Die Macht der Shaolin (1986)
24KDie Macht der Shaolin: Directed by Chia-Liang Liu. With Jet Li, Jianqiang Hu, Qiuyan Huang, Bao Gao. In ancient China, Zhi Ming trains at the legendary Northern Shaolin temple to avenge the death of his father at the hands of a nefarious magistrate.
“Zhi Ming (Jet Li) weasels out of the north Shaolin temple to assassinate a despotic ruler at the ruleru0026#39;s extravagant public birthday celebration.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film is notable as the only collaboration between film director Lau Kar-leung and actor Jet Li. It is the third part of the successful Shaolin film series which began with u0026quot;Shaolin Templeu0026quot; (1982) and was followed by u0026quot;Kids From Shaolinu0026quot; (1984). Although it stars many Mainland actors from either or both predecessor films (Jet Li, Yu Chenghui, Yu Hai, Hu Jianqiang and Huang Qiuyan), u0026quot;Martial Arts Of Shaolinu0026quot; uses a Hong Kong production crew from Shaw Brothers Studio, in contrast to the other two films (which are Hong Kong-funded but are shot by a Mainland director with a Mainland crew).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe production values, especially the set, are a dramatic improvement over the old Chang Cheh films. So, for that, the film is to be commended. But is there much new to offer? For me, not so much. Also, the movie really drives home the theme music. I like the idea of using the music over and over in different ways, but they seem to have used the same melody for almost 75% of the film, which is a bit obnoxious.”
