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Mood:
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- Good Versus EvilHeroesRivalryAnti HeroesMaster WarriorSupernatural AbilityCulture ClashChases and Races more...
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Genres:
- ActionAdventureComedy
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary20th Century21st Century40s
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Place:
- San Francisco
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Audience:
- Boys' NightTeens
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- Silly Humor
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- Martial Arts
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- Based on Comics
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- Semi SeriousFantasticFast
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Bulletproof Monk, 2003
English, Tibetan, German
USA
Profile of Bulletproof Monk
The mood of Bulletproof Monk is humorous, stylized, and exciting. The plot centers around good versus evil, heroes, and rivalry. It features silly humor. Bulletproof Monk is an action, comedy, and adventure movie. Stylistically, it features martial arts. In approach, it is fantastical. The pacing of Bulletproof Monk is fast. The setting is San Francisco. It happens in the 20th century and in contemporary times. Bulletproof Monk is adapted from a comic. It is especially suggested for teens and a boys' night. Note that it includes sexual content and violent content.
Summary of Bulletproof Monk
BULLETPROOF MONK begins in the 1940s, as a Tibetan Buddhist monk, charged with protecting an ancient scroll, passes on his legacy to his pupil. As the student receives the power to safeguard the scroll, his aging process is halted and he gives up his name, only to be known as the Monk (Chow Yun-Fat). Suddenly, the monastery is raided by Nazis, led by the ruthless Strucker (Karl Roden). As they attempt to seize the relic, the Monk is shot and falls off a cliff, taking the scroll with him. However, six decades later, the Monk appears in America and crosses paths with Kar (Seann William Scott), a tough city kid with a talent for picking pockets. Together the unlikely duo must contend with the forces of the now-elderly Strucker, still determined to possess the mystical scroll. As Strucker's granddaughter, Nina (Victoria Smurfit), leads his thugs to track down Kar and the Monk, the two heroes receive help from the mysterious Jade (Jamie King).
Based on the comic book of the same name, BULLETPROOF MONK is a lively action film that features elements of Buddhist philosophy and Hong Kong cinema. The movie allows the typically goofy Scott (star of the AMERICAN PIE films and DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR?) to try out a more straightforward hero role. Meanwhile, Yun-Fat (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) shines as the nameless monk, exuding the same effortless charisma that made him a superstar in Asia. A fun buddy romp filled with martial arts, BULLETPROOF MONK joins the ranks of RUSH HOUR as an entertaining East-meets-West adventure.
Details
| Language: | English, Tibetan, German |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 16 April 2003 |
| Runtime: | 104 min |
Cast and Crew
as Monk With No Name
as Kar
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- by: Robert Koehler
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- by: Charles Taylor
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- 26.November.2009
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