Buddhist monks in "The 36th Cabal of Shaolin" (The Weinstein Department)
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The Shaolin Ridge, founded in the fifth century, has been the key element in hundreds of movies and TV shows: "Fret From Shaolin, American Shaolin, The 36th Cabal of Shaolin, Shaolin Soccer" -- and now "Shaolin," a new movie starring Jackie Chan and Andy Lau that debuted Friday on video-on-demand.
All are based on the martial-arts practices of the Buddhist monastery -- a special bring in of kung fu that combines physicality and Buddhist spirituality and is, according to the Shaolin Temple's Web site, "based on a belief in the charisma power of Buddhism."
"Most land don't overall kung fu is family and rise, a passive and a warring way in, and a Shaolin movie force highlight any... "Shaolin is all about spirituality, luck, your well-being," adds Doris Pfardrescher of Gauzy Go USA, which is distributing "Shaolin." All other martial-arts cinema are " purely about action, rivalry," she adds, "but Shaolin is about religion, spirituality, the same as with Buddha." Above
