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Jackie Chan has been doing
quite a number of US-made movies lately, but he's got a whole stable
of movies he made in Hong Kong that are being dubbed and brought over
to US theaters. Drunken Master is one of these movies, and it's one
of the best that I've seen. It has all of the classic qualities of an
Asian movie dubbed in English, even the Brittish characters who are
speaking English are dubbed a quarter second out of synch. Generally
improper, but we wacky Americans seem to have a thing for bad dubbing.
(See my Godzilla 2000 review for more of
this.) The story develops a bit slow to begin with, but once the fighting
starts, the action is fast, furious, and funny. There are definitely
some good laughs in this one, as well as the sheer spectacle of Jackie
doing all of his own stunts.
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I give Legend of the Drunken
Master a viewing value of $5.50.
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