The movie "New The Shaolin Temple" cost nearly 200 million yuan and the production cycle took a year. There are many big scenes elaborately produced by director Benny Chan, especially the chasing of carriages and the burning of The Shaolin Temple. The director Benny Chan also attached great importance to this highlight. It took him a month to draw nearly three hundred shots. How to schedule this scene and how to control the rhythm, each shot was carefully considered. In this scene, a total of 30 carriages were assembled, chasing all the way along the edge of the cliff, and they would fall down the mountain if they were not paying attention. Andy Lau and Xiong Xinxin are still fighting in the carriage. The scene is very thrilling. The most dangerous thing is that someone falls from the carriage. Fortunately, there is no major problem
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Another scene in the film burns The Shaolin Temple. For the sake of truth, all the explosion scenes in the film were shot in real scenes. For this reason, the crew spent nearly 20 million and took four months to build a brand new The Shaolin Temple in Zhejiang. The specifications and furnishings of the temple are all in accordance with The Shaolin. The temple is made in detail to the level of detail like The Shaolin Temple. Director Benny Chan also invited Li Zhongzhi, who is known as the "explosive expert", to guide the scene. Because it was shooting a dangerous scene of explosions in real scenes, the crew was very cautious and spent one or two bombs a day on them. It was an opportunity to shoot explosive scenes in China. They are relatively few, usually explosive models. The staff on the scene are not experienced enough and are worried about danger, so they are very careful when preparing and shooting. Every big bang shot takes more than ten or twenty days
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In the film, there are constant fights. In addition to the big scenes of car chasing and blasting, there are also actual action scenes such as close hand-to-hand combat. The actors have played against each other many times in the film. In order to play authentic Shaolin Kungfu, the crew specially asked Shaolin masters to teach Shaolin martial arts to the actors. The beginning of the film is a fierce fight between the big brother of Nicholas Tse The Shaolin Temple, Jason Wu. For this reason, the action director Yuan Kui, Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, and Jason Wu repeated their tricks before filming. Several actors are regulars in action movies, so they also spare no effort and no mercy in the fight
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There is not only a personal confrontation in the film, but also a battle between Shaolin monks and warlords. Among them, the scene of Shaolin monks rushing to Cao’s mansion to rescue trapped laborers. Director Benny Chan deliberately showed the fight between Shi Yanneng and Xiong Xinxin in a long shot, which made the action scenes more powerful and lens-like. Shi Yanneng was from The Shaolin Temple. The trained monk, Xiong Xinxin is also a well-known action actor. Both of them have a very strong foundation of kung fu. Their fights can be performed in a long shot, and their movements will be very dynamic. The director asked the actors to make more than ten or twenty moves within one shot, and also pay attention to the rhythm, body style, speed, etc., and filmed this rally for several days
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In "New The Shaolin Temple", there are not only actions, but also the Zen martial arts spirit and redemption thought of The Shaolin Temple. The Shaolin Temple They have always had a Zen martial arts spirit for so many years. This is something that has not been filmed in previous film and television dramas about The Shaolin Temple. The spirit of Chanwu is to improve the realm of one's self. The director hopes that in the movie, with this era as the background, he will talk about The Shaolin Temple's righteous saving spirit. Andy Lau saw how Shaolin did these things, and finally how to turn from a warlord to a monk. Director Benny Chan also specially designed a number of emotional dramas with rich colors, including patriotism, family and country hatred, and Shaolin spirit. The actors and actresses also staged complex love-hate entanglements in the film. The lead actor Andy Lau not only has emotional scenes with his wife and daughter, but also has tangled feelings with Nicholas Tse
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Extended Reading
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Cook: [to Huo Jie] I don't know an of this, all i know is it's worthless to train just the moves without the spirit.
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Abbot: A brave man is one who knows to return after having lost his way.