| Drunken Monkey | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Lau Kar-leung | ||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Mona Fong | ||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Lau Kar-leung Wu Jing Shannon Yao Chik Kun-kwan | ||||||||||||||
| Music: | Tommy Wai | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Wong Po-man | ||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Kai Kit-wai | ||||||||||||||
| Studio: | Shaw Brothers Studio | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 97 minutes | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||||||
| Gross: | HK$ 153,560 | ||||||||||||||
Drunken Monkey is a 2003 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film starring and directed by Lau Kar-leung in his last film directorial effort before his death on 25 June 2013. The film co-stars Wu Jing, Lau Wing-kina, and Shannon Yao. It was the first kung fu film released by the Shaw Brothers Studio in over 2 decades.
Drunken Monkey was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 5 May 2003.[1] It grossed a total of HK$153,560.
Ken Eisner of Variety wrote that the film's fight choreography overcomes its cheesiness and derivative story.[2] David Cornelius of DVD Talk rated it 3/5 stars and wrote, "When the action's on, 'Drunken Monkey' is a total blast. When the action's off, 'Drunken Monkey' is a total snooze."[3]