Drunken Master 2 is based around the turn of the century and stars Jackie Chan once again as Chinese folk hero Wong Fei Hong (looking only slightly older than his character of 17 years ago).

Drunken Master 2 starts with Wong, his father and friends transporting some goods into China on a train. While wandering through the train out of sheer boredom, Wong discovers an old Manchu soldier (director Lau Kar Leung) stealing from his family's luggage. The old man escapes off the train and Wong follows to retrieve his goods.

The first great fight of the movie ensures underneath the train as Wong must fend off the old man's vicious spear attacks. They soon end up moving under the platform then out into a surrounding field. Throughout the fight both participants demonstrate their enormous ability and skill.

After unwillingly settling on a draw, the old man stays behind as Wong recovers his goods and gets back to the train. Unfortunately Wong's goods have gotten mixed up with the old man's goods which consist of ancient Chinese treasures.

The main plot to Drunken Master 2 sees Wong getting mixed up in artifact smuggling ring with villains Andy Lau and Ken Lo Houi-Kang (Jackie's real life bodyguard). Anita Mui (The Heroic Trio, My Father is a Hero, Rumble in the Bronx) plays Wong's stepmother while martial arts veteran Ti Lung (A Better Tomorrow 1 & 2) plays Wong's father. Wong once again meets up with the Manchu soldier again and discovers more about the artifact smuggling ring. The remainder of the movie has Wong trying to recover a Chinese fan that connects the bad guys to the smuggling operation.

The one thing Drunken Master 2 is famous for is its incredible fight scenes. The movie contains many fights with quite a few really memorable ones. Chan runs through his drunken boxing style Kung-fu techniques with expert precision and doesn’t look his 40 years old at all.

One of the fights has Wong's mother throwing wine bottles to him as he fights five henchmen at the same time. As Wong battles the villains, he juggles the successive decanters of wine while doing flips, kicks, and strange, unbalanced taunts.

Another memorable fight sees Chan and his Manchu soldier friend going to a tea shop to meet up with the smugglers where they are both forced to battle a ton of angered henchmen. There are several standout sequences in this fight, not the least of which is when the Manchu soldier kicks a rickety wooden staircase out from underneath 15 odd henchmen. Chan’s pole work is very impressive as well.

By far one of the most impressive fights ever seen is the last battle. Wong has to fight a heap of bad guys and then main bad guy Ken Lo Houi-Kang in a working iron mill. If you've never seen Ken Lo Houi-Kang fight before then you're in for a nice surprise. Mark my words, he is one of the best kickers in Hong Kong today! The guy could kick the top of his own head while balancing on his other leg if he wanted to!

Jackie does the usual bunch of breathtaking stunts, badly burning himself in one of them too. There is no end to his talent in this movie. Drunken Master 2 is one of the finest martial arts movies to be made in Hong Kong. It is the quintessential period piece film with terrific fight choreography and a very capable cast. If you want to get any of your friends hooked on Jackie Chan films, you could do them no bigger favor than to show this film.

Overall I give Drunken Master 2 a 10/10