title: Drunken Monkey (film)
text: # Drunken Monkey (film)
  
  Drunken Monkey is a 2003 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by and starring Lau Kar-leung. It was the first kung fu film released by the Shaw Brothers Studio in two decades. This was the final film Kar-leung directed before dying on June 25, 2013.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Lau Kar-leung as Master Man Bill
  * Wu Jing as Great Uncle Tak
  * Lau Wing-kin as Chan Kai-yip
  * Shannon Yao as Siu-Ma
  * Chi Kuan-chun as Yui Hoi-Yeung
  * Gordon Liu as Detective Hung Yat Fu
  * Lau Kar-wing as Fighter in the beginning
  * Li Hai-tao
  
  ## Release
  
  Drunken Monkey was released in Hong Kong on 5 May 2003. It grossed a total of HK$153,560.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Ken Eisner of Variety wrote that the film's fight choreography overcomes its cheesiness and derivative story. 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."
  
  