New Legend of Shaolin

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Summary: Buy "THE NEW LEGEND OF SHAOLIN" instead!!!
Review: Columbia Tristar completly raped the original "The New Legend of Shaolin" and gave it a new name. The voice actors are horrible especialy the voice of Jet Li. The sound effects are inconsistent with the Kung Fu genre. Many really good scenes were deleted. A really funny chicken butt scene was not included. If you've seen any of Jet Li's movies don't buy this one get the original "THE NEW LEGEND OF SHAOLIN".

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Summary: BUY NEW LEGEND OF SHAOLIN
Review: BUY NEW LEGEND OF SHAOLIN - not this westernised diluted altered format

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Summary: Be Careful! Get the right version!
Review: Avoid the dvd entitled Legend of the Red Dragon. This is a re-edited version of New Legend of Shaolin, dumbed down and dubbed down for us Americans. Make sure to get NLoS, it's the original classic.

New Legend of Shaolin is a great flick; assuming you don't mind over the top wire-fu and a really over the top bad guy. The humor is certainly an acquired taste, but worth it.

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Summary: aka new legend of shaolin
Review: this movie is New Legend of SHaolin except titled different and camera angle is little different...still a good movie tho

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Summary: Action packed historical drama.
Review: This is one of the better historical dramas that Jet Li has starred in, second only to the "Once Upon a Time in China" series. The English subtitles are humorously bad translations, and the DVD does not have many features found on more recent releases, but the widescreen format is much appreciated in this lush drama of revenge and obsession. The fight sequences are well done and the plot moves along both quickly and logically. If you enjoy martial arts films, this is definitely one to add to your collection.

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Summary: reminds me of a manga
Review: This wasn't bad but couldn't help but think this is just like Lone Wolf and Cub - Manga and Series that was a major hit in Japan for a number of years. I love Jet Li and this movie was worth watching.

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Summary: Fong Sai Yuk meets Swordsman II
Review: I really enjoyed this movie! It combines the political intrique of Swordsman II with the comedic elements of Fong Sai Yuk (which also had a political underpinning). This is a fantasy style movie with plenty of wirework and unlikely physics. If you like that style of movie, then you should love this one!

Jet Li (Hung) and his son Man Ting are on the run from government soldiers. Jet Li has plenty of good (and serious!) advice for his son, like "show no mercy" and "don't lose your temper, but if you do, then lose it". In a way, Jet Li and his son are playing the straight men in this movie.

Red Bean and her mother are infamous thieves who trick foolish men out of their fortunes. It turns out that they are kung fu artists of considerable skill too (no match for Jet Li of course, but who is?). They target Mr Ma, who has just hired Jet Li to protect him. These two provide a lot of the comic relief. Mother Red Bean reminds me a lot of Fong Sai Yuk's mother.

The villians are the evil government soldiers (who die by the hundred), an evil eunuch (of course), and someone from Jet Li's past who has turned himself into a Poisonous Man and drives around in what looks like a metal rat-car!

Anyway, the movie was very funny. The fight scenes were well done and impressive, as were the special effects. Definately a high quality movie.

The video quality was pretty good. It is widescreen, but not anamorphic. The movie has either Cantonese or Mandarin soundtracks, with English subtitles. The subtitles are in the movie however (as opposed to a separate subtitle track on the DVD) and are sometimes hard to read.

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Summary: Wonderful departure for Jet Li
Review: This is a great film. The baddie overdoes his part a bit, but seeing Jet Li play an absolutely angry individual is a wonderful surprise. He and Tse Mui, who play his son, are absolutely unbelievable martial artists. Mui steals some scenes, but never entirely, making you want to watch both of them and what they'll do next. Great film....

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Summary: awesome
Review: Kung-fu artist, Jet Li, is well known for his "Once Upon A Time In China" series, in which he plays legendary character Wong Fei-Hung. Few people know that Wong Fei-Hung used a kung-fu style that derived from another legendary character, Hong Hei-Kwun. Jet Li portrays Hong Hei-Kwun in "New Legend of Shaolin."

World-known Corey Yuen adds to his impressive list by directing (along with Jing Wong) and choreographing for "New Legend of Shaolin"'s kung-fu sequences. Among Corey Yuen/Yuen Kwai's other works are "Fong Sai Yuk 1&2", "Lethal Weapon 4", "Romeo Must Die", "Kiss of the Dragon", "Warriors of the Magic Mountain", as well as "My Father Is A Hero."

Hung Hei-Kwun (Jet Li), and his son, Hung Man-Ting (Miu Tse, who also played Jet's son in "My Father Is A Hero") work together against a corrupt government that has killed their family and Shaolin Temple brothers.

The plot is well-developed in most aspects, for a series of small plots are weaved together beautifully to make a rather successful outcome.

Jet Li and Miu Tse both give some of the best performances in their careers to the screen. To heighten their performances, supporting actors/actresses including Chingmy Yau and Lung Wei Wang bring the film comical effects and seven stunning kung-fu sequences that are packed with wirework, impressive performances by Miu Tse (acting as Jet's son), and some of Jet's most notable moves. With a creative choreographer, Corey Yuen, kung-fu scenes in this kicking film are unpredictably shocking. Jet Li and Miu Tse's collaboration are both touching and electrifying. To heighten kung-fu performances, sound effects, cinematography, choreography, sets, dialogue, and costume designs practically define perfection.

"New Legend of Shaolin" is one of Jet Li's most breathtaking performances when it comes to his kung-fu scenes. This is a must-see.

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Summary: Hmmmm
Review: Ok, first of all, I didn't like the evil guy in his little silver car. This movie could have been very good, but something about it didn't make it as good as it should have been. Don't get me wrong, I like this movie a lot, I've never seen Jet Li look as sexy as he does in this movie! And Xie Maio is such a talented litle martial artist! When, him and Jet Li fight together, all I can say is, wow. If you liked The Kung Fu Master (I Loooooooved it) I think you'll apreciate this one, because they both have a similar fantasy element to it. All and all I like this movie, watch it if you like Jet Li.