The plot is a bit deliberate, a bit far-fetched, and there are many logical loopholes. The dubbing during the fight has the feeling of a love action movie, and the voice is breathless. Buddhist monks are everywhere like ghosts. Li Lianjie's performance is very second, the real fault is not me, but the whole world, that kind of novel comic-style second is really vivid. That sound of master calling, I seem to be watching Journey to the West, no wonder I played Sun Wukong a few years later. The monks also pretended to be aggressive. When fighting, they held their hands behind their backs and looked like masters. Despite all the above-mentioned complaints, I admit that in 1982, the mainland was able to make such realistic kung fu films, which was still very impressive.
The story of the thirteen stick monks saving the Tang king. Jet Li fled to Shaolin alone, and practiced kung fu to avenge his father's revenge. He practiced three-nine in winter and three-fu in summer. He was proficient in all eighteen weapons. Finally, in the Shaolin offensive and defensive battle, relying on the help of Li Shimin, he avenged Xuehen, and finally became enlightened and became a monk.
The plot is lackluster, and the performance is slightly exaggerated, but the real kung fu in it is really no trivial matter. At that time, monks were still very simple, and tickets were not expensive, so this movie took a lot of scenes in Shaolin Temple. Those who play Shaolin monks seem to be professionals, so their skills are quite good, and there are wonderful horse battle scenes, which increase the viewing value of the whole movie. When I first practiced martial arts, there were all kinds of strange weapons, chains, etc. Anyway, I didn't know the specific names, but I just thought it was very cold and arrogant. Jet Li also showed off stick skills, sword skills, knife skills... It can be seen that his skills are still very solid. The essence is all in the last tens of minutes, from the rescue of Li Shimin by the Thirteen Stick Monks River, to the last Shaolin battle, one after another, with almost no pause. It's all real kung fu, although the action design is not ferocious enough, there is no refreshing feeling of punching to the flesh, and there is no elegant and forceful tune of Weiya, but the victory lies in the truth and the solid foundation.
It is definitely a Kung Fu blockbuster, and it is worthy of creating a box office miracle in that year.
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