theravada_maha

I have the Vietnamese version, so it's really poorly dubbed, but the subtitles are there. But the plot is so tedious that I didn't really care during the last 30 minutes. There's a fight between Chu Man Cheuk and Ken Lo that's decent, yet wire assisted, but besides that there's nothing really satisfying. Ken Lo plays almost no role and I bet had he had more time it could have been worthwhile.

With Project A, this one stands as the best Chan flick out I think. Awesome acting, cinematography, variety, characters, and choreography and even some REAL STYLES!! Awesome, everyone should worship the 8 drunken gods, I think I'll start today.

When I read reviews of this movie, I read about the multiple fight scenes that were the only high points in the movie. Well, I found that statement to be a fallacy, because there aren't multiple fight scenes, relatively speaking that is. There are around 3 to note, but the last one is monumental. That gave the movie a 7 for me, otherwise I'd give it a 2 for the Drunken technique in the middle, but that's it. However, at the end, there is a good 15 or so minutes of fighting that I thoroughly enjoyed. Many different ways of fighting, and it was in such a great scene too. Andy Lau and Gordon Liu fight each other in 2 confession booths as well, which was beyond the limits of regular wu shu and into a different but welcome realm. I also enjoyed the new Lau Kar Leung in this, although I didn't like him as much as I did in DM2. And Jackie Chan isn't in this one. Actually Leung went off during the DM2 shooting due to directing arguments with Chan, and he made this. It has a quack story, so don't bother paying attention I think. Has to do with some cult and a princess, and lame music too at times. But still a good rental or if you're into fights, go ahead and make a purchase.