The
36th Chamber Of Shaolin 6/10
I
watched the Shaw Brothers movie from 1978 called The 36th Chamber Of
Shaolin. This was longer than the old kung fu films that I am used to
watching and watched an ass load of when I was a little kid. It stars
Gordon Liu as Liu Yude who is a student that is rebellious against
the government which back in the day was dangerous as hell and could
get you beaten or killed. Remember when it was dangerous to rebel
against the government? Man. Those days were rough. Nowadays we can
say or do whatever we want.
So one
day he gets a bit too rebellious and and bunch of his friends get
their asses kicked. He escapes and ends up making his way to a
Shaolin temple. They don't wanna take him in at first but then they
do. I then got to watch about 90 minutes of this guy getting his ass
kicked, embarrassed, and made to do damn near impossible stuff to
learn how to fight. There is one exercise where he has to carry two
buckets of water up a small hill but there are goddamn knives tied to
his biceps, so if he lowers his arms he will stab himself. Al the
dudes doing this got slices on their sides! Fuck that! I'd just tap
out and go home. Get your own damn water.
Eventually
he becomes a fighting master and even creates a new weapon where the
teacher training him is like “Da fuk...?!” Its like a triple
nunchuck. That's how I say and spell that word. Fuck off. So he heads
back to town to teach people this monk style and get revenge. He gets
his revenge and the movie ends. I honestly cant remember how it ends.
I know the main bad guy dies and all the bad guys run away like
chickens. This movie was cool and I could see how it would have been
influential. I still prefer most of the movies from Bruce Lee, Jackie
Chan, and Jet Li.
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