🎥 Movies of 2021, 62: Dance of the Drunk Mantis. Pretty much the whole crew from Drunken Master reunite for a semi-sequel. Sunny Yuen steps in to the lead role and…he’s fine, I guess. Replacing one of the most charismatic actors of all time is a big ask, and Sunny certainly gives it his all, but it’s not great.
Everything around him is really good, though. Yuen Woo Ping’s choreography, Linda Lin as the mom, the goofy styles (duck style, sickness style), etc. There’s a lot to enjoy in this one.
There’s a stretch early in the movie where the older actors just slap the shit out of a bunch of young actors and I was totally there for it.
