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Your Base are Belong to Us (2001)
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In 1973, following the death of Bruce Lee, the Hong Kong action cinema world searched furiously for a new martial arts master who could energize an audience in the same way that Lee had done. For five years they were unable to find a suitable replacement as every limber Chinese male took a turn. In 1978, however, Jackie Chan made the cult classic The Drunken Master, and with his mix of action and slapstick comedy, has become the most popular martial arts actor in the world today. In 1994, already an established star, Chan decided to pay homage to the film that started his career, and he made a sequel, Drunken Master II. Newly dubbed into English and re-titled The Legend of Drunken Master, Chan is reprising his role as Wong Fei-Hong for American audiences.
The plot of this film is thin. It is a formulaic mix-up of a package that leads the innocent Chan to be accosted by the film’s evildoers. In this case the majority of the bad guys are British and Australian, . . .
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