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My Father is a Hero (1995) - Drunk Monk - 06-15-2026
Went back for this to revisit Miao Xie. I remember liking Xie and Jet in this but it’s a mediocre film overall. There’s the scene when Jet kills a pack of police shepherds which is clearly fake but disturbing. I remembered that scene quite well - it stuck out. Jet smokes a lot. Hong Kong and China are peripherally captured as smoky too, which reinforces my memory of it. Jet & Xie have good chemistry and Xie’s martial & acting chops are firm already. Where this film fails iz the middle when Anita Mui comes in. The action drops and there’s a drawn out death scene that’s way too long and melodramatic. Jet’s character is a hero but a bad dad with a great son.
I watched a version on YouTube where the English dub was a few minutes abead the scenes. That was super annoying but it clued me into when the next fight would break out. I mightve had a better experience if I had just muted the sound. The dub was confusing too because I couldn’t pin the rubber voices to the characters. But it was amusing in a surreal way. I can’t say it completely ruin it because I watched it through despite this issue.
Not that D00M recommended.