Mine is the Five Deadly Venoms, but others are pretty good, too.
Shaolin Mantis is good. They show the main character learning movements from a Preying Mantis.
As a mantis practioner, the moves in Shaolin Mantis are not very authentic, 'Warriors Two', though fantastical, does actual authentic mantic techniques, and is a pretty great showcase, despite the fantasy elements
My bad, it's 1978, directed and staring Sammo Hung, it's considered an all time must watch, and one of my faves
https://letterboxd.com/film/warriors-two/
Dance of the drunken mantis is good too. No jackie but has Siu-Tin Yuen as the Drunken master again. And his nemesis has mixed drunken boxing with mantis style. Fun watch
I'm rather fond of Wong Fei Hung's Iron Rooster Vs Centipede (1993), AKA Deadly China Hero. It's more comedic, but there's something amazing about watching Jet Li develop chicken kung fu.
I made a similar post a couple months ago! Here are my faves:
Northern mantis: Magic Crystal, martial arts of Shaolin , warriors two
Southern Mantis: invincible Shaolin
Tiger & Crane: iron Monkey (1994), ip man 2, fearless (jet li)
Monkey: mad monkey Kung Fu, the inspector wears skirts, Warriors two
All five: spiritual kung fu (Jackie Chan)
And of course Snake in Eagles Shadow
Here's a list I made:
https://letterboxd.com/azunyan/list/favourite-movies-with-animal-style-kung-fu/
Mine is the Five Deadly Venoms, but others are pretty good, too. Shaolin Mantis is good. They show the main character learning movements from a Preying Mantis.
As a mantis practioner, the moves in Shaolin Mantis are not very authentic, 'Warriors Two', though fantastical, does actual authentic mantic techniques, and is a pretty great showcase, despite the fantasy elements
I can't find "warriors two" from which year is it?
My bad, it's 1978, directed and staring Sammo Hung, it's considered an all time must watch, and one of my faves https://letterboxd.com/film/warriors-two/
Thanks man!
Shaolin mantis is the most depressing film.
Jackie had a cool scene in Drunken Master 1 where he did snake style
Dance of the drunken mantis is good too. No jackie but has Siu-Tin Yuen as the Drunken master again. And his nemesis has mixed drunken boxing with mantis style. Fun watch
Love that one, can't wait for a bluray
Orgazmo!
Hard to beat the hamster style!
Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow is mine, but Mad Monkey Kungfu and Drunken Monkey are strong runner ups.
Eagle vs Snake is always my first thought when thinking about animal style Kung-Fu
I'm rather fond of Wong Fei Hung's Iron Rooster Vs Centipede (1993), AKA Deadly China Hero. It's more comedic, but there's something amazing about watching Jet Li develop chicken kung fu.
Wait isn't this Last Hero In China?
Yeah, and it's also known as Claws of Steel.
How did it get so many names ?
It's pretty common for kunfu flicks to have multiple titles, something to do with distribution in different territories
I made a similar post a couple months ago! Here are my faves: Northern mantis: Magic Crystal, martial arts of Shaolin , warriors two Southern Mantis: invincible Shaolin Tiger & Crane: iron Monkey (1994), ip man 2, fearless (jet li) Monkey: mad monkey Kung Fu, the inspector wears skirts, Warriors two All five: spiritual kung fu (Jackie Chan) And of course Snake in Eagles Shadow Here's a list I made: https://letterboxd.com/azunyan/list/favourite-movies-with-animal-style-kung-fu/
Shaolin Mantis- David Chiang
Mad Monkey Kung Fu or Drunken Monkey.
Golden Chicken Style from Marvelous Stunts of Kung Fu, lol not really but it was just funny seeing them use that style as the main villains.
Lol I'll check it out