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Title: Not what I expected...
Review: I commonly look at the "listmania" lists of Amazon users for suggestions on Old School Kung Fu movies that I haven't seen. "The Thundering Mantis" showed up on two separate user's lists so I thought it would be worth buying. While it is defintely "Old School" with no wire-fu, it is weak on substance. I think they also tried too hard to make it humerous. The main protagonist does not seem nearly talented enough to carry this role. The fight choreography is slow like they are only going half speed. It does not compare to classics like Invincible Pole Fighter, Shaolin vs. Lama, Shaolin and Wu Tang, or The Prodigal Son.
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