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American Shaolin

1991
1h 46m
PG-13
Action
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Cast

Trent Bushey (Trevor Gottitall)Kim Chan (Master Kwan)Reese Madigan (Drew Carson)Daniel Dae Kim (Gao)Billy Chang (Li)Cliff Lenderman (D.S.)Henry O (San De)Alice Zhang Hung (Ashena)Jean Louisa Kelly (Maria)D.D. Delaney (Bob)

Director

Lucas Lowe

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Synopsis

After being humiliated in the ring by a dirty kickboxer who pulled down his shorts and then hit him, a martial arts master decides to travel to China and enter a monastery where he may learn the Shaolin form of fighting. The film then veers into "Karate Kid" territory where the novice humiliates himself at every turn, is tolerated as a foreigner, and still comes out a champion. The monastery teaches non-violence, but everyone knows that sooner or later the student will catch up with the bad guy.

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