The Legend Of Drunken Master (1994)

A hidden talent can be a blessing or a curse, depending on how, and how much, you use it. Lau Kar-leung's "The Legend of Drunken Master," originally released in Hong Kong as "Drunken Master II," stars Jackie Chan as the young folk hero Wong Fei-hung, a mischievous martial artist whose specialty is "drunken boxing," a style that makes him more agile the more he drinks. The trouble begins at a train station, where Fei-hung, trying to dodge a tax on a package of ginseng for his father, accidentally swaps it for a box containing an ancient imperial seal, sparking a spectacular fight beneath a train with a mysterious Manchu officer, played by Lau himself. Fei-hung soon stumbles onto a plot by a corrupt British consul and his local accomplices, who run a brutal steel mill, to smuggle priceless Chinese artifacts out of the country. His stern father (Ti Lung) forbids him to fight while drunk, and after a string of misadventures, including a public drunken brawl that shames the family, he's disowned. Anita Mui is hilarious as his scheming young stepmother, who gambles, fibs and covers for him at every turn. Redeemed and determined to protect China's heritage, Fei-hung takes on the smugglers and their fearsome henchmen, building to a breathtaking finale in the steel mill, where he gulps down industrial alcohol and battles a lightning-fast kicker (Ken Lo). It's widely regarded as one of the greatest fight sequences in martial arts film history, and Chan, who took over directing duties after Lau left the production, pushed his stunts to astonishing extremes.