Shaolin Rock Star

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Keep on Shaolin-Fighting, Drew. An unofficial follow-up to the No Retreat, No Surrender movies and King of the Kickboxers, this movie continues to entertain with the same amount of quality as the earlier movies. Being the first movie in this series without Loren Avedon, it still delivers on all levels.

And by that I mean it delivers on the fighting. The action is great. The rest of the movie is just total goofiness of the highest order, and that's the way it should be. It's a really lighthearted movie where the focus is on the action and the fact that you just don't take it seriously at all. Sit back, enjoy this movie for what it's worth and have a great time.

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RokkenDokken 21 April American Shaolin is undoubtibly one of the best film ever made. It is a brilliant concoction of humour, action and excitement. I was mezmerised whilst watching it, at its greatness and anticipated eagerly for the outcome of events. It is an utter masterpiece in movie making and hasn't got the credit it deserves. It is an excellently made film and is exciting all the way through. I watch it at least once everyday, sometimes twice.

Thats how brilliant it is. Well done Lucas Lowe for creating such a magnificent piece of work!! Yeah, the only song this entire movie had that I could remember was "The Shaolin Temple Blues" which really didn't sound like the blues at all, but instead a strange perversion of a Bruce Springsteen song.

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All of the lyrics are about working minimum wage and going out on dates Saturday Night Of course, this can all be forgiven once we are shown Shaolin Monks playing Air Guitar. The movie's story is about as run-of-the-mill as run-of-the-mill can get. Ugly American and BOY is he ugh-lee this time around! From that point, he goes on to defeat the bad guy in the last 5 minutes of the movie. Anyway, Corey Yuen did the fight coreography for this film, and it shows by the overall quality.

Unfortunately, the bright spots seen are overshadowed by some astoundingly bad parts What can I say? It's goofy as all hell. Am I the only person here disturbed by the fact that the only way the main villain seems to be able to win a fight is by pulling down his opponent's pants?! BrickNash 10 June Having been a great fan of the No retreat No Surrender films and King Of The Kickboxers since I was a boy in the 80's I had never got around to seeing this sequel to the series. The acting is more atrocious than usual in these kinds of films but the big flaw is that the fight's are almost no- where to be seen and for a martial arts film that's bad news.

After the opening fight almost an hour passes with no action whatsoever. The ones that do crop up are acceptably choreographed but are slow, short and lack the intensity of any of the previous films due to some slow movements and very tight close camera-work. How to write a great review.

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Continue shopping Checkout Continue shopping. Chi ama i libri sceglie Kobo e inMondadori. Shaolin Rock Star by Mike Bryant. Buy the eBook Price: Available in Russia Shop from Russia to buy this item. All this and more can found inside Martial artists and actors such as Jet Li and Jackie Chan have continued the appeal of movies of this genre.

Jackie Chan successfully brought in a sense of humour in his fighting style in his movies. The talent of these individuals have broadened Hong Kong's cinematography production and rose to popularity overseas, influencing Western cinemas. In the west, kung fu has become a regular action staple, and makes appearances in many films that would not generally be considered "Martial Arts" films.

Martial arts themes can also be found on television networks. With 60 episodes over a three-year span, it was one of the first North American TV shows that tried to convey the philosophy and practice in Chinese martial arts. In the s, Bruce Lee was beginning to gain popularity in Hollywood for his martial arts movies. The fact that he was a non-white male who portrayed self-reliance and righteous self-discipline resonated with black audiences and made him an important figure in this community.

Urban youth in New York City were still going from every borough to Time Square every night to watch the latest movies. One of the pioneers responsible for the development of the foundational aspects of hip-hop was DJ Kool Herc, who began creating this new form of music by taking rhythmic breakdowns of songs and looping them. From the new music came a new form of dance known as b-boying or breakdancing , a style of street dance consisting of improvised acrobatic moves.

The pioneers of this dance credit kung fu as one of its influences. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Modern history of East Asian martial arts.

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