''Shaolin Dolemite'' is a 1999

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film starring Rudy Ray Moore and in name, a sequel to ''

Dolemite ''Dolemite'' is a 1975 American blaxploitation crime comedy film and is also the name of its principal character, played by Rudy Ray Moore, who co-wrote the film and its soundtrack. Moore, who started his career as a stand-up comedian in ...

'' (1975).The New York Times
/ref> The film was created by re-dubbing footage filmed for the 1986 Taiwanese

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''Ren zhe da'' (known in English as ''Ninja: The Final Duel'').

Production

''Ren zhe da'' producer Robert Tai had reportedly filmed 10 hours of footage for the film that was cut to 90 minutes for release. Much of the footage that was not included in the release of ''Ren zhe da'' is included in ''Shaolin Dolemite'' as well as original footage of Moore observing the story of the film and making obscenity-laced comments. Other new footage includes a segment portraying Moore's long-time friend Jimmy Lynch as a

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named Sam the Spliff.

Plot

The re-dubbed plotline involves Tupac (Eugene Thomas), a renegade member of the Dolemite clan, stealing a sacred bell from the

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and joining forces with a group of

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s (including the topless Ninja Ho) to defeat a

Shaolin temple Shaolin Monastery (少林寺 ''Shàolínsì''), also known as Shaolin Temple, is a renowned monastic institution recognized as the birthplace of Chan Buddhism and the cradle of Shaolin Kung Fu. It is located at the foot of Wuru Peak of the So ...

, which is defended by a Japanese Prince Sanada (Alexander Lou), two white members of the Shabazz clan (Toby Russell and John Ladalski), a

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wearing man named Davey Crockett (Silvio Azolini), as well as its own monks.

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