The 36th | Chamber Of Shaolin

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin isn’t just a classic. It’s the only film that will make you want to do your chores harder. And that is, oddly, a kind of enlightenment.

And then the movie becomes a masterpiece of repetition and transformation. the 36th chamber of shaolin

Title: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (a.k.a. Master Killer ) Director: Liu Chia-liang Starring: Gordon Liu, Lo Lieh Verdict: A brutal, meditative, and oddly practical 115-minute sermon on the idea that there are no shortcuts. It’s less a movie about fighting than a movie about learning how to learn . The Setup (Don’t Blink) The plot is deceptively simple: San Te (Gordon Liu, with a shaved head and eyes that burn with either conviction or exhaustion) is a young student whose village is crushed under the heel of a corrupt general and his Manchu collaborators. After a massacre, he flees to the legendary Shaolin Temple to learn kung fu and seek revenge. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin isn’t just a classic