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Kids
From Shaolin
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Country
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Hong
Kong |
| Year: |
1984 |
| Genre: |
Kung
Fu |
| Format: |
DVD |
| Running
Time: |
1H30 |
| Distributor: |
Mei
Ah Laser Disc Co., LTD |
| Date
reviewed: |
04/01/2001 |
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| Producer: |
Cheung
Yam Yim |
| Director: |
Cheung
Yam Yim |
Cast: Jet Li, Chan Chau Yin,
Yue Hoi, Yue Sing Wai, Ding Laam, Gai Chun Wa |
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Story:
Tin Lung and Yee Lung are two fighters trained in the
Shaolin arts, 10 years ago they saved a group of children
from a village that was raided by bandits. After escaping
they relocated to Phoenix village where they lived on
the opposing side of the river from a Wu Dong swords
master who was master of the village. The Wu Dong master
was father of many daughters and was hoping that one
day he would have a son who would be his heir, meanwhile
he told his daughters to stay away from the boys of
the shaolin. He feared they would try to steal the secrets
of his sword style.
Review: Kids from the Shaolin is a movie
the whole family can enjoy, deadly kung fu is replaced
by a more playful use of the martial art. You will
find a lot of humor accompanying a very cute story
of boys vs girls and love. The story is very simple
and you wont get confused.
The primary characters in the movie are the kids
but all the characters are important in this movie.
There isn't any real background or character development
but for this kind of movie its not really needed.
Everything is kept simple so even children can understand
everything. Jet Li is also in this movie but he isn't
really a centerpiece. This is more of a movie with
Jet Li rather than a Jet Li movie.
The action is many focused on humor during the movie,
you also have a great deal exhibition of Kung Fu talent.
We must say the kids in this movie are pretty incredible,
they really do a good show of talent. The movie ends
with and extremely long fight scene, about 20 minutes
long. You will get to see Jet Li in full action there.
This is certainly a pleasant movie with lots of entertaining
elements that will make time fly.
The subtitles are very good on the DVD version, the
dialog is simple and easy to follow. The review of
this movie is pretty basic, there is no deep plot
to analyze or any innovative content to point out.
This movie follow an age-old simple formula of entertainment,
it's the type of movie that everyone can enjoy.
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DVD
[ NTSC, All Region
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The image quality (LTB) is good for an older movie,
the sound was a dolby surround 5.1. The extras included:
Chapter Selection, Cast and Crew, Synopsis, Young
Jet Li: extra footage (this was pretty cool seeing
Jet Li as a kid kick ass, its about 10 min and no
subtitles), The official trailer of the movie, Extra
Trailer : Zhou en Lai.
Reviewed
by Peter Zsurka
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Entertainment |
Subtitles |
Overall |
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3.5 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
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