Jet Li Movies The - New Legend Of Shaolin

, a legendary rebel against the Qing government. After his family is slaughtered, he travels with his young son, Hung Man-ting (played by child prodigy ), seeking revenge against the traitorous Ma Ning-er

The movie follows the story of San Te (played by Jet Li), a former Ming dynasty general who becomes a monk at the Shaolin Temple. After witnessing the brutal suppression of the temple by the Qing government, San Te and his fellow monks, including the temple's master, Zhi Chen (played by Zhang Yujian), decide to rebel against their oppressors. Jet Li Movies The New Legend Of Shaolin

The New Legend of Shaolin arrived sandwiched between Fist of Legend (1994)—widely considered the greatest pure martial arts film ever made—and High Risk (1995). While Fist of Legend showcased realistic, brutal Japanese karate vs. Chinese Kung Fu, The New Legend of Shaolin went in the opposite direction: it embraced fantasy, wire-fu, and operatic violence. Directed by Wong Jing (a controversial but commercially brilliant filmmaker) and action-choerographed by the legendary Yuen Woo-ping ( The Matrix , Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ), the film is a chaotic, beautiful mess that somehow works perfectly. , a legendary rebel against the Qing government

The action choreography by Yuen Woo-ping ingeniously incorporates the child. Unlike Lone Wolf and Cub (where the kid is in a cart), here the son actively fights. There is a legendary sequence where Jet Li fights a room full of assassins while holding his son upside down, using the boy’s legs as an extra kicking weapon. Another sequence has the son riding on Jet Li’s shoulders while Li performs a staff form. It is absurd, acrobatic, and brilliant. The New Legend of Shaolin arrived sandwiched between

The central plot involves protecting five young Shaolin disciples who have pieces of a treasure map tattooed on their backs. Along the way, they encounter a pair of mother-daughter con artists—played by Deannie Yip Chingmy Yau