28-04-2005, 02:09
You don't need to be a video-geek filmmaker or member of the Wu Tang Clan to appreciate "The 36th Chamber of the Shaolin," ace martial artist Gordon Liu's best film. In it, a young student goes through the rigors of learning the ancient art of Shaolin kung fu so he can avenge his family's death. The action that director Chia-Liang Liu and his star cook up is top-notch, but it's the oft-imitated training sequences that have made this movie such a classic. Watching a man skip across logs, carry pails of water uphill and deal with eardrum-shattering bells has never been more blissfully exciting.
There's no stoppin' what can't be stopped, no killin' what can't be killed. You can't see the eyes of the demon, until him come callin'...