Product Details

• Actors: Reese Madigan, Trent Bushey, Daniel Dae Kim, Billy Chang, Cliff Lenderman
• Format: PAL
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004CNEK

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars mark twain sam australia WA Perth, November 16, 2005

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markrob0 (australia wa perth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Shaolin: King of Kickboxers 2 (DVD)

This film is pretty average. However, I am a fan of Ng See Yuen and Corey Yuen's fight chereography action films which is why I have rated this DVD number 4. Anyway, this film is about Drew Carson a normal teenager who is a martial arts competitor but is humiliated in front of a National Audience by his opponent. After losing miserably to his rival, Trevor in that particular martial arts tournament he decides to carry on his sensei's dream to become a Shaolin Monk and to seek further assistance from the monestary. When Drew arrived to the temple he was refused entry and thrown of the premises but refused to leave. Eventually, the monks agreed to take him on and Drew has become the first American Shaolin.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars American Shaolin - King of Kickboxers, October 6, 2008

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Bruce F. Vanderlick - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Shaolin:King of Kickboxers 2 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have watched this movie at least 20 times. It is well written, has fantastic fight scenes, and the Shaolin Temple training previewed is OutStanding! This is a much watch. I keep looking for this on DVD.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "ain't no cure for the shaolin temple blues", August 18, 2007

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dominion_ruler "Bryan" (Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Shaolin: King of Kickboxers 2 (DVD)

The sequal to "King of The Kickboxers" goes in a completely different direction, and could easily just have been called "American Shaolin" and left at that. The same production company is involved, thus creating another cheesy movie, but with above average fighting compared to the typical American-made martial arts film. Although the whole idea of an American (Drew Carson played by Reese Madigan) coming to study at the Shaolin Temple is a bit unbelievable, it ends up being a fun and unique story that seemed to grab my attention eventually.

The beginning is a little slow, acting is poor, and everything is just downright cheesy. Drew is humilated at a local tournament, by a guy who fights dirty - including pulling down the pants of his opponent (don't worry, its not perverted or anything). Drew feels the only to way to become good enough is to train with the best, and travels to China hoping to become a Shaolin Monk. After painstankingly waiting for days, he is accepted. While in the Temple, Drew constantly causes trouble, which leads others to do the same. It actually becomes interesting to see if he can actually make it as a Monk. There are still plenty of cheesy scenes, but alot of it becomes fun, and you gotta love the soundtrack, which is a slightly different version of "Summertime Blues".

The action is sparse in the first half of the film, but began to pick up more and more. The real treat is the finale of the film. Drew once again faces off in the ring against his former opponent. There is a pretty good fight between the Daniel Dae Kim character and this guy, who eventually tosses Kim out of the ring. Drew has no choice but to fight, and does so in a well choreogprahed fight which lasts at least 5 minutes.

In the end, I couldn't decide how I felt about the film. I enjoyed the fighting the most, but couldn't decide if the story was just silly or what. It is fun for what it is, but I got that darn Shaolin Temple blues song stuck in my head.