Drunken Master II

The film follows a martial artist, played by Jackie Chan, who is torn between respecting his father's pacifist principles. Simultaneously, he must act to stop a group of foreign thieves from carrying out their robberies, despite his father's wishes.

Drunken Master II is a programme classified as a movie. It falls within the broader genre of film and presents itself as a single, self‑contained work rather than a series or serial. The story follows a martial artist who finds himself torn between two opposing duties. On the one hand, he feels compelled to respect the pacifist wishes of his father, who advocates non‑violence. On the other hand, he is forced to confront a group of foreign thieves who are intent on stealing, putting him in a position where he must decide whether to intervene. This internal conflict drives the narrative, as the protagonist wrestles with loyalty to family values while being drawn into a confrontation with the criminal outsiders. The tension between adhering to a peaceful philosophy and taking action against wrongdoing forms the core of the plot. Ultimately, the film centres on the martial artist’s struggle to reconcile his father’s moral stance with the practical need to stop the thieving foreigners, highlighting the clash between personal principles and external threats.