The Real Shaolin
The Real Shaolin
| 07 September 2008 (USA)
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This documentary from filmmaker Alexander Sebastien Lee follows four martial arts students from divergent backgrounds as they journey to China's storied Shaolin Temple in hopes of becoming kung fu masters. As they pursue specialized training at Shaolin martial arts schools, their dreams of glory collide with the harsh realities of intense discipline and other demands that mark the path of Shaolin.

Reviews
SparkMore

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

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Leoni Haney

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

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Payno

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Jerrie

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

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