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Cast:
Yuen
Shun Yi
Simon
Yuen
Hwang
Jang Lee
Lin
Ying
Yuen
Kwai
Action:
Yuen
Woo Ping
Yuen
Shun Yi
Producer:
Ng
See Yuen
Director:
Yuen
Woo Ping
Score:
 
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DANCE
OF THE DRUNK MANTIS
AKA:
Drunken Master Part 2 ||
Dance Of The Drunken Mantis
Year:
1979 Reviewer: Andrew
Saroch
Yuen
Woo Ping takes the helm for another kung fu classic, this time
directing the official sequel to 'Drunken
Master'.
After
years of wandering the countryside, Sam the Seed returns home
only to discover that his wife has adopted a son in his
absence. After an earlier misunderstanding, Sam takes an
instant dislike to Foggy, the son, and teases him mentally and
physically. Foggy can stand no more and deeply upset, he runs
away. While working at a restaurant, Foggy overhears a plan to
kill Sam the Seed by the fearsome Rubberlegs who intends on
being the supreme Drunk Mantis Boxing Champion. Although he
rushes home to prevent it, Foggy is unable to stop his adopted
father from being seriously injured, but the two do manage to
escape. During frequent visits to a peculiar kung fu fighting
doctor (who sleeps in a coffin!) to obtain medicine, Foggy
learns a new form of kung-fu. Now armed with this 'Sickness
Boxing', Foggy awaits the final battle with Rubberlegs.
Although
not up to 'Drunken
Master 2' (what film could be!), 'Dance Of The Drunk
Mantis' is still a great film. Yuen Woo Ping and his brothers
fill the film with stunning 'drunken' conflicts and duels.
Simon Yuen makes a welcome return as Sam the Seed and his
real-life son Yuen Shun Yi makes a very sympathetic Foggy. The
trio of stars is complete with the legendary Hwang Jang Lee as
Rubberlegs, continuing to stun the audience with his legwork.
A worthy follow-up to a worldwide favourite.
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