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Shaolin - Andy Lau, Jackie Chan, Bingbing Fan, Benny Chan

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Movie propaganda

China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighbouring 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. When his 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 and they launch a daring plan of rescue and escape. Not since the legendary kung fu film Shaolin Temple stormed the world in the 1970s has a movie been given permission to film in the actual Shaolin Temple. This honour has been bestowed on this lavish modern production starring Andy Lau and Jackie Chan. Shaolin is one of Asia's most eagerly anticipated film events.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film China history martial arts Shaolin Temple unrest warlord kung fu Chinese abbot warfare destruction

Persons of interest

Jackie Chan
Andy Lau
Bingbing Fan
Nicholas Tse
Jacky Wu
Yu Xing
Xin Xin Xiong
Jing Wu
Chi Kwong Cheung .... Screenwriter
Alan Yuen .... Screenwriter
Benny Chan .... Director

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NB: Chinese and English language dialogue with English language subtitles
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Hopscotch Films

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Theatrical report

Kung fu: good. Historical forces: bad. Strength of mind and body: good. Strength of guns: bad. Faked-up explosions: good. Faked-up kung fu: bad. Chinese language dialogue: good. Engrish language subtitles: bad. Action: good. Drama: good. Strange British officer: bad. Communists: bad. Film: good.

The China, history, martial arts movie Shaolin is directed by Benny Chan and stars Andy Lau, Jackie Chan, Bingbing Fan.