This Taiwanese kung fu flick starts out playing it straight with the Mings vs. the Qings in a rebellion situation. Then they introduce the goofy-ass bumbling comedic character and then to top that we get a guy who looks like a monkey and does monkey-style kung fu who's named, naturally, Drunken Monkey. This one had potential with it's mixing of horror elements(a ghost keeps showing up, but is it really a ghost or is our main bad guy just going bonkers?) and martial arts but it's never really all that exciting. Too much exposition early on and the goofy second half make for a pretty disjointed viewing experience. Also the ending, involving quadruplets is really absurd. The bad guy has a cool moustache though. AKA THESE HANDS DESTROY (this is in reference to the bad guys "death palm" technique where his hands smoke before he gives you the deadly "palm strike of death"!) and MANTIS IN THE MONKEY'S SHADOW
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