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American Shaolin: King of Kickboxers 2
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List Price: $9.98
Our Price: $97.65
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
Starring: Reese Madigan, Trent Bushey, Daniel Dae Kim, Billy Chang, Cliff Lenderman
Directed By: Lucas Lowe
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0096009044893
Format: Color
Label: Platinum Disc
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Platinum Disc
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-04-30
Running Time: 103
Studio: Platinum Disc
Theatrical Release Date: 1992
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Summary: "ain't no cure for the shaolin temple blues"
Comment: The sequal to "King of The Kickboxers" goes in a completely different direction, and could easily just have been called "American Shaolin" and left at that. The same production company is involved, thus creating another cheesy movie, but with above average fighting compared to the typical American-made martial arts film. Although the whole idea of an American (Drew Carson played by Reese Madigan) coming to study at the Shaolin Temple is a bit unbelievable, it ends up being a fun and unique story that seemed to grab my attention eventually.
The beginning is a little slow, acting is poor, and everything is just downright cheesy. Drew is humilated at a local tournament, by a guy who fights dirty - including pulling down the pants of his opponent (don't worry, its not perverted or anything). Drew feels the only to way to become good enough is to train with the best, and travels to China hoping to become a Shaolin Monk. After painstankingly waiting for days, he is accepted. While in the Temple, Drew constantly causes trouble, which leads others to do the same. It actually becomes interesting to see if he can actually make it as a Monk. There are still plenty of cheesy scenes, but alot of it becomes fun, and you gotta love the soundtrack, which is a slightly different version of "Summertime Blues".
The action is sparse in the first half of the film, but began to pick up more and more. The real treat is the finale of the film. Drew once again faces off in the ring against his former opponent. There is a pretty good fight between the Daniel Dae Kim character and this guy, who eventually tosses Kim out of the ring. Drew has no choice but to fight, and does so in a well choreogprahed fight which lasts at least 5 minutes.
In the end, I couldn't decide how I felt about the film. I enjoyed the fighting the most, but couldn't decide if the story was just silly or what. It is fun for what it is, but I got that darn Shaolin Temple blues song stuck in my head.
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Summary: "I wanna become a Shaolin monk!"
Comment: A young man named Drew loses a martial arts tournament and decides that he should go to China and become a Shaoln monk. When he arrives he is for some reason surprised that they won't let him in. He sits outside day and night, and they finally let him join the new Shaolin monk training group. He is constantly making trouble and playing tricks on his Sifu, but finally realizes that he must focus if he wants to become a fighting monk. After passing his training he goes to take revenge on the fighter who beat him at the start of the movie.
If you have seen the No Retreat No Surrender movies, then you are probably going to like this. It is very corny, but not quite as corny as a lot of the other movies from the Seasonal Film Company. One good cheesy part is where Drew teaches his fellow students the song Summertime Blues, except they change the words to Shaolin Temple Blues. Although the actor who plays Drew is not a great actor, the movie has a somewhat unique story and overall it is pretty fun.
The action is done by Corey Yuen Kwai and Yuen Tak. I like how they keep the fights on the ground and don't worry about using wires. The lead actor is a good screen fighter and the other actors are good. The young monks Sifu has a good short fight scene. This guy is amazing and I wish he had more than 1 fight. Once Drew passes his training wires do get involved, but it is done very well, and they only use wires about 4 times. The last 10 minutes of the movie has 2 kickboxing matches and the final fight is a ton of fun. The great thing about the fights is that there are a lot of exchanges without cutting. The choreography in the final fight is up their with any of the American type movies that Seasonal Films has made.
And be sure to look for a young fighting Daniel Dae Kim as Drew's rival at the temple. Maybe it is just because I am a big fan of the TV show 'Lost', but I thought it was cool to see him in action.
3/5
The DVD from Platinum Disc is full screen but it doesn't affect the action. I had to turn the volume up pretty high but the sound is good. Picture quality has a bit of speckling but overall it is good.
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Summary: mark twain sam australia WA Perth
Comment: This film is pretty average. However, I am a fan of Ng See Yuen and Corey Yuen's fight chereography action films which is why I have rated this DVD number 4. Anyway, this film is about Drew Carson a normal teenager who is a martial arts competitor but is humiliated in front of a National Audience by his opponent. After losing miserably to his rival, Trevor in that particular martial arts tournament he decides to carry on his sensei's dream to become a Shaolin Monk and to seek further assistance from the monestary. When Drew arrived to the temple he was refused entry and thrown of the premises but refused to leave. Eventually, the monks agreed to take him on and Drew has become the first American Shaolin.
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