Bulletproof Monk

About Bulletproof Monk

Bulletproof Monk is a 2003 martial arts comedy fantasy film starring Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott and Jaime King. The film was directed by Paul Hunter. It is loosely based on the comic book by Michael Avon Oeming.

The film was shot in Toronto, Ontario, and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

The film opens in Tibet in the year 1943 with two Tibetan monks fighting, the Monk and his master, while a small boy with a monkey looks on. The monk wins and his master says that he has passed. First he completed the three prophecies: fought an army of enemies while a flock of cranes circled overhead, fought for love at the palace of Jade, and saved his brothers whom he did not know. He has one final sacrifice which is to give up his name; the Monk says he already has. They go into a temple and the master is going to pass the job of protecting the Scroll of the Ultimate. The small boy who was watching them secretly enters the temple behind them. The Monk kneels in front of the master while holding the Scroll whilst the master puts his hand on his head. The wind blows a little harder and something is transferred from the master to the Monk, then we are shown that a couple of Nazis are watching this through binoculars. The process is complete and the Monk is the new protector, he then looks up and sees an aged, old master. He says now for the next 60 years it is his - the Monk's - job to protect the Scroll. They come out of the temple, while the master says that now he can do what he hasn't done in 60 years, take a vacation. At that moment he is shot multiple times. He's dragged into the temple by the Monk where he dies. The Monk sees the boy and tells him to run for safety while locking the doors. Outside the other Tibetan monks stand together in front of the door to stop the Nazis, but the Nazis shoot through them and the captain sends two Nazis into the temple. However shots are heard and the two Nazis are thrown out, their guns are thrown after them in pieces. The Nazi captain goes into the temple while the Monk fights the other Nazis, but he doesn't find the Scroll since the Monk has already taken it. He comes out to see the Monk has beaten all of his soldiers. He shoots at the Monk who easily dodges bullets before stopping at a cliff's edge, where he is shot in the heart and jumps off. The captain follows him but is shocked to see no sign of the Monk. He calls out to the Monk before shouting Monk.