SHAOLIN VS. LAMA

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A very typical of your Kung Fu Movies, where a guy named Ting in search of a Kung Fu Master become the hero of this story. After befriending a young Shaolin Monk, he sneaks into the temple to "learn Kung Fu". Typically in these stories is a crotchety old master who tells young Ting that his Kung Fu stinks and he'll never teach again, because his last pupil became the leader of the Flying Eagle Gang (a really bad guy). The plot nicely comes along to give us the usual Kung Fu story conventions: 1. A montage of Kung Fu training, 2. A "You killed my master, and now I will get my revenge" fight at the end of the movie.

Unfortunately, the quailty of the film-making is pretty rotten. Filmed in TV aspect ratio and often cropped, the picture could really use a re-mastering treatment. Most of colors are washed out. Is it just me, or do the actors fill their mouths full of water, so when they get hit in slow motion, a huge spray of "spit" comes out of them? This takes away from the good choreography and "realism" a bit. The dubbing in English isn't that bad and a hilarious game of "keep away" with a roasted chicken is worth watching this alone.

The acting isn't bad, and the story moves along nicely. This is a decent film with some nice kung fu choreography, a bit of humor and no real surprises here. If you like these movies anyway it is reccommended.