Shaolin

During the nation's early years, powers compete to conquer China,

each furthering their own military reach and empire.

Warlords big and small side with foreigners at the expense of the people.

Endless battles turn the land into hell on earth.

Dengfeng, Henan.

Amitabha.

Amitabha.

Brother, we have a live one here.

Wake up!

Wake up!

Quickly! Don't let them escape!

After them!

Kill! Leave not one!

Sir, eat it slowly.

Eat it while it's hot.

Thank you.

Brother, yet another two hundred arrive.

Jingkong, winter will come soon.

Before the blizzards reach the mountain,

we must build more shelters.

We've already run out of wood and straw.

What else do you want me to build with?

Then take what we can out of our rooms

and give it to these people.

No way, I am deathly afraid of the cold.

Look at these mantou,

each day it gets smaller and smaller.

So we needn't worry about freezing to death.

Even before winter arrives,

You will have already starved to death.

After him!

Search!

Come out!

Out of the way! Bring him out!

- Stop!

- Don't move!

- You! Over here!

- Stop! Don't move!

- Don't move!

- Don't move!

Out of the way!

Out of the way!

You can't enter!

Stop!

You can't enter!

Off the horse!

Off the horse!

Abbot, save me.

Stinkin' monks!

Commander Hou wants this man's head!

Those who harbour him will share in his crime!

I don't care who you are!

You will not disturb these grounds!

Come then.

Hey! Hey!

Save him and I'll send you

to meet the Buddha.

He's lost a lot of blood.

Quickly, get the haemostatic powder.

Yes, Abbot.

Commander Hou arrives!

These people have welcomed you

with a display of their Shaolin kungfu.

And you reply with guns?

You are without manners.

Commander Hou.

Sir, please don't move.

Abbot, you also don't move.

He's nearing death.

Help him, send him off.

Amitabha.

Buddha sends the fated.

He has arrived,

even if it is on his last breath,

I must still help him.

I ask sir to show compassion.

No more meaningless deaths.

If he doesn't die,

I will not sleep easy.

When the heart is removed from dread,

dreams will no longer be troubled.

With a benevolent heart,

everywhere you go will be the Pure Land.

The Pure Land?

Abbot, you've stayed at Shaolin temple

for far too long, you're confused.

If I don't kill him,

the fighting will continue.

This will mean more killing.

How will we reach the Pure Land then?

Hou Jie.

I admit defeat.

Dengfeng City is already yours.

If you spare me...

I will give all my wealth and money to you.

This...

Is the gold I buried.

Take it.

If you don't kill me, I promise...

I will never return.

Thank you, Abbot.

- Abbot!

- Abbot!

Sir!

Sir!

Defend the temple!

Jingneng, Jingkong, stand down.

A joyous arrival to a sad departure...

The void in our world is once again felt.

Would it not have been better

to have not come and gone...

To be free from happiness and sadness?

Amitabha.

Go.

[ PLAQUE:
The Source of All Martial Arts ]

[ GRAFFITI :
Empty words. ]

Big brother,

we are meeting with the foreigners tomorrow.

What for?

With proper funding,

we can buy many machine guns and cannons.

With it, we can take Zhengzhou.

More guns is good, but useless if you dont fire them.

Tell me, back at Shaolin, why didn't you fire?

Compassion?

Remember this, when you gain the upper hand...

And you hesitate a moment too long...

The one dead will be you.

Next time...

The next time I come across someone

standing in Brother's way...

I will definitely kill him.

Then you've learned.

Song Hu has already arrived.

That's "Commander Song".

Commander Song.

The bastard, we fight without

seeing any of his men.

But come time to divide the spoils,

he's here ever so quickly.

Brother Hu, Dengfeng City has been taken.

Huo Long is dead.

For a nobody such as Huo Long...

Why such a commotion?

I would think you were still

seeing the coffin off.

We are in rememberance of the

hundreds of brothers lost.

Is that so?

I am in your debt then.

Against Huo Long,

I didn't come, not to take advantage of you...

If it weren't for these two bum legs...

My horse and gun alone would

have been enough to sort him out.

Isn't that right, brother?

Of course...

What is a little loss on my part?

I do not fret.

I know that.

You fret because of DengFeng City.

Sister-in-law, it's been too long.

Big brother.

Shengnan, my darling girl.

Greet your Uncle Song.

Hello, Uncle Song.

Hello, Nan-Nan.

Sister, your Nan-nan is

growing up to be very polite.

More beautiful with age.

With a daughter like her,

be careful someone doesn't steal her away.

It's decided,

this child will be one of the family.

My future daughter-in-law.

When was this arranged?

It doesn't matter, now is all the same.

What? You disagree?

If you disagree then let's fight.

Good.

Good gun.

This is a fully automatic weapon.

You can't buy it anywhere else.

We want eighty units.

How shall we do this?

I wont take a penny if...

General Hou supports our railway into Dengfeng.

What did you say?

I didn't hear properly.

I said, I won't take a penny...

If you support the building of our railway.

I don't want the guns anymore.

General.

I don't want the guns anymore!

Go, we head to the city's east.

I believe, General Song Hu

will show more interest.

Mr Peter, please wait.

Brother, this gun is truly marvellous.

If Song Hu takes them...

Show them out!

Yes!

Please.

Next time, choose your words carefully

when you speak to me.

I don't take orders from you.

Maybe when you're in my position, then we'll talk.

You hear what I'm saying?

Am I being clear enough?

To use the lives of our countrymen

and take the wealth of the people.

Agreeing to build their railway...

Is like opening the doors for them to take our land.

The land of the Chinese

belongs to the people of China.

The foreigners' hands reach to take it...

I will chop them all off.

I hope Song Hu feels the same.

I don't think you've listened to what I've said.

These twenty years, I've called him brother.

Do not badmouth him.

And even if he is bad,

it is not for you to say!

I'm dizzy.

What the hell are you doing?

Eating biscuits.

Biscuits?

I'm eating noodles now.

You've gone mad from hunger.

What do you know?

This is called having an idea.

Idea? Having an idea?

All you know is having ideas.

You might be able to do that,

But how about the people out there?

What can they do?

In times of famine, Judge Bao

would feed the people with his own stores.

What if we became masked avengers?

We'll hit back at the warlords' armies.

Brother,

why don't we become masked avengers?

Masked avengers?

That's right,

we'll become avengers that save people.

Brother, that's against the rules.

What are you afraid of?

When the sky falls,

Second Brother will hold it up.

Brother is most generous, am I right?

Of course.

Of course! Of course!

Little Miss, please don't run.

- Quickly get up

- Shengnan!

Are you injured?

What the hell are you doing?

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