Die Brüder vom Shaolin-Tempel

Whereas "Shaolin Temple" had exciting action throughout the whole film and paced itself accordingly, this film had virtually no plot and waited until the very end for any real suspenceful action.

Don't get me wrong. The last fight scene was amazing and worth waiting for. It's just that the rest of the film left a lot to be desired. The competition between the boy artists and the girl artists was interesting at first, but after 45 minutes of no plot other than both sides taunting each other, I found myself tempted to hit the fast-forward button.

The fight scene at the end, as well as a few others in the film, show some serious artistry. Jet Li proves once again that he's one of the best artists in Hong Kong Cinema, and Master Pan (I forgot his first name) make a formidable villan.

The film is worth seeing for the action, but if you want to hit your fast fwd button a few times, you won't miss much.

Like the first Jet Li's movie, the Shaolin Temple (1979), this movie is also excellent in that all actors are professional martial arts athletes of Chinese national and provincial teams, including the boys and girls from the national/provincial junior teams. Hence, all moves are realistic and there is no stunts, no cranes, no cable, no fakes, and no special effects like Jet Li's later works such as Lethal Weapon 4. As martial arts flicks in China developed, it inevitably took the similar road to that of Hong Kong and Taiwan with increasing fakes, and earlier flicks like this is thus really a masterpiece in comparison.

This film lives up to the Shaolin Temple series and again Pan delivers and amazing performance, I mean how great of a guy is he. He is genuine top class wushu material. What can I say, I just love the guy, almost as much as Q-tip's "Vivrant Thing." I hope to see another film of his soon.

i found Kids of Shaolin to be a light-hearted film, with some very funny moments. Jet Li's natural charm & cheekiness shine through, ably supported by fellow wushu team members. He doesn't perform as much wushu as he does in Shaolin Temple but it is still beautifully performed BY HIM. On alot of his later films (especially after Born to defence, where he hurt his back severely) he has substituted stunt men for the more intensive and dangerous fight choreography, which is fair enough considering he is not a trained stunt man. Therefore i relish watching this movie to see this gorgeous man do that wushu that he do so well!

Many of my friends who I have convinced to check this movie out are ready to chase me out the house after watching the opening scene and singing, but after watching the fight scenes they usually gain a little more respect for the movie. Although many of the same actors showed up from the original Shaolin Temple, the storyline is completely different, and the tone of part 2 is lighthearted, which may turn many off. This movie is one of my all-time favorite martial arts films because I haven't found many films that highlight young children sparring off (besides the "My Father is a Hero" boy who's name I forgot) and I personally love to see the women get in the action. The last fight scene is great, but what did it for me was the children's competition. Seeing them play fight in animal styles was magic. A good movie, my friends who hated on this movie just felt like a "kiddie" movie like this was an assault on their manhood