I think this may have the greatest Kung Fu choreography of all time. And I give big props to you for watching the original Chinese version with subs, rather than the English dubbed edit.
In my opinion this is the best martial arts film of all time. The movie is well paced, hilarious, and every fight scene can be can be considered a classic
This film is not only iconic for the special fight choreography but also the beautiful composition of the shots. It's always been my favorite martial arts film. I also highly recommend 'The Heroic Trio.' (1993) ✌
I'm with you, the after credit bloopers are arguably the best part of all his movies because it shows the crazy amount of prep work and dedication it takes to do these scenes that only last for a second in the final film. (And they're often funny.) There's nobody in the world like Jackie Chan, and his whole stunt team is the best in the biz.
American filmmakers thought doing 100 takes of anything was crazy, but it really makes all his stuff timeless. No matter how old you get the same "what?!" feeling.
Jackie's ADR on the dub is hilarious, so give it a shot when you do a rewatch. I always give his movies a watch in both versions, especially when Jackie does his own dubbing.
For some top comedic Jackie - Police Story 1-4 (3 is Supercop, 4 is First Strike), Operation Condor, and Wheels on Meals.
It's the dubbing life for me!
This movie, IMO has a very good English dub. The mom is hilarious
Meals on meals is a must. Benny the Jet
Man, watching this and I almost recognize all the old TVB Stars from Hong Kong and Jackie Stunt Team. Its amazing how many people he got in this movie.
If you like Jackie, you gotta check out the work of his "big Brother", Sammo Hung.. he used to have a US tv show called Martial Law in the 90s but hes really known as one of the best fight choreographers and directors in Hong Kong, as well as a legendary action star himself. He did a few movies with Jackie. Wheels on Meals and Dragons Forever are must sees.
The international version of this movie actually changed the dialogue at the end so that it didnt appear that he had suffered brain damage. I actually think that fits more with the tone of the film, the original ending is dark as hell.
You don't just that amont of 100% pure alcohol and not walk away with no brain damage
@@ghost656metal8 It was industrial alcohol, i'm sure that was poisonous methanol
Love this one, but my favorite Jackie fight comes from Dragons Forever. Now there is a movie that combines the talent of Jackie and his former classmates from the Peking Opera (where they all learned to do amazing moves, before transitioning to doing martial arts movies), with impressive camerawork. The final fight is just the absolute best display of Jackie's craft.
Jackie's 'Three Dragons' era, with Sammo and Yuen, is some great stuff!
Honestly, I don't think anyone has ever gone harder than Jackie Chan did in this movie. It's fucking legendary.
The man Jackie is fighting in the opening scene is Lau Kar-Leung. The original director of the movie before fighting style differences made him pass on to Jackie. He is a martial arts (movie) legend. His martial arts lineage actually goes back to Wong Fei-Hung himself
I grew up watching Jackie Chan. This and Rumble in The Bronx are absolute classics.
The English dubbed version is crazy hilarious. The Stepmother’s is amazing.
If you can find it, Jet Li's Fist of Legend is amazing as is Once Upon a Time in China. Phenominal movies. Man, I love Hong Kong cinema of the 80s and 90s. Hard Boiled being the greatest action movie ever made.
Also, if you really want to have your mind blown by insane stunts, Sherlock Jr and Steamboat Bill Jr. Buster Keaton was next level.
I love the Legend series of movies
Definitely noting this! Sounds interesting
The middle management boss guy who jumps down and starts beating up the workers is the actor-sprite for the original mortal kombat game. I thought that was so cool when I first found out. Legend.
This movie is one of my favorite Jackie Chan movies. I was SO excited to see that you reacted to this film. absolutely amazing. Unfortunately this isn't the original sound to this movie. the original sound is VASTLY better. The sound over they have in this version makes it to fantastical. Sounds in places they shouldn't be.
Are you sure? It sounded like the Cantonese track. Although it was hard to hear at times.
