花旗小和尚 American Shaolin (1992) Movie Script

杰瑞发布于2024-02-07

在香港国际散打争霸赛上，美国青年卡森惨败于特里弗之手，并被当众羞辱，为报仇雪恨，卡森萌发了去少林寺出家习武的念头。他来到嵩山脚下，结识一个叫阿诗玛的姑娘。阿诗玛带他到少林寺山门。卡森好奇心胜，误闯经堂，被赶出山门，心灰意冷◇经阿诗玛爷爷的指点，他不畏烈日风雨，在山门前打坐，终于打动少林寺主持三德和尚，破例收卡森为少林弟子。卡森入寺后，先是随师兄弟劳作，时日一久，卡森露出烦闷，听起了摇滚音乐。三德法师原谅了他的过失◇来又在练武时逞强好胜，不慎打碎神像，三德法师又原谅了他，并借机教以少林武… After being humiliated in the ring by a dirty kickboxer who pulled down his shorts and then hit him, a martial arts master decides to travel to China and enter a monastery where he may learn the Shaolin form of fighting. The film then veers into "Karate Kid" territory where the novice humiliates himself at every turn, is tolerated as a foreigner, and still comes out a champion. The monastery teaches non-violence, but everyone knows that sooner or later the student will catch up with the bad guy.

GAO:
Back up and let me pass.
DREW:
No chance, Gao. You back up.
Gao smiles and shakes his head. Gao starts forward, and WHACKS Drew in the leg with a leg sweep. Drew tries to keep his balance, and fights a valient, but losing battle. He falls over the side, the dirt in his buckets flying everywhere. Gao wipes his hands off and continues walking.
CLOSEUP ON DREW'S BLOODY HAND A huge splinter sticking out of it. He is in real pain. The D.S. walks over and looks at the splinter, and in one move pulls it out.
D.S.
(heartlessly) Shaolin monks feel no pain. Rub some dirt on it and you will be fine.
He walks away.
ANGLE ON DREW AND THE DISCIPLES On a work break. They are watching the monks training in the distance. It is all the more desirable because it is unattainable.
In the distance, a monk can be seen walking between two other monks. They are leading him out.
The monk continues walking until he walks right in front of the disciples. His face and body are covered with bruises and welts. The two other monks don't say a word, their faces grim.
Li turns to the D.S.
LI:
What happened?
D.S.
He failed to pass through the wooden man chamber. He must leave the temple.
The D.S. walks off.
LI (CONT'D) The "Wooden Man Chamber"! The ultimate test of a Shaolin monk...
WU:
Did you see his face?
SHU:
Poor guy.
GAO:
He just wasn't good enough. I wouldn't be surprised if half of us go out the same way.
The D.S. appears and motions for them to work.
INT. MEDITATION HALL – DAY ESTABLISHING SHOT OF DISCIPLES, DREW IN THE MIDDLE, SITTING IN ROWS IN THE INCENSE-FILLED MEDITATION CHAMBER.
The monk in charge of the chamber is talking to them.
MEDITATION MONK: Breath in through your nose, out through your mouth. Imagine yourself sitting on the bank of a river watching your thoughts flow by. Clear your mind... Think of nothing.
Drew sits, trying to think of nothing. He is not succeeding.
INT. DINING AREA – NIGHT ESTABLISHING SHOT OF DREW WASHING DISHES, ALONE IN THE KITCHEN AREA.