		Year: 1994 Director: Lau Kar Leung Starring: Jackie Chan, Ken Lo, Anita Mui, Lau Kar Leung Genre: Action/martial arts Literal title translation: 'Drunken Fist II'

The evil British and their treasonous Chinese henchmen are planning to smuggle the emperor's jade seal and other art treasures out of Manchuria, unless Wong Fei Hung (Jackie) can stop them with his drunken boxing. Teaming up with a Manchurian officer (Lau Kar Leung) the mischievous Wong must fight against the aggressors in a climatic battle set in a foundry works.

Jackie returns to the role that made him famous in his first traditional kung fu flick since 1982's 'Dragon Lord'. Considering he is well into his forties Chan plays the part of the young Wong Fei Hung extremely well. You can tell Chan undertook a lot of extra training in preparation for this film and he looks in the best shape of his career. The real revelation though is Chan's real-life bodyguard Ken Lo as the villain. In the end fight he gives 'Riverdance' a whole new meaning and gives the best display on on screen kicking since Donnie Yen in 'Iron Monkey'. Seeing Ken execute kick after kick without putting down his leg is truly jaw dropping and earned Ken many followers overnight. This is what Chan fans demand - a climatic end fight scene that sees everybody involved giving it their all. Unfortunately the story does hold together so well and various characters float in and out of the narrative with no real purpose. However, the comedy scenes are well executed (except for an extremely bad taste joke at the end), thanks to both Chan and Anita Mui (playing his stepmother).

The fight scenes are what set this apart from Chan's other nineties films and the scale of the production is also very impressive. The cinematography almost rivals Tsui Hark's OUATIC series. This is Jackie at his best and it is easy to overlook the film's minor flaws to find a pure classic new wave kung fu flick. Watch it at all costs.