And for a historical drama, then "Shaolin" is a movie that is more than deserving a place in the movie Collection of any fan of the genre. If you enjoy Asian cinema then you most definitely should take the time to watch "Shaolin".
I enjoyed "Shaolin" quite a lot and was genuinely surprised at captivating the story was and how good director Benny Chan is at telling a story to the audience. "Shaolin" also has a small role for martial arts legend Jackie Chan, and even in a supporting small role he shines, and really did add his usual charms and charisma to the movie. I bought this movie for two reasons the first reason was, of course, Andy Lau, and the second reason being that this is a Chinese martial arts drama. And of course it would be very unlikely not to be good with Andy Lau in the leading part. After ambushing and killing his rival, losing everything in the process, dispirited warlord Hou Jie turns to a Shaolin monastery seeking salvation. A thing that turned out to be a mistake on my behalf, because this really is a good movie. With Shaoqun Yu, Chen Zhiui, Xing Yu, Jing Wu. I have been putting off watching "Shaolin" for a long, long time after I had purchased this movie from Amazon. It has lot of action, a phenomenal assembly of acting talents, a good story and nicely choreographed martial arts. If you are not familiar with Chinese cinema then "Shaolin" could be a good movie to start out with as an introduction to the wonderful world of Chinese cinema.
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