Product Details

• Actors: Siu Tien Yuen, Jang Lee Hwang, Linda Lin, Shun-Yee Yuen, Corey Yuen
• Directors: Woo-ping Yuen
• Writers: See-Yuen Ng, Lung Hsiao
• Producers: See-Yuen Ng
• Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: Cantonese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Videoasia
• DVD Release Date: January 13, 2004
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000TPBAK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #246,127 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Dance of the Drunk Mantis" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

This January, celebrate the new year with these classic martial arts films featuring Hong Kong’s most celebrated masters – Yuen Woo Ping (martial arts director Kill Bill and The Matrix), and Corey Yuen Kwai (director of The Transporter, and So Close)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor, Poor DVD quality., January 21, 2004

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The Good Doctor "shaolinrenegade" (Wilmington, DE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dance of the Drunk Mantis (DVD)

Let me say that this is a terrible re-print of this movie. It looks like it was transferred from a bootleg VHS tape. It is cropped on all four corners and the colors are bleeding everywhere. This "insta-action" also is the biggest joke i have seen. It makes the whole DVD skip to certain scenes and you don't know what is going on.

It is a shame these classic movies are only getting re-mastered in Asia and not encoded for DVD players over here. Whatever you do, stay away from this edition of this movie.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unwatchable, December 30, 2005

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Tyche "The REAL Tyche" (Simi Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dance of the Drunken Mantis (DVD)

I bought this movie because I'm a huge fan of both Simon Yuen and Hwang Jang Lee and..I was horribly dissapointed.
Not because of the quality of the movie or the action, but because I couldn't watch it. This DVD features a code called 'Insta-Action' which cheerfully allows you to jump right to the action scenes..and you can't turn it off so far as I've been able to determine. So what you get is about ten minutes of movie..fight..fight..fight..fight..end of movie.
Videoasia should be ashamed of themselves. If you're a fan of Simon or Hwang, try and get the VHS version at your local Chinatown. Don't waste your money on this deplorable DVD.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Yuen Woo Ping and Sam the Seed, April 1, 2004

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N. B. "nise2000" (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dance of the Drunken Mantis (DVD)

When you see a Yuen Woo Ping film, you can pretty much gaurantee that it will be entertaining. At least the fight scenes are. I actually have owned this film for about 6 years now on VHS, and the movie is good, but it can get corney at times (like the singing in the bank?!.) But all in all a pretty decient martial arts film. Sam the Seed plays the usual character, like in Drunkin Master and does a good job, even though it's noticalble that he is not doing the more difficult moves. Watch for when Sam the Seed and Crazy Legs are drinking tea together! To me, It was the highlight of the film. Very good choreography, thanks to Woo Ping, who is one of the most talented martial arts choreographer and director. The firmiliarness of the characters, the cornyness, the slow martial arts sequences, and the unfunny comedy make it an OK martial arts film. Apart from the tea drinking sequence, the film is nothing spectacular.