Ninth. Drunken Master 2 by Lau Kar-leung (1994)

Drunken Master II (1994)
Director: Lau Kar-leung

When people talk about martial arts directing and choreography, one would always mention action directors like Yuen Woo-ping, Sammo Hung and not forgetting Lau Kar-leung. Until I read the reviews, I never recognised that this familiar face in Hong Kong martial arts films, the so called 'bad guy' was actually Lau Kar-leung himself! I am really impressed not only with his own martial arts skills, his action choreography and the desire to be part of his film is truly amazing. Notably, I do agree with the rest of the reviews that the last fight scene at the steel factory which lasted for fifteen minutes, was food to the eyes for kungfu lovers.

The long shots of the action sequence of sheer aggressiveness, memorising each move, the mistakes and injury each martial art character has to bear took 4 months to shoot for the last scene! The degree of danger implanted in that particular scene together with life-risking action, the film deserves the respect of many martial arts fans. Especially the part where Jackie Chan (Wong Fei-hung) fell into the area of hot fiery coal and he had to quickly get out of the area. It was really 'ouch!' and it was filmed in slow motion. This shows the director's great editing and he comes to understand how to engage the audience.

Hollywood martial art/action films like The Matrix, XXX, Rush Hour were great, but they had no form of pure martial arts as there were big guns, big bullets, bigger guns and bombs and stuff. It just takes a gunshot for one to kill another. However, I can say that in Drunken Master 2, the film is made for martial arts, it is made for kungfu.

Like what my friends always say, it's like

'ONE KIND OF FIERCE'. hehe...

Attached below is the last ten minutes of the final scene in Drunken Master 2. Enjoy!



And yes! We see Miss Ho (何仙姑) again (:


Wong Fei-hung's Miss Ho, with a naughtier look this time...

[1] Drunken Master 2 (1994), Review by Joe Wong. Retrieved on 26 April 2011 from http://www.moviemutterings.com/reviews/d/dm2.htm
[2] Kung-fu Movie Review - Drunken Master II by Derek. Retrieved on 26 April 2011 from http://dereklieu.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/kung-fu-movies-drunken-master-ii/
[3] New! King of Fists: the Legendary Lau Kar-leung. Kungfu Cinema. Retrieved on 26 April 2011 from http://www.kungfucinema.com/new-king-of-fists-the-legendary-lau-kar-leung-1883