Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Fresh and Exciting

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Wong Fei Hong, two students in tow, ventures out into The World. Before long, they encounter corruption in the form of a Prefect who spends most of his time in an opium den when he's not selling Shanghaied slave laborers to American railroad owners, and a gang of thugs terrorizing the local villagers. Wong physically defends and even medically tends to some of these locals (including a young brother and sister team of street performers). One of Wong's traveling companions, the bespectacled and buck-toothed Ah So, develops a crush on the lovely young sister, Shao Lan/"Gracie." Meanwhile, student Kwan falls for the strikingly beautiful "Auntie," who joins the troupe. When young Gracie finds herself trapped in a convent cum brothel, Auntie and the two students enter the "convent' in disguise. They are quickly outed by the Prefect and the unscrupulous Wu. Mayhem ensues. There are enough rapid-fire martial arts on display in FIST FROM SHAOLIN to satisfy any fan of the genre and the performances are ALL outstanding. This is certainly one of the better-directed films of its type.

This is another great martial arts movie about legendary folk hero Wong Fei Hong!It's much lower budget than Jet Li's 'Once Upon A Time In China' movies, but is suprisingly good, even better, more realistic action than the once upon a time in china series! Ok , so it is essentially copying the Jet Li films but the guy who plays Wong Fei Hong (Wang Kwan) is a very good martial artist (though he's not as good an actor as Jet!). The main attractions here are Master Eleven (Ji, Chun Hua, the bad guy from from Fong Sai Yuk 2)and the guy who plays Leung Foon! (Taam Chui) With out a doubt these two are very talented performers!Their martial arts skills are unmatched and in particular, i have to say Taam Chui is probably the most talented martial artist i have ever seen!(he puts the likes of Jet Li, Chui Man Cheuk and Donnie yen to shame!)His kicking skills are unbelieveable and there are almost no wires used in the fights!Worth checking out just for Taam Chui(though his talent is usually wasted in this film he gets to show at least some of his awesome skill!).The only films with better action than this are probably 'The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk' and 'Heroes among Heroes'. This ranks among the best i've seen, truly an undiscovered classic of the genre!A must see for Kung- Fu fight fans!