Drunken Monkey
2003 1h 37m movie Film Hong Kong

Drunken Monkey

醉馬騮

“Few can master it. None can survive it.”

Synopsis

醉馬騮

“Few can master it. None can survive it.”

China, the early 1930's: martial arts master Wen Biao discovers that his brother has been using their security company for illegal activities. A confrontation between the brothers leaves Web Biao missing and presumed dead.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Drunken Monkey. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Action + Adventure in Hong Kong

81 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Drunken Monkey itself).

The 2002–2004 Hong Kong Window

Drunken Monkey holds position #32 of 50 Hong Kong films in the 2002–2004 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. War and Beauty
    #1

    War and Beauty

    ★ 9.3 · 2004
  2. Infernal Affairs
    #2

    Infernal Affairs

    ★ 7.8 · 2002
  3. The Hand
    #3

    The Hand

    ★ 7.3 · 2004
  4. Infernal Affairs II
    #4

    Infernal Affairs II

    ★ 7.2 · 2003
  5. Turn Left, Turn Right
    #5

    Turn Left, Turn Right

    ★ 7.2 · 2003
  6. Hollywood Hong Kong
    #6

    Hollywood Hong Kong

    ★ 7.1 · 2002
  7. Lost in Time
    #7

    Lost in Time

    ★ 7.0 · 2003
  8. PTU
    #8

    PTU

    ★ 6.9 · 2003

The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Hong Kong, 146 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Drunken Monkey premiered alongside 16 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 16 other Hong Kong films in 2003.

The 547th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).

Audience Engagement

11
Reviews
13th
Review-volume percentile
39th
Popularity percentile

11 audience reviews — more than 13% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 39th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Drunken Monkey, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • drunken master · 5
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • female martial artist · 12
  • opium · 7
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • martial arts · 369
  • kung fu · 121

Reception Benchmarks

6.0
TMDB Rating
11
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #564 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (33rd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.3 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #372 of 516 (top 72%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
Original LanguageChinese
Spoken LanguagesCantonese, Mandarin, Spanish, English
Production CompaniesSuper Power Film Production Co., Ltd., Shaw Brothers, China Film Group Corporation
Runtime1h 37m
Release DateMay 19, 2003
IMDbtt0367602