Rating: 3/6
Drunken fist is just about the best element in martial arts movies, so I was looking forward to seeing this one. Too bad it’s really such a small part of the movie.
The movie is about Su Can. I don’t know if it’s supposed to be based on the story behind The Drunken Fist, but it’s hard to tell. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, war hero Su Can returns home to his beloved wife Ying and their son, leaving an important position to his adopted brother Yuan. Yuan is also the brother of So’s wife.
After six years Yuan comes back a lot paler and consumed by Dark Martial Arts, for payback on Su’s father for killing the father of Yuan and Ying.
He clearly has a sister complex.
He severely injures Su, but Su and Ying manage to escape. Their son is however held captive. Over many long and difficult months, Su recovers and trains with the help of a mysterious Bearded Man and his apprentice, Lord Wushu. They are cool.
His wife unfortunately goes to get their son (idiot), and he don’t manage to save her though he battles Yan(now even paler).
After this, Su becomes a drunk and a beggar, with his son by his side. This becomes almost like another story, and where the drunken fist appears.
Though I was kind of disappointed by the lack of drunken fist, the movie wasn’t all that bad. It might not be a really captivating movie, even if the storyline is kind of complicated. The action sequences were cool though, as expected. I haven't really seen thousands of martial arts movies(yet), but there were some stuff I hadn’t seen before. That way, it wasn’t all that predictable, which is a big pluss.
Still, they had the right elements to make the story deeper, so I think they could’ve made more out of it. Some parts, and scenes, were really good though.
I was surpriced by the big part the wife had in the movie, she's not just some screaming fragile creature lurking in the backround. She has a character of her own, which you don't see that often, except if they're an expert in martial arts etc.
Good movie, but not great.
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