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<p><b><i>Shaolin</b></i> is a 2011 Hong Kong-Chinese <a href="/pages/w/105488746151090">martial arts film</a> produced and directed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Chan_" class="wikipedia">Benny Chan</a>, and starring <a href="/pages/w/112088225470644">Andy Lau</a> and <a href="/pages/w/109526975739441">Nicholas Tse</a> with a special appearance by <a href="/pages/w/112235312126431">Jackie Chan</a>.</p><h2>Plot</h2><p>In <a href="/pages/w/112962935384561">Dengfeng</a>, <a href="/pages/w/110949638929928">Henan</a> during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlord_era" class="wikipedia">warlord era</a> of <a href="/pages/w/289832761046309">early Republican China</a>, a warlord named Hou Jie defeats a rival, Huo Long, and seizes control of Dengfeng. Huo Long flees to <a href="/pages/w/108155852546296">Shaolin Temple</a> to hide, but Hou Jie appears and shoots him after tricking him out of his treasure map. Hou Jie ridicules the Shaolin monks before leaving.</p><p>Feeling that his <a href="/pages/w/110637015631003">sworn brother</a>, Song Hu, is taking advantage of him, Hou sets a trap for Song in a restaurant under the guise of agreeing to his daughter's engagement to Song's son. Meanwhile, Hou's deputy, Cao Man, ambitious and feeling used by Hou, has decided to betray him. During the dinner, Song states his intention to retire and cede everything to Hou but is then secretly warned Hou means to kill him. In rage and embarrassment, Hou fatally wounds Song. Both families are then attacked by Cao's assassins. Despite being shot by Hou, Song saves him with a warning, allowing him to escape, and then dies. While fleeing, Hou's wife and daughter are separated. Hou's wife is rescued by some passing-by Shaolin monks who were stealing rice from the military granary to help refugees living at the temple. Hou escapes with his daughter, but she is severely injured by the assassins' carriage. After a chase by the assassin carriages, Hou and his daughter fall off a cliff. In desperation, he brings her to Shaolin, begging the monks to save her life. Their efforts were in vain however, and she dies of her injuries. Hou's wife blames him for the death of their daughter and leaves him. Hou attacks the monks in anger but is quickly subdued.</p>