Kung Fu of 8 Drunkards (1980)

hyped garbage

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Blistering performances.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

After the opening credits demonstrations of drunken style, Mang Fei is training with a drunken master. Cut to Wu Ma about the town. Escaping a beating he passes by Mang Fei. Cut again to a girl cooking. She is his girl and he explains he has been away the past month learning kung fu. His uncle gives him a reality check as to the value of one entire month of kung fu training. Next he gets involved in a tournament. Exposing his drunken style creates new enemies for his entire family.Wu Ma is one of the most famous faces in the history of Hong Kong cinema but not really a famous name, despite it being short and easy to pronounce. He had no martial arts or stunt background when he took the Shaw Brothers acting course in 1962. By 1970 he was directing. In the 1980s and until his death, his career shifted to prolific character actor. In my opinion his career was based on doing what already worked and surrounding himself with the right people such as Sammo Hung and Tsui Hark.Everything in this movie has been done before and done better. It failed to hold my attention and had I not intended to write a review I would have napped instead. This is only for hard core fans on a slow day.

KUNG FU OF THE 8 DRUNKARDS is a cheap riff on Jackie Chan's DRUNKEN MASTER, with Wu Ma standing in as director and supporting actor. This film features Meng Fei as a rather undistinguished Jackie Chan imitator who learns the ropes at the hands of a drunken master and must work hard to beat some violent foes. It's all very predictable stuff, with lacklustre action sequences to boot, although the extremely broad comedy works rather well. Unfortunately Fei makes for a rather arrogant and unlikeable protagonist in this film.Although he only appears in support, Wu Ma's character gets plenty of screen time and ended up being my favourite element of the movie. He gets into various scrapes with his drinking and petty crime and he seems to be having a lot of fun, which translates well to the viewer. Other than the comedy, there's not really much here that wasn't done better in DRUNKEN MASTER, and the fight choreography isn't really up to scratch. The end fight in particular is a bit weak and not the show-stopper we usually get in such a production; the low budget hurts this film quite considerably.

HICCUP! BURP! HI-YAAAH! Feeling a little boozy? This movie will get you drunk in no time flat! Kung Fu of 8 Drunkards is an intense and great way to know the style of drunken fighting. Style vs. style is a way to throw off opponents, in a way, it kept him alive and kicking. HAHA! The master will torture and hound the student until the style is done right. This master will teach the pupil and torture him when he says "Do it again!" with slurriness in his speech. The student lives with cousin and an ungrateful uncle, who I wish to slap in his face! When he got hurt, the ungratefulness recesses in his brain. When will he ever open his eyes? Then there's this character named Monki, looks like one, has some fighting skills, when he got in the brawl in the game room. Gave the three goons black eyes which was very funny. Sometimes his judgment is fast, but he'll soon learn to understand later on. The fighter with the kinked neck who fought the guy really "Got Smashed" as Monki would say to the move his friend did. Everything in the movie was good, the gold and silver tigers were amazing even though, I knew they didn't stand a chance against The Drunken Fist. See this movie first, get drunk later. HAHAHA! Raing 3 out of 5 stars.

this movie is obviously a knock off of Jackie Chan's 1978 Classic Drunken Master. But it's actually a good kung fu movie, better than most, which is admittedly not saying much.Characters are easily sympathized and acting is decent. Dialog flows relatively well & doesn't stall & bore you like many Hong Kong Kung Fu flicks.Anyone watching 70's Kung Fu Movies for the characters/acting and dialog are setting themselves up for disappointment. How's the fighting?fight scenes are again quite good. Nothing will ever match Jackie Chan's choreography (DM is some of his best), but this Kung Fu Movie is still ahead of the pack.also, the requisite 'kung fu chic' in this movie is particularly appealing.