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Jet Li weasels out of the north Shaolin temple to assassinate a despotic ruler at the ruler's extravagant public birthday celebration... See full summary »

Director:

Chia-Liang Liu

Writer:

Yang-Ping Shi (screenplay)
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Jet Li ...
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Qingfu Pan Qingfu Pan
Hu Jian Qiang Hu Jian Qiang
Chau-Yin Wong Chau-Yin Wong ...
Si Ma Yan
Cheng-Hui Yu Cheng-Hui Yu ...
He Sao
Hai Yu Hai Yu ...
Sifu
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Jet Li weasels out of the north Shaolin temple to assassinate a despotic ruler at the ruler's extravagant public birthday celebration. Two other men from the south Shaolin temple also set out to assassinate the ruler, but all three fail and are chased all over by soldiers. Meanwhile, one of the southerners turns out to be a cross-dressed woman, who is also discovered to wear a footbell to match Jet Li's, meaning they are somehow slated for an arranged marriage. Written by Johan Wikberg  
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Country:

Hong Kong | China

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

1 March 1986 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

Arahan See more »

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Production Co:

Shaw Brothers See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Spain: 99 min  | Hong Kong: 90 min (DVD version)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Great fun! Super Kung Fu!
25 November 2004 | by meleva (Germany) – See all my reviews
This movie is a lot of fun. The story is simple but the martial arts presented is really worth seeing. A crew of masters was teamed up for this hit. And there is also this wonderful woman dancing at He Sao's birthday party - fantastic! Different than in his recent roles, where he is just keeping quite and looking cool all the time (which he does), Jet Li is allowed to show his talent as a actor in this film. His performance is very good. He brings this movie to life. The Kung Fu performances are (mostly) realistic and people who practice Kung Fu will tend to try some of the movements. They show different takes from the mantis.

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 Action | War   -  2004 (USA)
  

Director:

Jet Li

Stars: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.2/10 X   Users: (860 votes) 26 reviews | Critics: 8 reviews


Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second world war must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.
Jet Li, Dean Harrington and Mark King
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Jet Li Jet Li ...
Jet
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Paulo Tocha Paulo Tocha ...
Bailey
Erkang Zhao Erkang Zhao ...
Zhang
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Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second world war must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people. Written by Tom MacNeill  
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Plot Keywords:

China | Boxing | Chinese Dragon | Bar Fight | Jeep  | See more »

Genres:

Action | War

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Rated R for violence and some language. See all certifications »

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Country:

Hong Kong | China

Language:

English | Cantonese

Release Date:

2004 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Born to Defend See more »

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Runtime:

USA: 120 min (including commercials)  | Hong Kong: 92 min  | UK: 89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Jet Li's best
2 May 2002 | by WingChunmanSee all my reviews
Out of the 20 or so Jet Li movies I've seen this, in my opinion,is his best. Many people may disagree with me, but I think it was fantastic. Jet Li did a great job directing for his first time and the fight scenes are great!

The plot is very basic. Jet plays a Chinese soldier returning home from the war. When he arrives home he meets up with his uncle and realizes everything has changed. The Americans there control everything with power and money. Jet eventually gets involved when the Captain of the sailors hits him with his car and things start from there. Jet has many battles with the sailors at the bar-boxing ring.

There is about 8 fight scenes in total, some are short and some are really long. All of the one-on-one fight scenes involve Jet fighting an American sailor. There is also a really good brawl room brawl after Jet fights the captain of the sailors for one of many times in the boxing ring at the bar. The fight scenes are boxing and Kickboxing scenes with Hong Kong style choreography. They are really good and resemble some of Cory Yuen's later work. Jet Li does throw in some traditional Kung Fu though, like his fighting stance he uses. The ending fight is great where Jet takes out each sailor one-on-one untill only the captain remains in the factory. The final fight is really fast paced and keeps you wanting more. Jet Li shows us a future trademark by using a chain in a Wu Shu type technique(such as the belt in Fist of Legend, the fire hose in Romeo must die, the rope in My father is a Hero a.k.a the Enforcer,etc.) They also start playing this cool music that you would hear in a movie like Rocky. So I suggest you buy this movie if you have the chance!

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Two rivaling families live on opposite sides of a river. One of them practices Shaolin kung fu and has only sons... 

