Shaolin
  • Studio: Well Go
  • Release Date: Sep 9, 2011
Shaolin Image
See the trailer
Metascore
53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

Your Score
0 out of 10
Rate this:
  • Summary: It is the early years of the republic and China has been plunged into chaos as feuding warlords battle to expand their power and their lands. Young army leader Hao Jie and his sworn brother Huo Lung find little resistance in their conquer of the township of Dengfeng, leaving thousands injured and dead in their wake. The venerated Shaolin Temple throws open its doors to the wounded. Disciples Jing Neng, Jing Kong and Jing Hai venture out in the day to save the villagers and at night, become masked Robin Hoods to help the poor and weak. (Emperor Motion Pictures)



    … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Rachel Saltz
    Sep 8, 2011
    70
    If the movie feels old-school (with new-school production values), consider its pedigree. It's no wonder: Shaolin is a reimagining of the 1982 "Shaolin Temple," in which Jet Li made his debut.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Sep 9, 2011
    60
    Jackie Chan's cameo as a monastery cook is a tiny joy. To see Chan use his once-great physical skill on a hunk of bread dough is to see a giant work in miniature.
  3. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Sep 9, 2011
    60
    Shaolin is simultaneously regal and stilted, stirring and sluggish.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Pinkerton
    Sep 6, 2011
    30
    This crude, overlong chunk of kung-fu kitsch lays its scene in a 1920s Republican China, torn by internecine fighting and weighed down by drably expensive production design.

See all 10 Critic Reviews

User Reviews

Write a Review
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. JThomas411
    7
    Benny Chan's Shaolin is a solid film for those seeking a good martial arts drama. The film is not as action-packed as some may hope but there's enough fighting to appease the majority while Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse deftly portray the battle of forgiveness in the face of ruthless betrayal. While the pacing falters at times and some of the characters could have used some more depth, the film is still quite enjoyable and well worth seeing if you get the opportunity during its theatrical release.… Expand
  2. RyanPratt
    7
    Rent-it - This film about feuding warlords and Shaolin monks is more of an epic drama than an kung-fu action-adventure, but the handful of hand-to-hand fight scenes are spectacular and the big-budget cinematography is quite handsome. It's no 13 Assassins though.… Expand

Trailers

Current Movie Releases

Full List »
  1. Star Trek Into Darkness
    Metascore: 72
  2. Fast & Furious 6
    Metascore: 62
  3. Iron Man 3
    Metascore: 62
  4. 42
    Metascore: 62
  5. Evil Dead (2013)
    Metascore: 57
  6. Oblivion
    Metascore: 54
  7. The Great Gatsby
    Metascore: 54
  8. Pain & Gain
    Metascore: 43
  9. G.I. Joe: Retaliation
    Metascore: 41
  10. The Host
    Metascore: 35
  11. The Hangover Part III
    Metascore: 31
  12. Tyler Perry's Temptation
    Metascore: 27
  13. Scary Movie 5
    Metascore: 11
All Current Movies »