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Shaolin
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2568
- IMDb #2767
- Rotten Tomatoes #2279
- Letterboxd #2826
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2580
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2525
+4 more
- Metacritic Critics #3169
- Kinopoisk #1954
- AlloCiné #1369
- Trakt #3112
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 53, highest is AlloCiné on 76.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A proud and ruthless warlord, Hou Jie, experiences a devastating defeat that leaves him defeated and abandoned. Seeking refuge, he stumbles into the Shaolin Temple, a place of peace and discipline he once mocked. As he recovers among the monks, he is slowly humbled by their compassion and wisdom. He begins to learn the ways of Kung Fu and Buddhism, seeking redemption for his violent past. However, his former ambitions and the violent world he left behind soon threaten the sanctuary that has given him a new path.
Details
- Director
- Benny Chan
- Writers
- Alan Yuen Kam-Lun, Charcoal Tan
- Released
- 20 January 2011
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $29.0M
- Box office
- $33.7M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 31st Hong Kong Film Awards 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Nicholas Tse | Nominee |
| 31st Hong Kong Film Awards 2011 | Best Action Choreography | Corey Yuen, Yuen Tak, Nicky Li | Nominee |
| 31st Hong Kong Film Awards 2011 | Best Original Film Song | Song: Wu ( 悟 ) Composer: Q. luv Lyricist/Singer: Andy Lau | Nominee |
| 31st Hong Kong Film Awards 2011 | Best Art Direction | Yee Chung-Man, Ben Lau | Nominee |
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4 awards — Shaolin
×| Best Action Choreography | Corey Yuen, Yuen Tak, Nicky Li | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Yee Chung-Man, Ben Lau | Nominee |
| Best Original Film Song | Song: Wu ( 悟 ) Composer: Q. luv Lyricist/Singer: Andy Lau | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Nicholas Tse | Nominee |