Synopsis: Wows to bring back the Shaw Brothers' old school action, martial artist Lau Kar-leung along with Wu Jing, trained by the same master of Jet Li,  returns to make his first movie in more than ten years. (More synopsis available on the official site)

 

Chinese Release Date: ?

Distributor: Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd.

Production Company: Super Film Production Co., Ltd.

Cast

Wu Jing Ah De
Lau Kar-leung Master Wen Biao
Shannon Yao Ah Min
Chiang Chu-wan
Chik Kwan-kun
Lau Wing-kin
Crew
Directors Lau Kar Leung, Gordon Liu
Line Producers Wan Pak-nam, Li Pak-ling
Screenplay Li Pak-ling
Director of Cinematography Wong Po-man
Martial Art Director Lau Kar-wing
Editing Kai Kit-wai

 

 

 
Lau Kar-leung Wu Jing Shannon Yao
Page by Hong Kong Films' Web
Trailer (Windows Media)
Unofficial Fan Site:  Wu Jing
Order the DVD

News

 

DRUNKEN MONKEY Premièred In Hong Kong DVDed In The Rest of China (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

May 22, 2003

(Left to right) Lau Kar Wing, Wu Jing, Lau Kar Leung, Fok Man-Hei

DVD cover

Sing Pao, SOHU

According to Hong Kong media, DRUNKEN MONKEY, the latest martial-art film by Shaw Brothers, had its premiere in Hong Kong yesterday. A May 1 theatrical released in the mainland China has been cancelled due to the SARS fear and instead, the movie has been released on DVD and VCD.

 

Leading man Wu Jing: A, B

 

More coverage on DRUNKEN MONKEY

DRUNKEN MONKEY Stills (Shanghai Film Studio / Sina.com)

April 13, 2002

This old-fashion martial-art film produced by the legendary Shaw Bros., has been set to be released this month. Click the following links for stills and shots from the set:

Shanghai Film Studio

Sina.com

Thanks to Elhcay

DRUNKEN MONKEY Trailer And Clips (Sina.com)

March 28, 2003

Here are four videos from the newest old-school martial-art film DRUNKEN MONKEY. Too bad, they only came with Real format. Made by the legendary Shaw Brothers, it is old fashion all the way. It has been announced that the film will be released in China on May 1.

 

Trailer: Stream (Real Video)    Download (ZIP)  -  Length: 1:13

Clip 1: Stream (Real Video)    Download (ZIP)  -  Length: 1:34

Clip 2: Stream (Real Video)    Download (ZIP)  -  Length: 3:42

Clip 3: Stream (Real Video)    Download (ZIP)  -  Length: 3:01

DRUNKEN MONKEY Coming To Theaters In March (Various)
February 15, 2002

Someone from Jet Star Entertainment, which is representing the film's leading man Wu Jing, has left a massage on the forum of a Wu Jing's fan site, claiming that DRUNKEN MONKEY will be released in China this March. But according to another message supposedly from Wu Jing himself, the film has been pushed back to late April. However, according to the official website of Shanghai Film Studio, the film will be released in March for sure.

 

DRUNKEN MONKEY is the first old-school martial art film from Shaw Bros. in over a decade. It was directed by Lau Kar Leung and Gordon Liu, who played two roles in KILL BILL. Wu Jing is a very promising real martial-art star, who was trained by the same mater trained Jet Li. 

 

Thanks to Elhcay

DRUNKEN MONKEY Video Captures (OrientalFilms.co.uk)
November 12, 2002

The web site of UK based Oriental Film Review Magazine (orientalfilms.co.uk) has just posted a whole batch of stills of DRUNKEN MONKEY. They were striped from some low-res on-set videos and the trailer. Check it out: click here

 

DRUNKEN MONKEY is only the first attempt of Shaw Bros. ambitious campaign of resurrecting its old-school martial art films. It was directed by Lau Kar Leung and Gordon Liu. Wu Jing, whose coach also trained Jet Li, takes the leading role. Shooting has wrapped up this summer and it will likely be released during the coming Chinese New Year in Asia.

Thanks to John Herbert

DRUNKEN MONKEY Picture (United News)
June 16, 2002
Director Lau Kar-leung (left) and leading man Wu Jing (right).
 

This pictures was taken by Taiwan's United News, when they visited the set in  Shanghai.

Photo: United News (Taiwan)

 

 

Related report:

DRUNKEN MONKEY On-Set Video (NetandTV.Com) June 10, 2002

DRUNKEN MONKEY Trailer And Storyline (ColourChina) June 10, 2002

Other News

 

DRUNKEN MONKEY On-Set Video (NetandTV.Com) June 10, 2002

DRUNKEN MONKEY Trailer And Storyline (ColourChina) June 10, 2002

DRUNKEN MONKEY On-Location Videos (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) May 1, 2002

DRUNKEN MONKEY On-Location Shots (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) April 25, 2002

DRUNKEN MONKEY Videos (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) March 19, 2002

Liu Kia-liang Talking DRUNKEN MONKEY (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) March 15, 2002

DRUNKEN MONKEY Is No Monkey Business (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) March 13, 2002

Shaw Brothers Introducing Wu Jing With DRUNKEN MONKEY (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) March 9, 2002