One of my favorite takes on the martial arts folk hero Wong fei hung. Many of the popular Cantonese stories revolve around this character
This is definitely a personal favorite of mine. I was 8, My mom moved herself and I to Seattle, we needed new movies for a new home so she picked a few up from Hollywood video and one of 'em was this movie. We already had Mr. Nice Guy, Operation Condor and Who Am I? but this one stood out. I enjoy it, especially 20 years later. But after the scene with the father disowning his son, my ma can't bring herself to watch it. I get it lol but besides the amazing fight scenes, it's a solid story.
YES! My absolute Favorite Jackie Chan Movie! Been waiting on your reaction on this one!!
The guy with the glasses is not only part of Jackie Chan's stunt team but also works as his unofficial bodyguard
One of the greatest martial arts movies of all time, period. I'm glad that you saw the original Hong Kong version with its fantastic music rather than the American version "Legend of Drunken Master".
Where do you find the original version
This is my all time favorite Martial Arts flick. I absolutely love the fight choreography. I have never watched the Chinese language/English subbed version of the film. I have always seen the English-dubbed version. I always find the English-dubbed versions to be funny for the poor translation. However, I think I will have to go back and find the Chinese language with English subtitles version of the film. I think that it would be 20/10 when compared to the English dubbed, which I already think is a 10/10.
You gotta do a John Woo season man. Start with "Hardboiled." Probably the greatest action film ever. "The Killer" and "Bullet in the Head" are close runners up though. Love to see what you think of the man's work. Fingers crossed! 🤘
The dude you mentioned that beats up his employees. Trip out, he’s the original Liu kang character from the MORTAL KOMBAT original game. A good friend of Jackie Chan. Glad you got to this movie. Classic for sure
It's so funny that Jackie Chan was like 42-44 years old when he made this classic. I was like 13-14 when I bought this on VHS. I watched it back to back and then took it by my "friends" and watched it again over there because I was that awestruck by this movie. I'm around the f'n age now that Jackie Chan was when he made this movie...WTF!?!?!? LOL, great reaction BTW! *Wow, I've never seen this ending before. I've seen a cut where the movie ends directly when he's blowing bubbles after the main fight & another ending when people come to his parents' house to congratulate him, but they say that he's "resting/recovering" from the whole ordeal, because he's mentally & physically damaged from ingesting all that industrial grade alcohol they were using at that processing plant/warehouse front. This ending was way more comedic, but the other version was very much the exact opposite because they said that "he might recover" giving it a lot more depth.*
Anita Mui, who is actually a singer, is Jackie Chan's Aunt in this movie. She died in 2003. And this is probably her funniest movie. She was in 'Rumble in the Bronx' and 'The Heroic Trio' with Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung.
This is my favorite Jacki Chan movie. So funny and the choreography is incredible.
So rare to see foreign audiences watching old Kungfu movies with the sub instead of dub 😲 and I love it 😌👍
Wow some nostalgia right here. Thanks Jimmy, I love your channel ❤️
The restaurant fight scene with the bamboo... Underated Jackie fight!
Whoa! What a pleasant surprise! One of my favorite martial arts flicks!
Oh sick, this is one of my top 3 Jackie movies, don't see it getting enough love!
This movie made Jackie Chan my childhood hero, i mean that coal scene, the ace one and the kick where he makes fun of the boss are so dope (basically the entire last scene).
The guy you said looks strong as hell.. the final boss.. he was jackie’s body guard in real life when the made this film.
The 1st movie is classic and the 2nd movie goes beyond being a classic.
Man, i love Jackie Chan, his movies are so family, so tender, and comic, and dramatic....
Easily his best movie, the action is insane, the comedy is really funny put the story still has real stakes and takes danger serious.
The mom is my favorite supporting character that actress was hilarious.
The Mother in the movie is former girlfriend and longtime friend Anita Mui who has worked in a few films with him. She died of cancer in 2003.
Dude! I love this movie since it came out !... my favorite Jackie movie of all times .
No lie I usually go for the original audio but this movies English dub certainly adds to the charm of the film! Especially the moms parts.
this is probably the first jackie chan movie i ever saw. and still is definitely my favorite of his films. so glad i got to reexperience this with you. brought back a lot of good memories. thank you
Thank goodness you watched this with subtitles.
