The Shaolin Temple DVD Region All
Jet Li (Actor)
| Zhang Xin Yan (Director)
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Kevin Kennedy
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December 4, 2007
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December 4, 2007
A star is born
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Jet Li explodes upon the film world in "The Shaolin Temple". Based upon this evidence, it appears that Li was born to be a charisma-drenched martial arts star. It is amazing that a raw 18 year old commands the screen as Li does here. Li is not the only pleasure on offer in this film. "The Shaolin Temple" serves up startlingly beautiful cinematography, stirring songs, a whole host of great wuxia fighters, and, as if that weren't enough, romance. No, the film's story scores no points for originality, but it functions as a serviceable framework for loads of eye-popping action ... and that's the whole point, isn't it? This is a terrific film and I recommend it highly for all martial arts fans. |
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Phoenix Lin
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March 26, 2007
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March 26, 2007
Jet Li at his prime
| You can definately tell why Jet Li became as big as he did, his character exudes charisma. Everything about this film spells out Chinese pride & glorification of Wushu as an art style. The best & most memorable scenes for me are the four seasons that Jet's character is shown training or more like exhibiting some champion winning forms. An ever present classic in the martial arts movie world. |
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Anonymous
March 23, 2005
March 23, 2005
Excellent kung fu movie
| It is ( I think ) best Jet Li's kung fu movie. Beautiful kung fu scenes and excellent picture and sound quality. Buy it - it is most beautiful kung fu movie I ever saw ... |
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Anonymous
January 19, 2005
January 19, 2005
a.k.a. Shaolin Temple I
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This is the first movie in what eventually became the Shaolin Temple Trilogy and also the movie that caused the Songshan Shaolin Temple to become the tourist attraction it now is with more than a million visitors a year. It was filmed on location at the Temple and in several other locations throughout China. The original cast was fired by the investors (except for Ding Lan and a couple of others) because of their lack of martial skills. The top martial arts champions of the day were hired in their place, including All Around Chinese National Champions Jet Li and Hu Jianqiang. This title is rarely achieved due to the competition requirements (5 first place wins against the best in China). The film took over 2 years to complete due to the many injuries the cast received. The contact was real. The cast had already been trained to take full contact strikes because that's the way they trained in those days. The comment about the fight speed by another reviewer is irrelevant in light of the reality of the contact. All choreography was done by the cast (not by Pan Qingfu as the credits say). Some interesting notes: 1) According to both Jet Li and Hu Jianqiang, there were no martial monks living at the Temple when the film was made, but there were some meditative monks there, a few of whom appeared in the film. 2) There are still no authentic Shaolin martial monks living at the Temple. It's a museum. 3) The dog was not killed. The young monks did not eat the dog. It was one of Ding Lan's goats. |
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funaisa
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September 14, 2004
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September 14, 2004
dun know why it shined
| a typical kung fu movie in ex-traditional style, nothing like those 'once upon in china' series, every move looked a bit slower than the movies nowaday. And I also found my complain in all these fights looks more pretensing, they look more like exercising than really killing eaching other. sorry to say that to a popular classic. |
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Anonymous
June 17, 2004
June 17, 2004
Best Jet Li Movie Ever
| I watched this when I was very young and this was the movie that got me interested in kung fu/wuxia. Most people don't know but the cast in this movie consisted a number of champions in various arts of kung fu from the rope dart to the eight diagram Shaolin pole amongst others. So the fighting scenes are brilliant. The storyline is excellent. Picture quality is excellent. |
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