virtuoso effort sets some kind of benchmark: It may not be possible to film a better fight scene. In Entertainment Weekly, Lisa Schwarzbaum gave the film an A− grade and wrote:A half dozen years after its Asian release, and over two decades after the original Drunken Master made Jackie Chan a star in Hong Kong, The Legend of Drunken Master may be the most kick-ass demonstration yet, for the majority of American moviegoers, of what the fuss is all about: To many aficionados (who know the video as Drunken Master II), this 1994 favorite, remastered and dubbed in "classic" bad Chinese-accented English, showcases Chan in his impish glory, dazzling in his ability to make serious, complicated fighting look like devil-may-care fun. Time magazine listed Drunken Master II as one of the All-Time 100 Movies as chosen by Time movie critics Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel: The most important and entertaining star of east Asian cinema, Jackie Chan survived a boyhood in a punishing Peking Opera School, and his early screen days as "the next Bruce Lee" to create his own genre of martial-arts comedies .. Jackie starred in, and directed, many wonderful action films in his pre-Hollywood days. This one can stand at the peak. James Berardinelli was one of the less fervent reviewers:The Legend of Drunken Master is pretty typical Hong Kong Chan fare – five superior action sequences with a lot of failed comedy and mindless drivel padding out the running length. Most of the expository and character-building scenes fall into one of three categories: (1) inane, (2) incomprehensible, or (3) dull. The tone is also wildly inconsistent. Some sequences are laced with slapstick comedy while others are acutely uncomfortable as a result of torture and the nearly-abusive disciplining of a grown child by a parent. (Differences in culture make the latter seem more incongruous to American viewers than to Chinese movie-goers.) So it's up to the action to redeem the film – a feat it succeeds at, at least to a point.On Rotten Tomatoes, Drunken Master II has an aggregated review score of 84% based on 80 critic reviews, the site's critical consensus reads: "Jackie Chan sends up some amazing and entertaining fight sequences in The Legend of Drunken Master." Awards and nominations In 2015, the British Film Institute (BFI) selected Drunken Master II as one of the 10 best action movies of all time. See also