noshadowkick.com - reviews: DRUNKEN MASTER 3 - simon yam, michele reis, lau ka leung, kung fu, hong kong cinema

KUNG FU MOVIE REVIEW: DRUNKEN MASTER III (1994)

Because I'm too lazy to form paragraphs:

GOOD		BAD
The fighting was pretty damned tight.		The plot was pretty damned worthless.
The weird old bus with the smokestack on the hood		an abacus makes a retarded skateboard
The sets were nice, and the film was shot well.		The music was absolutely horrible. It was as if they yanked it out of an animated teddy bear adventure and slapped it over some fighting.
Drunken training on the roof tiles.		Fighting off the homo on the roof of the bus.
The general's Halloween mask.		Everything else about the Halloween scene.
Fei Hong's father is a badass.		Fei Hong is not.
the queen-to-be is a babe.		The gweilo sect leader looks like some sort of freak background character from the New Leave It To Beaver show.

- Tom, April 2002

BEST LINE "Don't you feel it's cool?"

MONKS? Evil Sect members, which is close enough.

NO-SHADOW KICK? No, but some damned fine staff fighting.

BEST MOVE: There's a nice run/flip up around an archway. Very Cosby-I-Spy sort of cool

WORTH OWNING? Worth renting.

SEE ALSO: Well, without getting into the whole dramatic behind-the-scenes story of HK cinema, I'd say DRUNKEN MASTER II.