In a land torn by strife, the righteous monks of Shaolin stand as a beacon of hope for the oppressed masses.

China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters when he beats one of them in a duel. But the pride comes before a fall. When his own family is wiped out by a rival warlord, Hao is forced to take refuge with the monks. As the civil unrest spreads and the people suffer, Hao and the Shaolin masters are forced to take a fiery stand against the evil warlords. They launch a daring plan or rescue and escape.
Shaolin keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing tradition, power, corruption, identity.
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Rango (2011)E8/E9/E10 · corruption, identity
Thor (2011)E8/E9/E10 · identity, power
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)E8/E9/E10 · identity, power
Aladdin (1992)E8/E9/E10 · identity, power
The Lion King (1994)E8/E9/E10 · identity, power
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)E8/E9/E10 · identity, powerThe same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.