Dance of the Drunk Mantis

Director: Yuen Woo-ping
Genre: Martial arts, Dogme 95, World cinema, Action/Adventure, Action, Comedy, Action Comedy, Chinese Movies
Year: 1979
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Standard Cantonese
Starring: Hwang Jang Lee, Yuen Siu Tien, Dean Shek, Corey Yuen, Shun-Yee Yuen

Dance of the Drunk Mantis (南北醉拳; aka 'South North Drunk Fist', 'Drunken Master Part 2') is a 1979 Hong Kong kung fu comedy film directed by Yuen Siu Tien’s real life son Yuen Woo-ping, starring Yuen Siu Tien, Hwang Jang Lee, Linda Lin, Yuen Shun Yee, Charlie Shek and Yuen Kwai. This was Yuen Siu Tien's final film before his death on January 8, 1979, had a heart attack.

The year after training a young Freddy Wong (Jackie Chan) in Drunken Boxing, Beggar So / Sam Seed returns to find that his wife has adopted a son Foggy. Sam takes a disliking to the boy and tortures him mentally and physically. Devastated, the boy runs away and takes a job at an inn, where he meets Rubber Legs and his student. He overhears that they are looking for Beggar So and want to kill him, making Rubber Legs' Northern 'Drunk Mantis' Boxing supreme.

However, Foggy returns home to warn Beggar So, who has injured by Rubber Legs. Beggar So sends Foggy to a sickness teacher for herbs to cure him, and the doctor teaches him a dreaded style called 'Sickness Boxing'. Now, armed with this sick form of fighting, Foggy is ready for Drunk Mantis. In the end, Foggy goes berserk and kills Rubber Legs. Unable to escape from

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