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Jet Li was a monk in Shaolin. In a friendly competition for a higher place in Shaolin, his childhood friend almost kills a fellow student for using a concealed weapon (which cannot be used in the competition). He and his friend got kicked out of the Shaolin. They met rebellions at that time of China. His friend betrayed Jet Li and his rebellion friends for money from the China government. Jet Li went crazy and discovered the art of Tai Chi at the recover period. Revenge seem to the only thing he is going to do.
A pair of lifelong friends are expelled from their Shaolin temple after being accused of cheating. Tienbao becomes a powerful and oppressive military leader while the other, Junbao, (Li) joins the rebels. Only the discipline of Tai Chi can help Junbao defeat his former friend. Includes some of the most spectacular martial arts fight scenes ever filmed, including a huge finale with a cast of thousands.
Hong Kong star Jet Li portrays the inventor of T'ai Chi in this entertaining if not historically accurate martial-arts movie. Junbao (Li) and Tienbao (Chin Siu-Ho) are a pair of young monks studying kung fu in a Shaolin temple. Junbao is balanced and humble, but Tienbao is competitive and eager to advance. The two are wrongfully accused of cheating during a tournament and are expelled. From there they take radically different paths. Tienbao becomes a mercenary for an evil warlord, and Junbao joins a rebel group led by Michelle Yeoh. Tienbao betrays Junbao; Junbao loses his memory in the resulting fight. While rec...
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uperating, he develops the graceful T'ai Chi fighting style. Although many may find the cartoonish, acrobatic fight sequences to be campy, they are elaborate and dazzling.
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Junbao is een monnik die opgroeit met zijn beste vriend Tienbao in een Shao Lin tempel. Hun vriendschappelijke gevechten om te zien wie de sterkste is brengt hun geregeld in problemen. Bij een competitie voor promotie doodt Tienbao bijna een medeleerling voor valsspelen. Dit leidt tot een massaal gevecht met de andere monniken waarbij beide vrienden worden verbannen uit de tempel. In de buitenwereld hebben ze echter moeite om zich aan te passen doordat ze bijna hun gehele leven in de tempel hebben gewoond. Tienbao, gedreven door de drang naar rijkdom en macht, besluit in het leger te gaan terwijl Junbao juist bij...
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de rebellen gaat. Conflicten kunnen hierdoor niet uitblijven en beide vrienden worden gedwongen een keuze te maken.
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