I could watch Jackie do his thing all day and not get bored
YEEEEEEEES! This is my favorite JC movie. What a legend!
So glad you watched the original Cantonese version.
17:29 Like you said, this is a reference to the Axe Gang(the same guys in Kung Fu Hustle), they were an actual gang back in 1920s China.
Yeah, I think it was in his book that he said he doesn't film in sound. I think it had something to do with slowing down fight scene recording because I guess a lot of it was just looking at what they could do in that location and they didn't wanna have to move the audio crew around. At least early on. I'm sure there are instances of him recording audio, but that was a story that kind of stayed in the back of my mind. I haven't read his autobiography since about 1998 or 1999.
One of the antagonists, Henry, played by Ho-Sung Pak, also played Liu Kang and Shang Tsung in the early Mortal Kombat games AND is friends with Robin Shou, who played Liu Kang in the live adaptation.
Classic for sure. First is great also, filmed in 1978. As a film maker, Jackie’s favourite movie he directed and starred in is called Miracles. One you’d enjoy liking film making 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Totally agree! Miracles aka Mr. Canton & Lady Rose" was absolutely a masterpiece of film making magic. Hard to believe it was made with such primitive equipment
It also served as a "so there" to a critic who questioned Jackie's directing talent.
Wong Fei Hung is the single most portrayed character in film history. He was a real person, and became a folk hero in his lifetime, and hundreds of movies have been made fictionalising his life.
It was Wong Fei Hung movies that got me into Chinese Martial Arts films. Particularly the "Once Upon A Time In China" series starring Jet Li as Wong, then "Iron Monkey" starring Donnie Yen as Wong Kei Ying, Wong Fei Hung's father. Then I saw this movie, which was branded as "The Legend Of Drunken Master", so I didn't know it was a sequel, but eventually I found Drunken Master 1.
Other good examples:
"Challenge Of The Masters" and "Martial Club" (Gordon Liu)
"Rise Of The Legend" (Eddie Peng)
"Last Hero In China" (A comedy starring Jet Li)
"Unity Of Heroes" and "Warriors Of The Nation" (Zhao Wenzhuo, who replaced Jet Li in "Once Upon A Time In China" 4 and 5)
"The Skyhawk", "Dreadnaught", "The Magnificent Kick", and "The Magnificent Butcher" (Kwan Tak Hing, who played Wong Fei Hung in over a hundred movies from the 40s through the 80s)
RIP Anita Mui. She ruled every scene in which she was featured.
He did that scene stumbling across the burning coals Twice, because he didn't feel he got it perfect the 1st shot. Crazy, right? Jackie is the best!!
Gotta watch Gorgeous, those fight scenes with Brad Allen (who was on Jackie's team and did Shang Chi, but passed away in 2021)...its amazing
How in the world did I miss that you've done this one o.0
Just shows that his Hong Kong work is leagues ahead of his movies in America. Granted the only reason he could film the last fight scene which took 3 months to film is because they don’t have unions there and the studio supports him, the effort shows. Also I recommend another film who am I. It’s basically Jackie Chan as Jason Bourne before Jason Bourne
Wow, it's been eons since I watched this stuff, but loved it. Jackie's fight with Lau Kar-leung (one of the greats--I also chuckle remembering the trailer for his "Mad Monkey Kung Fu," in which he was the lead actor and director) under the train is just mind-blowing. I also recognize Ti Lung (one of my all-time favorite kung fu movies as a boy was "Five Shaolin Masters," and he was one of the five/heroes--incredible show-down/finale with the bad guys at a river) and Anita Mui here (sadly, I think she passed away a while back...)
What he drank is industrial alcohol. RIP to Anita Mui. She was an awesome lady and a good fighter as well. You should react to Dragons Forever and Wheels On Meals.
