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Matt Weitz, Dallas Morning News: The fight scenes are masterpieces of choreography, kineticism at its most sublime. Read more
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: Not one of Jackie Chan's better movies. Read more
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Jackie Chan in top form. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: This is one of the films that made Jackie Chan Jackie Chan. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: A fleet, enjoyable Jackie Chan romp. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Heeere's Jackie, ageless and great, before refitting himself to Western specs. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: A spectacularly silly comic epic in which almost every known camera trick, stunt and fight choreography known to the genre is squished into one story. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: If you have a taste for Hong Kong action (and I do) then The Legend of Drunken Master has enough going on to make it a classic. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Chan fans will probably want to pay to see this one on the big screen. Everyone else can bide their time for the video release. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The final 20-minute fight sequence ... sets some kind of benchmark: It may not be possible to film a better fight scene. Read more
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle: A bit of a chore to watch for the first half or so. Dubbed dialogue that is totally out of synch doesn't help. Read more
Joe Leydon, Variety: The extended fight scenes [have been] justly hailed by aficionados as classics of the genre. Read more
Jessica Winter, Village Voice: Chan has always seemed like a silent-screen virtuoso self-catapulted into modern times. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: Let's cut to the fights. Wow. As in super, double, incredible wow. Read more