Long Step Mantis

Rating:
Summary: I agree with Zhuge Liang
Review:
I don't understand why they think that the average kung fu movie consumer could tolerate such crappy quality. I've seen this movie in Europe and I know for a fact that the picture quality is decent in it's widescreen format. When I seen this one come to the states, I refused to buy it unless there was some indication that it's either remastered or in letterbox or both. They should start doing decent transfers of kung fu movies and quit ripping us kung fu movie fans off!!

Rating:
Summary: Great Kung Fu, Poor(est) Transfer
Review: I watch a lot of kung fu movies and have come to expect that the DVD transfer of such films is usually less than perfect, but this one went above and beyond the call of duty to be one the worst DVD transfers of a kung fu film I have ever seen. During the first 20 minutes the film is almost unwatchable as everything takes place in what appears to be heavily-foliaged terrain, its very hard to tell because everything is washed out green with almost no detail visible, even the actors appear to be green when seen in the distance. Also one can see this was transfered from a VHS tape or similar format as it appears that the tracking was being adjusted constantly for the first sequences of the film. The only thing that saves it from getting 1 star is that it has some very good scenes of Mantis Kung Fu, when they're actually visible of course. Here's to hoping they find a better print of the movie someday.