5 Reasons Drunken Master II Is Jackie Chan's Most Important Movie

Drunken Master II is the most defining movie of Jackie Chan's career. 1978's Drunken Master was one of Chan's break-out movies in his early career, with Chan playing a comedic take on the Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung and showcasing the martial art Zui Quan, or Drunken Fist. 16 years later, Chan returned to the role of Wong in the sequel Drunken Master II, which was later released in the U.S. in 2000 under the title of The Legend of Drunken Master.

By returning to the role of Wong Fei-hung in Drunken Master II, Chan was making a comeback to the very role that not only launched his career, but the one that enabled him to become the biggest star in Asia. To be sure, Drunken Master II is enough of a standalone story that one need not have seen the original Drunken Master to enjoy it, but the background behind it enriches the experience and legacy of the film a lot.

While Drunken Master II positions itself as a classic kung fu movie in the same vein as Drunken Master, its action scenes also feel distinctly closer to the likes of Chan's '80s work with the combination of physical comedy and jaw-dropping stunt work. With Drunken Master II, Chan was able to essentially apply the elements he had developed in his post-Drunken Master work to the same character and setting as his 1978 breakout.

2 Drunken Master II Brings The Jackie Chan Formula To A Period Setting Though Chan started out his career in many period kung fu movies, his post-Drunken Master career largely saw him as a protagonist in modern settings. As an off-shoot of applying the Jackie Chan action-comedy template to his breakout character, Drunken Master II also more generally brought the Jackie Chan style of comedy and action into a period movie.

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