One film that I was dying to see at the NYAFF but didn’t have the time to do so was Benny Chan’s Shaolin. Apparently it is a beautiful look piece of martial arts cinema that fans have really seemed to enjoy. To be honest, how can you not like something that stars Nicholas Tse, Andy Lau and Jackie Chan? That sounds like a partial dream team to me.
Well Go USA, the US distributor for the film, has recently released a trailer for the action flick and it makes it look even more badass than the original Chinese trailers. Below you will find the synopsis for the film along with the trailer. Be sure to share your thoughts with us in the comments section below.
Shaolin will begin its limited run on Septemebr 2nd here in the states.
As feuding warlords fight to expand their power, the noble monks of the Shaolin Temple clean up the mess left behind, tending to the injured while trying their best to protect the poor and weak. General Hou (Andy Lau, WARLORDS, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS) has caused much of this mess with his violent and ruthless tactics that rarely discriminate between soldiers and civilians.
When Hao is betrayed by fellow general Cao Man (Nicholas Tse, THE PROMISE, SHAOLIN SOCCER), he is forced into hiding, and takes refuge with the monks (including Jackie Chan) at their hidden mountain temple. As the days pass, he finds himself more and more at ease as he learns the ways of peace, and begins to release his hatred through Martial Zen. But Cao is not far behind, and war soon reaches the temple, where the monks are ready to fight back- with their unstoppable Shaolin Kung Fu.
via Twitch
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