The Shaolin Temple

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Summary: Outstanding...absolutely outstanding.
Review: This movie was absolutely outstanding. If you are a true fan of Kung-Fu and enjoy watching he traditional fighting styles and some of the traditional weapons of Kung-fu, then this is the movie for you. Jet Lee is amazing!!

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Summary: Standard revenge plot with great weapons work
Review: This story follows the standard, "You killed my (insert family member her), I must avenge his/her death!" The real treat is watching the use of the legendary Chinese weapons by masters. Wonderfully educating on just why the weapons were developed the way they were...

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Summary: Jet Li's Debut
Review: This was Jet Li's debut as an action star along with several excellent martial artists. The choreography and Li's techniques in Shaolin Temple 2: Kid From Shaolin are far better, but as a freshman effort this is very good.

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Summary: the beginning
Review: with this film jet started ... thats why its not his best movie....everyone has a hard start i guess...well, enjoy it

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Summary: DVD Detail-specific...
Review: World Video has released this on dvd AND vhs, and- for no apparent reason- put the widescreen print on the VHS edition and the fullscreen edition on DVD. Same holds true for "Kids from Shaolin", which is part two in the trilogy completed by "Martial Arts of Shaolin". These were Jet Li's first films and are stellar in their representation of the arts and the actors' talents, but the fullscreen format- in my humble opinion- compresses the picture and you don't get to see the range of action afforded in the widescreen format. The quality of the film transfer between the DVD and VHS editions is comparable, same for sound, so if you're a widescreen [fan] you might go ahead and hunt down a copy on tape AND dvd. If you can ascertain that the edition you are buying IS in fact manufactured by World Vision, then the tape should be widescreen, per any copies I've seen for sale and rent on a store shelf.
I don't work for World Vision, but I own the two formats and was miffed to find the dvd in FULLSCREEN- alone and as part of the "Jet Li Action 3-pak". Picky viewers be warned!!!