Drunken Master II

Drunken Master II - Ottawa Premiere of the original Hong Kong cut of the 1994 classic!

Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don’t want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father’s antagonism as well. Cantonese with English subtitles.

Considered by some to be the greatest action film ever made! The Hong Kong edition of Jackie Chan’s Drunken Master II is available to us for the first time theatrically in North America (make note – this is not The Legend of Drunken Master, the US recut of the film, which was the only version of the film released theatrically in North America until now).

Hong Kong Film Awards: Best Action Choreography, and Film Editing award winner!
Golden Horse Film Festival: Best Action Choreography award winner!
Fantasia Film Festival: Best Asian Film award winner!

“Rightly considered among the greatest martial arts films of all time…an absolutely fantastic one-two punch of great kung fu cinema…a blisteringly relentless final act that dazzles and outdoes just about anything kung fu cinema has ever offered.” (Cinapse)

“is quite simply amazing. It involves some of the most intricate, difficult and joyfully executed action sequences I have ever seen…It may not be possible to film a better fight scene…The bottom line is: Chan has earned his place in movie history somewhere in the same hall of fame that also houses the other great physical performers who really did their stuff themselves: Buster Keaton, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and, yes, Jackie Chan.” (Roger Ebert)

“remains a kinetic masterpiece in its extended fight sequences, including the epic concluding battle between” (Screen Anarchy)

“you owe it to yourself to check this classic out…a landmark effort in the career of the incredible Jackie Chan…There is something about what this martial arts icon was accomplishing during this period in his career that is unlike what most stars would ever be capable of executing.” (Geek Vibes Nation)