Realizing Ting's devotion the abbot decides to bring Ting into the Shaolin order and teach him the deadliest techniques to prepare him for the Lama's merciless fury. When Ting rescues a girl from the clutches of the Flying Eagle gang the Golden Wheel Lama and sworn enemy of Shaolin finds the perfect excuse to lead an assault on the Temple. Lama Original title: Shao Lin dou La Ma 1983 1h 28m IMDb RATING 7.0 /10 697 YOUR RATING Rate Action Drama Skilled fighter Sung Li Ting is looking for a Kung Fu master who can beat him in battle and teach him new techniques. Lo Jui plays Sun Yu Ting, a Kung Fu fanatic in search of a teacher. Shaolin monk Shao Si Yer introduces Sung Li to the Shaolin teachings, but Sung Li is not allowed to enter the school until the return of a Lama monk who. He persuades the young novice monk to smuggle him into Shaolin but Ting's presence isn't welcome and he is driven out but remains close to the temple keeping in touch with Hsu Shi. Shaolin vs Lama is a kung fu film starring Alexander Lo. Overview: A kung fu fanatic Yu Ting (Alexander Lo Rei) searching for the ultimate master saves a young Shaolin monk Hsu Shi (William Yen) from a group of mobsters and sees it as a golden opportunity to enrich his kung fu skills. All the while the sons are trying to get their father and uncle married off but are confounded at every step by the daughters' paranoid father. Lee is a delight as always and is well matched by the talents of John Liu and Don Wong.Two rival families-one with sons the other with daughters-gang up to defeat a band of evil marauders. Skilled fighter Sung Li Ting is looking for a Kung Fu master who can beat him in battle and teach him new techniques. When he discovers the Shaolin Temple, he must wait for the return of a monk who absconded with all the best techniques years earlier. There are some fun training sequences with a larger-than-life dummy and an Ennio Morricone score borrowed from an old spaghetti western. Lama Available on Tubi TV An adept fighter is on the hunt for a new master to beat him in battle and teach him new martial arts skills. Thus the fight choreography isn't quite as top notch as it would get to be later on in the decade and in the early 1980s, although the fights here are still pretty good and have a tendency to get better towards the end. One thing I did notice about this film is that it was made in the middle period between the success of the Bruce Lee and Shaw Brothers movies but before Jackie Chan came along and revitalised the decade at the end of the 1970s. The movie was directed by Ng See-Yuen, who has made some of the better entries in the martial arts genre, and is never less than entertaining. The film is set in ancient Korea and features a couple of kung fu fighters teaming up to bring down the Silver Fox, a wily master who has some high-kicking talent. Shaolin monk, Shao Si Yer, introduces Sung Li to the Shaolin teachings but Sung Li is not allowed to enter the school until the return of a Lama Monk who stole a secret scroll containing every known fighting style from the monastery 12 years earlier. THE SECRET RIVALS is a lively and solid kung fu film that helped launch the screen career of master villain Hwang Jang Lee. Hsu Shis master eventually agrees to take Yu Ting on as a student but lessons are cut short when the Lama turns up and kills the master.
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