The Shaolin Drunken Monk is a 1982
kung fu filmMartial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films are characterized by extensive fighting scenes featuring specific martial arts, often following the training and progress of the protagonist in training a specific style or school of martial arts.-Kung fu films:A...
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The film is generally considered a
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due to below average acting. The main character, never learns kung fu from Shaolin or a monk, and the Drunken Kung Fu he does learn he uses rarely. The style of choreography is not the classic Liu seen in
The 36th Chamber of ShaolinThe 36th Chamber of Shaolin , also known as The Master Killer and Shaolin Master Killer, is a 1978 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Liu Chia-liang and starring Gordon Liu....
; it mirrors more the Yuen Woo Ping style which is more acrobatic utilizing circulating characters instead of linear movements found in most of Liu's classics.
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The Shaolin Drunken Monk is a 1982
kung fu filmMartial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films are characterized by extensive fighting scenes featuring specific martial arts, often following the training and progress of the protagonist in training a specific style or school of martial arts.-Kung fu films:A...
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The film is generally considered a
flop- Terms :*Flop, a box-office bomb in the entertainment world*Flop, as verb or noun, referring to flophouse, cheap rooms in a transients' hotel*Flop , a poker term describing the first three cards dealt to the board...
due to below average acting. The main character, never learns kung fu from Shaolin or a monk, and the Drunken Kung Fu he does learn he uses rarely. The style of choreography is not the classic Liu seen in
The 36th Chamber of ShaolinThe 36th Chamber of Shaolin , also known as The Master Killer and Shaolin Master Killer, is a 1978 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Liu Chia-liang and starring Gordon Liu....
; it mirrors more the Yuen Woo Ping style which is more acrobatic utilizing circulating characters instead of linear movements found in most of Liu's classics. It was directed by Au Yeung Chun and Lau Ka-Liang and produced by Ocean Shores.
Plot
After a Kung Fu master is killed by his own students his son (Liu) must run for his life. Eventually, he discovers a strange man from whom he learns the secret art of Drunken Kung Fu. To avenge his father, he kidnaps the murderer's daughter in hope of bringing him out. After defeating his minions Liu’s character fights to the death so he can finally have his revenge.