Director:

Xinyan Zhang
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Jet Li ...
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Lan Ding Lan Ding ...
Er Feng
Chia Hui Liu
Qingfu Pan Qingfu Pan
Chau-Yin Wong Chau-Yin Wong ...
San Feng
Cheng-Hui Yu Cheng-Hui Yu ...
Pao Shen Feng / Wu Tang Dad
Hai Yu Hai Yu ...
Tin Lung / Er Long
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Two rivaling families live on opposite sides of a river. One of them practices Shaolin kung fu and has only sons, while the other has only daughters and practices the Wu-Tang sword. The father of the Wu-Tang family is so paranoid about the Shaolin kids stealing his sword style (besides, he wants a son to teach it to, and the closest thing he has is a lesbian daughter) that he is taken off guard when some real bad guys come along to kill his family, but the Shaolin family helps them out. All the while, everyone is desperately trying to get the lesbian girl to marry Jet Li. Written by Johan Wikberg  
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Plot Keywords:

Shaolin | Wu Tang | Sword | Lesbian | Shaolin Kid  | See more »

Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Country:

Hong Kong

Release Date:

1984 (China) See more »

Also Known As:

Kids from Shaolin See more »

Filming Locations:

Lijiang, Guangxi, China

Box Office

Gross:

HKD 22,287,595 (Hong Kong)
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Runtime:

103 min  | Hong Kong: 99 min  | USA: 99 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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The temperature was so hot during filming that actors would occasionally go into shock while filming the fight scenes. See more »

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Follows The Shaolin Temple (1982) See more »

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Fun little martial arts story
10 March 2001 | by Blake Matthews (drngor@yahoo.com) (Stockton, California) – See all my reviews
This was Jet Li's second movie and was once again a Mainland Chinese production. The tone is on the opposite end of Shaolin Temple's: light-hearted and fun. The movie tells the story of two families on different sides of a river: Yu Hai's family of Shaolin martial arts'trained boys(one of whom is Jet Li) and another guy's family of Wudang (Wu Tang) swordsmanship-trained girls. There's been a rivalry between the families and that's interfering with the wedding between various members of the families who love each other. Also, there are some vicious bandits who want revenge after Yu Hai rescued the boys and injured their leader.

The cast is made up of authentic wushu stylists, and it shows. Everyone knows how to fight in this movie. The little girls, the little boys, the men, the women, the thieves, etc. Therefore, all the action is pure, authentic Chinese martial arts (pole, sword, 3-sectional staff, etc). The choreography is a lot different than people today are used to. However, if you like your fighting w/o extensive use of wire and special FX, this is definitely worth checking out. My only gripe is that Jet Li has to compete with the rest of the cast in showing off his skills.

The main flaw of this film is that although everyone in the cast are martial artists, the ensemble casting and numerous sub-plots take away from character development and not every subplot gets to be developed. The story jumps from one character's story to the next, and therefore not everyone gets to be fully developed.

I must say that the story and the children made the film more endearing. Jet Li is probably at his most likable (he's up there with his performance in Fong Sai Yuk). The little children are pretty enjoyable little scamps, just don't go into the film expecting a dead-serious martial arts movie. It's light-hearted and fancy free.

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  -  Action   -  1982 (China)

 
Users: (1,397 votes) 17 reviews | Critics: 5 reviews

The Tang emperor is betrayed by one of his generals, who installs himself as emperor in the East Capital... See full summary »

Director:

Xinyan Zhang
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Jet Li ...
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Lan Ding Lan Ding ...
Bai Wu Xia
Chun Hua Ji Chun Hua Ji
Wang Jue Wang Jue ...
Ban Kong
Sun Jian Kui Sun Jian Kui ...
Se Kong
Liu Huai Liang Liu Huai Liang ...
Liao Kong
Qingfu Pan Qingfu Pan
Cui Zhi Qiang Cui Zhi Qiang ...
Xuan Kong
Hu Jian Qiang Hu Jian Qiang ...
Wu Kong
Wang Guang Quan Wang Guang Quan
Zhang Jian Wen Zhang Jian Wen
Du Chuan Yang Du Chuan Yang ...
Wei Kong
Cheng-Hui Yu Cheng-Hui Yu
Hai Yu Hai Yu ...
Shi Fu
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The Tang emperor is betrayed by one of his generals, who installs himself as emperor in the East Capital. The son of one of his slave workers escapes to the Shaolin Temple, learns kung fu, and sets out to kill the traitor, who killed his father. The monks have to help him, and in the process, they save the true emperor, who rewards them greatly. Based on a true story from Shaolin folklore, but highly fictionalized. Written by Johan Wikberg  
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Plot Keywords:

Emperor | Shaolin | Traitor | Betrayed | General  | See more »

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Action

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Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

1982 (China) See more »

Also Known As:

El templo de Shaolin See more »

Box Office

Budget:

CNY 1,200,000 (estimated)

Gross:

HKD 16,157,801 (Hong Kong)
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Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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