Before Lee fights Kimimaro, it is set up that Lee has a particular reaction to alcohol, and much of Lee's success against Kimimaro was due to him being under the influence of alcohol. If you remember, Lee had a bottle with him, that he thought was medicine, but it was actually alcohol. His fighting was pretty much instinctive, and I'm pretty sure the style depicted was based on JC's style in the Drunken Master series. As for the alcohol that JC consumes at the end, if you notice the captions at the beginning of the film, it's labelled as "Industrial Alcohol". You can see some of the men using it to make the fires hotter. I'm almost certain that they also have captions later in the film too, that describe the substance. "Gasoline" isn't that far off. It's flammable, strong, and not meant for human consumption. In fact, in this version of the film, it DOES permanently damage his mind. In another version, and the English dubbed version, it's changed slightly so that the effect is temporary & there's more of a happy ending.
I think my favorite is the first one, though. It shows good character development. It shows how he was trained, and it was hilarious. It explains a lot of his poses & fighting styles. This one was a bit more serious, and even though it's a great action movie, maybe the topic was a bit too serious for a film about literal drunk fighting.
Since you liked this, definitely try Project A if you can, not as many fight scenes but they're all epic, and it has some insane stunts and action set pieces as well, including a unique and hilarious chase scene. And it has Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao too!
Jackie in is MF prime is a sight to see must say....the final fight scene is a masterclass on fight choreography.
James
We have to give thanks to Jackie's mentor and friend, Bruce Lee because Bruce kept Jackie on after the studio fired all stuntmen that worked with Bruce Lee. Jackie played henchman on Bruce Lee's movies. Even today's stuntmen are shocked of Jackie's stunts.
Fun fact, guys with kicks was Jackie's bodyguard.
AH yes, one of the greatest kung fu films I have ever seen!
Had a blast watching the movie again with ya man, one of my top Favorites. They gave Rock Lee the drunken master style in honor of these movies. The first movie is also 👍
"Snake in eagles shadow" is fun too & drunken master 1. Epic reaction
The dub has Brian Cranston doing a voice, the guy he fought for the fish.
love to watching old traditional kung fu movies like this in my childhood, but its so rare movie like this today.
Homie drank so much gasoline in that last fight hes got brain damage now 💀 he definitely went nutso above the rim though
He drank industrial alcohol for the last fight. Or that's what the film indicates earlier, the first time that we see that factory area. It's generally not safe for human consumption.
Excited for this one. I might check out the Patreon for this one specifically. I'm broke right now but I can spare a couple dollars on pay day.
The coal scene was in fact real and Jackie Chan said he wanted to do it a second time because he said and I quote “It didn’t feel right”
Also the alcohol he drinks at the final fight was in fact so pure it gave him brain damage, not permanently but it took a long time for him to recover
This movie was created as a fund raising project to build a head quarter for the hong kong stunt men organization. Basically, this film has the best hong kong stunts that were possible at that time period.
24:06 Whenever I'm feeling down, I think of Molten Jackie Chan running thru his problems.
Since no one answered your question dude, Jackie is drinking Kerosene in the last fight.
Awesome movie! One of my favs. RIP Anita Mui😢
Jackie's Father in the film is HK Legend Ti Lung who started out in Shaw Bros films.
The actor playing Jackie's father is Ti Lung he was a big actor in the 60's and 70's before Bruce Lee came along Jackie used to do security work for him before he made it big. Ti Lung is a legend in Hong Kong cinema he also was in A Better Tomorrow films directed buy John Woo
Well, I read that he actually drank for the final fight scene and it took months to film that scene because both him and Ken Lo hurt each other.
I really wish JC was bigger in the states. Such a global treasure.
If you are a serious film maker, take a look at Jackie's movie"Miracles"aka " Mr. Canton & Lady Rose". Jackie had something to prove with this one when a critic reported that Jackie wasn't a good director...he in turn ran the gauntlet & set out to make this guy eat his words....and he did. This film was absolutey BEAUTIFUL. The direction, cinematography, action, choreography, & musical scores are unmatched. If thete was ANY question about Jackie's abilities as a film maker, there wete none after this movie