Come Drink with Me (1966)

Come Drink with Me
Directed by King Hu
Written by King Hu and Shan-Hsi Ting
1966/Hong Kong
Shaw Brothers
First viewing/Amazon Instant

[box] Fan Ta-p’i: They call me Drunken Cat[/box]

Good early chop-socky movie was marred somewhat on my viewing by bad English dubbing.

Evil henchmen kidnap Golden Swallow’s brother, the Governor’s son,  and hold him hostage in exchange for their imprisoned leader.  The forces of good in the form of sister Golden Swallow (Pei-Pei Chen)  and crafty beggar Drunken Cat battle all comers to save the day.

This is watchable for the many action sequences.  Pei-Pei Chen is a revelation as the female warrior – her boy disguise is never convincing.  The dubbing was of the type where it sounds like all the male characters are voiced by the same actor.  But the plot is not the reason to watch any way.  It’s a pretty fun time.