The Young Master (1980)

After failing his fellow students in a Lion Dance competition, Dragon (Jackie Chan) is sent away from his school in disgrace... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Jackie Chan
Written By: Jackie Chan, Tin-Chi Lau, King Sang Tang, Lu Tung
Starring: Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen, Feng Tien, Lily Li, Kien Shih, Hoi-Sang Lee, Ing-Sik Whang, Pai Wei, Fung Feng
AKA: Shi di chu ma
Country: Hong Kong
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The Young Master belongs to 7 collections
1. Essential Kung Fu Films (collaborative: moderated by TheDenizen - 16 stars)
2. Martial Arts (collaborative: moderated by doganay - 9 stars)
3. LoveHKFilm: The Best 200 Hong Kong Films Ever (public: edkrak - 3 stars)
4. kung fu (collaborative: moderated by kikifas - 1 star)
5. Movies to See: Martial Arts (public: Lord Moe)
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Dec 30, 2022 | Warden | 66 82nd |
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The ending fight is one of if not the longest martial arts fight i've ever seen. It's also one where the hero has taken the most damage i've ever seen. Other than that, it's a pretty good and funny martial arts film.
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Sep 12, 2022 | ![]() |
MontyCircus | 60 68th |
Lots of great, playful, humourous, slapstick-filled fights that are sure to bring a smile to your face. As per usual for kung fu flicks, the plot is throwaway. Biggest disappointment is the final boss fight, which goes on for way too long and bores the entire time. Also the fights were all very "stop/start" and lacked the more impressive flowing moves of future fight films. Highlight was the fan fight early on.
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May 27, 2022 | Lonewolf2003 | 75 60th |
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Jackie's sophomore directed movie shows he already had an excellent understanding of action direction, but struggled as storyteller. The action is highly enjoyable. The almost 20 minutes long final fight is the cherry on the cake of movie full of wonderful action. Alas the plot is so poorly told it's near incomprehensible. On the other side the breathtaking pace ensures it never bores. Of course one watches this for the beforementioned action, so these beginners mistakes are easily forgivable.
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Apr 26, 2021 | ![]() |
nobamba | 85 92nd |
HK Theatrical cut. How have I never heard of this? Easily the best Jackie Chan kung fu movie. The plot is straightforward but not deep. People ragging on the plot haven't seen the really bad ones, especially with poor female characters in other contemporary films. This has tons of prop stunts which I love, plus Cantonese wordplay. I took a point off for the drawn out nonsensical final battle. Fav scenes: prisoner breaking out; JC's fan fight; sister's dress fight; JC's street fight vs 2 goons
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Jun 02, 2020 | ![]() |
WWallce4prez | 82 79th |
Once you get past a clunky intro consisting of some quarreling brothers, Jackie Chan's sophomore directing effort shines in its energy. There is no typical training montage, so there is no time to catch your breath as Chan goes from one to set piece to another. From a great fan fight, to a bench brawl, getting schooled by Lily Li, and finally to its dusty conclusion, The Young Master just moves. Jackie Chan is nothing but humble, but the final showdown is a prime example of what punishment the a
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May 18, 2018 | ![]() |
Moribunny | 48 35th |
Has some fun rough-and-tumble, espcially the Biao Yuen fight, and the grand finale, but you have to suffer through quite a lot of that virtually plotless, flat broad comedy, to get to it.
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Sep 11, 2017 | jordanraiden | 18 94th |
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10/8
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Jan 14, 2013 | ![]() |
eCitizen | 50 49th |
Points for the martial arts fighting, and for some of the amusing points of the story, but in familiar fashion the plot was sometimes confusing to the point of nonsense. There were a few clever and funny scenes, but there is also a lot of poor story telling thinly wrapped around the central theme of Kung Fu fighting. Jackie Chan is entertaining and comical at times, but the last half of the ending fight sequence was pretty weird and detracts from the movie.
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May 08, 2012 | ![]() |
chmul_cr0n | 73 69th |
fun(ny) chereographies, awesome fight at the end.
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Feb 18, 2011 | CatScandal | 75 85th |
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the action in this is every bit as good as the original drunken master. massively underrated.
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Jan 06, 2011 | ![]() |
rodrigoppb | 77 62nd |
Good kung-fu movie. The fan scene and the ending fight are quite amazing, but the story could be much better.
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Feb 06, 2010 | ![]() |
lodolfo | 76 37th |
Funny, but the story, which at first seemed to be interesting, was quickly put aside and forgotten. The last fighting sequence was really tooooo long...
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Jun 27, 2008 | ![]() |
joseywales | 75 73rd |
Everything you'd expect from 70's Jackie Chan right down to the bad music. This film does everything right but nothing exceptional.
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Aug 14, 2007 | ![]() |
TheDenizen | 99 99th |
The best of Jackie's early work, it features an awesome dragon dance and an insane final battle.
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Average Percentile 57.79% from 187 Ratings | ![]() |