American ShaolinMark | imdb: 5.7 |
Genre | action, drama, comedy, crime |
Year | 1991 |
Country | USA , Hong Kong  |
Premiere | |
Duration | PT8M |
Storyline
After being humiliated in the ring by a dirty kickboxer who pulled down his shorts and then hit him, a martial arts master decides to travel to China and enter a monastery where he may learn the Shaolin form of fighting. The film then veers into "Karate Kid" territory where the novice humiliates himself at every turn, is tolerated as a foreigner, and still comes out a champion. The monastery teaches non-violence, but everyone knows that sooner or later the student will catch up with the bad guy.