DRUNKEN MASTER

GENRE:  Comedy/ Action
MADE:  1978
CAST:  Jackie Chan, Siu Tien Yuen, Jang Lee Hwang
DIRECTOR:  Woo-ping Yuen
WRITER:  See-Yuen Ng, Woo-ping Yuen, Lung Hsiao

PLOT:  wong Fei-Hung trains in the martial arts style Drunken Fist style to stop an assassin.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Legend Of Drunken Master, Ip Man, Fearless

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KUNG FU PANDA

GENRE:  Animation/ Action/ Adventure
MADE:  2008
CAST:  Jack Black, Ian McShane, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan
DIRECTOR:  Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
WRITER:  Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris

PLOT:  Po, a panda who has been raised making noodle soup but an avid martial arts fan finds that he is chosen from the universe to protect the Valley of Peace from the evil Tai Lung though he has not one warrior skill.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Finding Nemo, Toy Story 3, A Bugs Life

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THE LEGEND OF DRUNKEN MASTER

GENRE:  Martial Arts/ Action/ Comedy/ Drama
MADE:  1994
CAST:  Jackie Chan, Ho-Sung Pak, Lung Ti, Anita Mui
DIRECTOR:  Chia-Liang Liu, Jackie Chan
WRITER:  Edward Tang, Man-Ming Tong, Cai Chi Yuen

PLOT:  After a medicine shopping trip with his father for his father's doctor office, Wong Fei-Hung becomes entangled in a scheme of lies for fear his father might find out that he has lost a very special medicinal root.  Wong Fei-Hung continues to get into trouble as he is forced to use his Drunken Master martial-arts technique to fight off villainous mobs.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Drunken Master, Tai Chi Master, Kung Fu Hustle

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THE KARATE KID

GENRE:  Family/ Action/ Drama
MADE:  2010
CAST:  Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith
DIRECTOR:  Harald Zwart
WRITER:  Christopher Murphey & Robert Mark Kamen

PLOT:  Sherry Parker and her son Dre relocate to China from New York.  Adjustment is hard for Dre, the new kid on the block.  Unable to fight off Kung-Fu bullies Dre learns the art of Kung-Fu from a master disguised as a maintenance man.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Remember The Titans, Kung Fu Panda, E.T.

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