Whereas almost every kung fu movie builds up to a big climactic battle between the forces of good and evil this classic, from the Shaw Brothers studio, manages to make the training scenes(which take up a large portion of the overall runtime) the high points of the film. Up there in the top 5 for me of Shaw releases, I've loved this one since first seeing it on Saturday afternoon's Drive-in theater on TV here in New York as a kid. It also fooled me into thinking Buddhism must be the most kick-ass religion ever! Star Gordon Liu would go on to play similar characters and do unofficial sequels many times over the years but none of them top the O.G. AKA THE 36th CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN
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