Hong Kong The Legend of Drunken Master sits in the top 6% of Hong Kong films on this catalog — ranked #46 of 836 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
醉拳二
“He's got a secret weapon with a lot of kick.”
Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father's antagonism as well.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #46 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (94th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.1 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #22 of 516 (top 4%).
Audience Engagement
862 audience reviews — more than 97% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 95th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Legend of Drunken Master. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Action + Comedy in Hong Kong
150 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Legend of Drunken Master itself).
The 1993–1995 Hong Kong Window
Among 71 Hong Kong films we catalog from this window, The Legend of Drunken Master places #5 — near the top of its class.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Hong Kong, 215 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Legend of Drunken Master premiered alongside 25 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 42m runtime, production spent $98K per minute on screen and earned $113K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 25 other Hong Kong films in 1994.
The 391st Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Legend of Drunken Master, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- drinking · 5
- drunken master · 5
- alcohol · 4
- drunken boxing · 3
- early republican china · 1
- fistfight · 14
- duel · 9
- showdown · 9
- martial arts · 369
- friendship · 134
- china · 127
- kung fu · 121
- parent child relationship · 46
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Hong Kong Stuntman Association, Paragon Films Ltd. |
| Runtime | 1h 42m |
| Release Date | February 3, 1994 |
| IMDb | tt0111512 |