Everybody was kung fu fighting

The 36^th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

Directed by Liu Chai-Liang this film stars Gordon Liu and Lo Lieh. A young student gets caught up in rebellion against the Manchu government and heads to a Shaolin temple to learn the ways of kung fu to fight oppression.

Despite this having a reputation as being the best Shaw Brothers film for my liking it spends far too long on the training sequence over action. While the training sections do a good job of exploring the Shaolin and their methods it leaves little time for much else. Generally the film is well made and has some nice sequences but given the reputation of the film I was expecting a little more.

4/5