Shaolin
Xin Shao Lin Si
Hong Kong, China
2011
131 Min
Color
2.35:1
Mandarin, Cantonese
Synopsis
China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin’s masters when he beats one of them in a duel. But the pride comes before a fall. When his own family is wiped out by a rival warlord, Hao is forced to take refuge with the monks. As the civil unrest spreads and the people suffer, Hao and the Shaolin masters are forced to take a fiery stand against the evil warlords. —IMDb
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pivic
10Nov11
This is a fair wire-fu flick. Filled with serious faces, turn-of-the-century milieus and ultra-dramatic family action abound, it's a big power-play with explosions and martial arts. The zen aspects in this are fairly forgettable. On the whole: trivial and the two intros from 0-45 minutes in are the best thing.
HKFanatic
22Aug11
Not a bad film but not a remarkable one either, especially considering the talent involved. An over-reliance on wires and computer effects doesn't help matters much. Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse aren't martial artists and yet they get the most screentime and fight scenes...in a movie about the Shaolin Temple. Huh? Benny Chan has much better movies in his filmography.
Eastern Film Fans
27May11
Overall this movie has something for everyone that loves action cinema from the sweeping shots of Kung Fu training exercises to the frantic finale that sees the monks take on the invading troops as they fight for the lives and traditions and the people of the Shaolin Temple.
Don't Get Nasty Brother
18May11
No hay nada espectacularmente destacable aquí, salvo que es otro testimonio de que la fabrica de cine china sigue haciendo productos con un acabado impecable. Es allí donde radica mi problema con la película, pasa que con cierto cine hecho en China, más específicamente en Hong Kong, la carencia de medios y el obvio bajo presupuesto era parte del encanto. Ver una escena con CGI en una película china es desconcertante.
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Shaolin - Review by Eastern Film Fans
By Eastern Film Fans on May 27, 2011
Shaolin
Director: Benny Chan
Cast: Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, Jackie Chan, Fan Bing-Bing, Wu Jing, Xing Yu
Shaolin has been talked about in the same breathe as Shaolin Temple, but… read review
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