Samuel L. Jackson is the Next Karate Kid

Samuel L. Jackson continues to play roles that will forever define him as the essence of cool.  Samuel L. (try saying that five times fast) will be staring in an upcoming film titled “Last Dragon,” a remake of some campy urban Martial Arts film.

Jackson will play Sho’Nuff, the Shogun of Harlem, a role played in the original by the late Julius Carry, whose spiel included asking ego-driven questions like “Am I the baddest mofo lowdown around this town?” Each time his gang of thugs answered, “Sho’Nuff!”

The original, which also starred one-namers Taimak and then-Prince protegee Vanity, was released in March 1985 by TriStar Pictures and received lukewarm reviews. Roger Ebert said it was a “great near-miss.”

There’s another thing for Samuel to put on his resume under “kilt-wearing candy man”, “bad ass hit man”, and “punched a snake in the face”.