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Old "skool' kung fu!!
This one is another Joseph Kuo classic. This is a great flick,,the old school kung fu simply amazing. The story very easy to follow and will certainly capture your imagination. This is about an imperial soldier, whom escaped with the princess, and went to the shaolin temple for refuge. He became a monk on the advise of the princess. He dedicated his life to protect the princess,,,and he did just that. I won't go into too much detail!!

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one of the best shaolin movies ever.
This movie is one of the first joseph kuo movies that he directed. And up until 7 grandmasters, I thought he was digressing from this movie on. This is listed everywhere that it was made in 72. If this is true it was certainly the best movie around the time. Chinese connection is the only movie that could compare with this that is from that year. The fights in this movie are really intense. And while shen chan is not as good as jack long, I happen to like shen chan vs. mark long rather seeing brother vs. brother. Shen chan pulls out this backwards superman kick where he seems to elevate each one of his 3-4 kicks. There is so much power in this guy it is truly superhuman. <
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>There are many other good martial artists in this, the end is a tad dissapointing, but only the VERY end, and hey, it's still a good scene. <
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>I would like to take the time here to comment on the life of shen chan. In case you didn't know, he is also from shaolin vs. lama. Well he died at the age of 44. This was in 1984, and it really pisses me off that we all know how bruce died, we all know of fu shen, but nobody ever mentions shen chan. Just like the hybrid (sheng chiang) of five deadly venoms, who died about 5 years ago, shen chan and all the other movie martial artists need to be recognized. I know that shen chan had spent some time in jail from brawling and he might not have been that good of a guy, but he deserves the same respect as bruce or fu sheng got. I sincerely hope that they start going over the lives of these great movie martial artists. Ric meyers, aanybody?

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Above-average Shaolin Temple kung fu tale
SHAOLIN TEMPLE STRIKES BACK (1981) is one of the better Shaolin-themed kung fu films to come from the directorial hand of Joseph Kuo who turned out a steady stream of kung fu hits in Taiwan throughout the 1970s and 80s. He's best known for the "18 Bronzemen" series of films which often had some kind of Shaolin connection. This one tells a simple, compelling tale of a Ming princess hiding out at Shaolin Temple during the early days of Manchu rule under the protection of her Imperial Bodyguard, Si Lin, and the patriotic monks of Shaolin. When General Wong (Chen Shan, of SHAOLIN VS. LAMA fame) arrives under orders to locate and capture the Ming princess, he finds that the Temple's Drunken Master (Mark Long, "Ghost-Face Killer" from NINJA CHECKMATE) is an old partner-in-crime. The reformed Long, however, is forced to fight his former Sworn Brother and the other members of their old band. As Si Lin trains in Shaolin kung fu, the stage is set for a series of pitched battles between the Qing guards and the Shaolin monks. At one point the tearful princess volunteers to turn herself over to the enemy in order to save Shaolin.

It's well-written, skillfully edited, nicely photographed and finely acted. (I can't identify the lead actress, but the lead actor who plays her bodyguard is listed as Chen Kin Cheung in the credits, as Chen Chiang Chang in other sources, and as Tony Yu on some sites.) The music is uneven and the dubbing only so-so, but the film moves quickly and the action choreography is quite good as Monks with poles fight swordsmen in a set of furious battles. While it's not a masterpiece of the genre, it's a thoroughly entertaining and gripping film with no lulls that should make both diehard and casual kung fu fans happy. This tape is part of Xenon's Shaolin Collection line, and is far better in tape quality than most of that line.