Long Step Mantis

Customer Reviews:

Talgoma1..(old school kung-fu) Queens,N.Y........2006-06-12

Beckybwoy you're absolutely correct,these movies are 20-30 years old and in the 80's when I went to 42nd street every friday night to see them ,some of them were poor quality then but that does not take away from the action and that is what you are looking for.Those other two guys with their upity reviews need to get back to their little preppy school before their teacher marks them absent,any Real old scooler knows that these pictures are old and they accept them as they are.

Old 'skool" Kung Fu.......2006-05-20

On Like the other two so called kung fu lovers above, when I watch a martial arts flick, I usually watch it for the actual art of kung fu PERIOD!! As a true old school kung fu lover, I cannot afford to focus 100% on the sound or picture quality, I'm just too caught up in the choregraphy and or the cinematography. These flicks are usually 20 to 30 years old,,come on be a flexible. You don't score a flick simply on the picture and sound quality alone!! Personally,,,just as long as I can see and hear appropriately what is happening,,I'm good to go. Therefore, I will rate that movie accordingly!! Yeah, the picture and sound quality is not the greatest,,but that did not take nothing away from the acceptable story line and the amzing fight scenes! This is a top notch flick where the art of kung fu is absolutely transparent, an amazing kick ass flick which deserves nothing less than 5 stars in my book!!!

I agree with Zhuge Liang.......2005-02-05

I don't understand why they think that the average kung fu movie consumer could tolerate such crappy quality. I've seen this movie in Europe and I know for a fact that the picture quality is decent in it's widescreen format. When I seen this one come to the states, I refused to buy it unless there was some indication that it's either remastered or in letterbox or both. They should start doing decent transfers of kung fu movies and quit ripping us kung fu movie fans off!!

Great Kung Fu, Poor(est) Transfer.......2003-02-06

I watch a lot of kung fu movies and have come to expect that the DVD transfer of such films is usually less than perfect, but this one went above and beyond the call of duty to be one the worst DVD transfers of a kung fu film I have ever seen. During the first 20 minutes the film is almost unwatchable as everything takes place in what appears to be heavily-foliaged terrain, its very hard to tell because everything is washed out green with almost no detail visible, even the actors appear to be green when seen in the distance. Also one can see this was transfered from a VHS tape or similar format as it appears that the tracking was being adjusted constantly for the first sequences of the film. The only thing that saves it from getting 1 star is that it has some very good scenes of Mantis Kung Fu, when they're actually visible of course. Here's to hoping they find a better print of the movie someday.

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