Reviewed by: kiliansabre Date: 03/20/2010 Summary: Packed Full of Drunken Fighting Joseph Kuo's World of Drunken Master won't disappoint fans of the discipline. There is more time spent on fighting here than anything else to the point where it is almost excessive. The plot involved Beggar Su and Fan Ta Pei, two old drunken masters who are summoned to meet then reflect back to when they first learned kung fu. 30 years earlier two youths who are living by stealing and reselling grapes are punished and put under the instruction of an old drunken master. When trying to help out town folk being bullied for money the two catch the attention of an evil eagle claw master who then makes it his mission to destroy their lives and the lives of those who know the young men. The drunken master teaches the two drunken kung fu, they get the attention of his niece, and things escalate until it's pretty much non stop fighting. The choreography by Yuen Cheung-Yan is solid. The emphasis here is obviously drunken fists, in this case against snake and eagle claw style. The fights are plentiful and well choreographed, but there isn't a ton of diversity in them. It would have been a good idea to mix it up a bit, but this is just a showcase for the style really. Better than a lot of the drunken kung fu movies out there.

Reviewed by: magic-8 Date: 02/24/2003 Summary: Good Riff on the Drunken Master Theme Joseph Kuo's "World of the Drunken Master" is one of the better riffs off the drunken master theme. Simon Yuen, who portrays the drunken master, Beggar So, in so many late 70s films even makes a cameo appearance in this one, but blink and you'll miss him. "World of the Drunken Master" stars Jack Lung and Lee I Min. Both are old beggars when the story begins, but the plot is a bit choppy as it works with flashbacks to tell the duo's tale from their days of youth. Yuen Cheung Yan does his usual superlative job with the martial arts choreography. His work with Kuo is on par with his effort in "7 Grandmasters," but the story and some poor editing knock this flick down a couple of notches. Even with these drawbacks, "World of the Drunken Master" still provides some excellent distraction, if for nothing else than the re-teaming of Lung and Lee.

Reviewed by: mpongpun Date: 03/28/2002 So what is the world of a drunken master like? It's about sweet premium wine. This flick is about the famous story of two of drunken boxing's famous practitioners, Fan Ta Pei (Jack Lung) and Su Shi Erh/Beggar Su (Lee Yi Min). The story is told in flashback. You see, before these two drunken masters became old drunken masters, they were both young troublemakers who were taught drunken fist by a wine distiller named Chang Chi (Chan Wai Lau). They slave at making wine, fall for the pretty Lu Yu (Jeannie Chang), and learn gung fu. Eventually, the whole distillery is at odds with an Evil Eagle Claw master named Tiger Yeh (Lung Fei), who for some reason wants to kill off Chang Chi and shutdown the distillery. As you may have guessed there are epic gung fu battles as all the folks in the distillery fight against Tiger Yeh's crew. Masses of people die. All that's left is Beggar Su and Fan Ta Pei. The story doesn't really say, but then these two guys split up. Beggar Su heads up North, and becomes the Northern jug, while Fan Ta Pei stays in the South and becomes the Southern cup. After 30 years, the two drunken masters meet and drink over old times, they reacquaint themselves with somebody they thought was dead. Decent movie, which is a definite Drunken Master cash-in. The chemistry between Jack Long and Lee I Min, both Taiwan Peking Opera classmates, is excellent. The ending, however, is very melodramatic, makes no sense, and leaves you hanging. It seems that Joseph Kuo rushed the ending with a bunch of meaningless fights as the movie seemed to end about an hour in as Lee Yi Min suddenly disappears from the movie and is replaced by a whole new different person (Chui Chung Hei) as the older Beggar Su. Nevertheless, if you love Drunken Master stuff, this flick is a must for you.