Snake in the Monkey's Shadow

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Summary: Monkey/snake fight sequence censored from this DVD release!
Review: This is an excellent movie, complete with the required 'plot' thread: student gets beaten and humiliated, student improves his kung-fu, student comes back for some serious ... revenge. The movie itself is worthy of 5 stars, but unfortunately this Xenon Pictures DVD release has removed a crucial scene (and also all the flashbacks to it) where we see a real monkey fight with a live snake. Without this scene, the viewer is likely to be left wondering how on earth the student was able to come up with all his 'winning' moves. As for animal rights activists; prohibiting this sort of scene in newly made titles is one thing, but removing a fundamental plot element from a movie that was made over 20 years ago is absolutely ridiculous!

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Summary: AWESOME!!!
Review: This movie has it all. Monkey vs Snake. 2 Snake warriors vs. a Drunken Boxing Teacher, a Student learns monkey and drunken boxing and combines them and kicks the Snake warriors'...! A small bit of humor (very small) with great fight scenes and a pretty decent story. If you love Snake style, Money style, and Drunken Boxing style then this movie is a MUST!

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Summary: AWESOME!!!
Review: This movie has it all. Monkey vs Snake. 2 Snake warriors vs. a Drunken Boxing Teacher, a Student learns monkey and drunken boxing and combines them and kicks the Snake warriors'...! A small bit of humor (very small) with great fight scenes and a pretty decent story. If you love Snake style, Money style, and Drunken Boxing style then this movie is a MUST!

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Summary: This movie is a classic all time great!!
Review: Unfortunately this video has some scenes cut out of it.where a king cobra snake tries to attack a monkey only to be defeated.(actual footage). cutting that scene out of the movie turned out to be a big disappointment.

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Summary: doesn't get any better
Review: Wow! I just baught this movie with out seeing it first. I was a bit worried that i might have made a silly mistake, but was i totally wrong. This is definately one of the top 5 martial arts films i have seen. Never have i seen the displays in the Monkey style, snake style, and especially the drunken style like in this superb movie. Every fight scene is well choreographed, the story is perfect, and the shapes and styles speak for themselves. If you see this on the shelf and don't grab it you have surely made a big mistake.

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Summary: doesn't get any better
Review: Wow! I just baught this movie with out seeing it first. I was a bit worried that i might have made a silly mistake, but was i totally wrong. This is definately one of the top 5 martial arts films i have seen. Never have i seen the displays in the Monkey style, snake style, and especially the drunken style like in this superb movie. Every fight scene is well choreographed, the story is perfect, and the shapes and styles speak for themselves. If you see this on the shelf and don't grab it you have surely made a big mistake.