KUNG FU OF EIGHT DRUNKARDS-1980-More inebriated martial arts craziness. An alcoholic Kung Fu master Wu Shing tries to teach a young student Kam Fung (Fei Meng) but the student gets frustrated and leaves. He goes to work in a noodle shop for his uncle who constantly abuses him. Meanwhile, Monkey, a thief who says he doesn't care about women but every time one passes his queue goes rigid, causes trouble with some firecrackers. When Kam's uncle's place is vandalized he realizes the town bad guy wants Kam to reveal the whereabouts of Wu Shing. The bad guy's daughter also comes around looking for trouble unaware of her father's involvement. The main story is fairly serious but the the fights are comical until the finale.
A pre-credit introduction explains that the "drunkard style" has nothing to do with drinking. It's just that the moves resemble a drunken man. Still the old master drinks constantly. Oddly, the movie never refers to it as "drunken style" (despite the title). Characters always call it "8 Immortals Style"! The plot is very confusing but this is probably due to bad editing and dubbing. And despite a lot of tragic battles this ends on a comical note!
Directior (that's how it's spelled in the credits!) Ma Wu was also an actor. For some reason at certain points in the film a version of "Dixie" is played!
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