So far the only Chinese themed martial art movies I have seen before this film is Crouching tiger hidden dragon, hero, enter the dragon and fist of fury. before my favourite movie out of those was enter the dragon but after seeing this in which I watched online a couple of days ago. I got to say I thing 26th chamber has won my favour over Enter the dragon. why because the story is far better and more emotional to the point your respect and care grows for the main character. the fight scenes are iconic and classic. the opening in my opinion really got me into the mood especially the opening theme which created goose bumps on the back of my neck. Sadly most of the people who know movies like crouching tiger or enter the dragon have not hear of the 36th chamber of shaolin making it an unknown classic, this movie needs to be more well known.

SPOILER ALERT the scene begins with a Chinese possibly southern Chinese town which has been taken over and is now being occupied by Ming army's this leads a group of students one of those being the main character San Te played by Gordon Liu who starred in both Tarantino's Kill bill films. after the group of students joins fellow rebels they are found out by the Ming army and most of them and their families are killed except for San Te who travels to the Shaolin temple in order to learn Kung fu so he can avenge the deaths of his friends and loved ones. he is accepted though spends a year as a monk before he begins learning Kung fu along the way he learns vital lessons about life and sense and turns into a true hero unlike characters in other kung fu movies like enter the dragon, drunken master, fearless and many others kung fu films the main character San Te is seriously likable, as you get deeper into the film your respect and like grows for him. overall this is a straight 10 out of 10 no lies this film is the sheez.

there are many reasons why 36th chamber of shaolin is considered by many to be the greatest kung fu movie of all time. the training sequences are among the best and most iconic ever filmed, the story is well plotted and well crafted, and the fight sequences are pretty magnificent along with other iconic kung fu movies such as Enter the dragon and crouching tiger hidden dragon. an amazing fictional tale that attempts to offer a possible history of the bringing of shaolin kung fu to the masses. I highly recommend this film to anyone especially those who are mad into kung fu movie especially Shaw brothers and golden harvest.

Lo Lieh, the man you love to hate in kung fu movies, takes out a rebel general in hand-to-hand combat (because he CAN), and displays the body in a public square. When San Te (Gordon Liu) sees the dead body and laments the death of the "patriot," he immediately goes to the top of Lord Tang's **** list. His family members are killed and he's a hunted man. Wounded, he nonetheless makes it to a Shaolin Temple (by hiding in a basket of vegetables). As soon as he comes out of his coma, he becomes a student- a devout student, who eventually (but not at first) excels at kung fu. Practice makes perfect; or, as Ray Bradbury put it: "From quantity comes quality." Before long, he's walking on water. THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN is understandably hailed as a classic- due in no small measure to the performance by Gordon Liu: as he would demonstrate in the sequel (and elsewhere), he was a very gifted actor.