Shaolin Drunkard: Quick Takes

Less of the kung fu (yet still well put together when it does appear) and more of a fantasy comedy romp along the lines of The Miracle Fighters, it's understandable why efforts such as Yuen Woo-Ping's Shaolin Drunkard never really found the widespread audience that Drunken Master or The Magnificent Butcher did. Broad to the max and very uniquely Asian, since director Yuen and his brothers focus all energy on delivering silliness, albeit very creative silliness, it's a film for audiences that have embraced but maybe there also are those that dare embrace the low-brow nature to their Hong Kong filmmaking. Some quite stomach churning gore and body horror at times disrupt the goofy surface but having gone past those thresholds successfully, Shaolin Drunkard becomes manic fun from the Yuen Clan.

Yuen Yat Chor, Yuen Cheung Yan (as the titular drunkard as well as Yat Chor's grandma. The latter role being a reference back to The Miracle Fighters), Yuen Chun Yee, Yeung Hoi Yi and Eddy Ko star. Director Yuen Woo-Ping appears in a cameo.