4. Drunken Master 2
Lar Kar-leung is a master of wu xia films including his masterful 36th Chamber of the Shaolin. In the original Drunken Master, Jackie Chan had not fully found his comedic sensibility and truly how to perform yet. 16 years after the release of the original Drunken Master, these two great Chinese icons decided to bond together to create Drunken Master 2 or The Legend of the Drunken Master in North American release. Once again this is a story of Wong Fei-Hong as he fights the evil foreigner, a storyline that populates a lot of Chinese films. The drunken boxing technique is marked with grace and virtuoso physicality that proves my theory that Jackie Chan is the last great silent star in that he embodies the type of comedy that Buster Keaton and Harry Lloyd represent. But, Drunken Master 2 does not simply just include comedic fight scenes as Chan and Kar-leung were able to infuse some dramatic moments into the film. The final fight scene is every bit as intense and hard hitting as a Nicolas Winding-Refn film. This is one of Chans rare films that show how truly great he is in the art of martial arts as well as accurately portraying his comedic sensibility. This is Chans defining film and the film that will be his legacy long after he passes.