KFEB 104: American Shaolin

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Yakmala! Yakmala! It’s a Shaolin kinda day!

This episode has our five heroes digging into an almost-forgotten tale from the extremely popular No Retreat No Surrender franchise which is more commonly referred to as American Shaolin. Strangely as well as being released as NRNS 4 (or 5, depending on what site you visit), it also hit shelves as King of the Kickboxers II !

Welcome back for more Kung Fu Electric Boogaloo. Your five hosts continue their search for the ultimate B-Movie with the next entry in the “White Dragons: All American Ninjas” season.

After being humiliated in the ring by a dirty kickboxer who pulled down his shorts and then hit him, a martial arts student travels to China to enter a monastery where he may learn the Shaolin form of fighting. The monastery teaches non-violence, but everyone knows that sooner or later the student will catch up with the bad guy.

Changing up the pace of films in this White Dragons season, American Shaolin brings more humour than we’ve seen so far and asks the tough questions like “what sort of porn do monks like?” and “how did a Korean-American become the keeper of Chinese tradition?”

Also, this has a musical number!? Yes it does!

As always, the KFEB hosts will provide ratings for the films that are based on the fun, enjoyment, and craziness of the film. These scores will be tabulated and an on-going grid will keep you up to date with the search.

So sit back and enjoy the laughs as KFEB travels to the wackiest Shaolin temple yoy’ve ever seen!

After listening, check in with The Octagon, our on-going ranking of the movies covered in KFEB.

Join us all season as we explore the action movie genre we can only call “White Dragons: All American Ninjas!”