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Drunken Master III (1994)
Directed by Liu Chia-Liang
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Set around the turn of the century in China, the White Lotus Society plots to put the next Emperor on the throne. To do this they want their protege to marry the Princess Sun Yu who possesses an important jade ring. They dispatch Yueng Kwan to fetch her. However, Yueng Kwan is a patriot, working for the revolutionary forces of Sun Yat Sen. He abducts Sun Yu and finds refuge with the father of the future hero Wong Fei Hung.
Length 91 minutes
Actors
Andy Lau | Michelle Reis | Willie Chi | Simon Yam | Liu Chia-Liang | Adam Cheng | Gordon Liu Chia-Hui | He Jie | Lau Ga-Yung | Giorgio Pasotti | Hu Jian Qiang | Chow Man-Wai | To Man-Hung | Sze Sui-Fan | Fong Wai-Chung | Chou Jing | Hon Man-Kit | Hau Chan-Yu | Lee Kwok-Man | Luk Siu-Pang | Chow Man | Chin Hiu-Kwan | Lau Heung-Yeung | Kwok Oi-Wing | Daniel Chan Hiu-Tung | Luk Lan-Fung | Zhang Lei | Zhang Teng | Cheung Yiu-Man | Tsui Fai | Suen Ka-Wing | Ma Lee-Yung | Bradley James Allan
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/19/2025 | Computer | Other | Owned | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
Amazing that Lau Kar-Leung directed two sequels for Drunken Master that share the same release year and have nothing to do with each other. My guess is that the studio forced the DM3 title on this to leverage the popularity of the Jackie Chan sequel. He’s not in this one and the closest to him would be Andy Lau who’s MIA for half the movie. Gordon Liu is still in his villain mode here (I would love to read a long form essay on how Liu went from hero to heel during the eighties). The action is great but everything around it is not.
Michelle Reis is radiant and gorgeous. The Lau vs Liu stuff is fun. All the anachronistic nonsense (halloween, skateboarding, etc.) isn’t as novel as Leung probably thought it would be at the time. The religious subplot is a turnoff.
All that said, I’d still like to have a nice release of this.
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