"I should have learned Kung-fu instead of ethics."

This is why I love Kung Fu movies. Our hero has no chance at the beginning to even begin to fight the bad guy, proceeds with training and in the end is strong enough to beat the bad guy. It's simple, it's entertaining, it is what I enjoy.

The Shaw Brothers's 36th Chamber of Shaolin is the perfect example of these movies. It has all the best parts. Great fights, epic training montage along 35 chambers, but not the "Top Chamber". A great hero in Gordon Liu who plays San Te the Shaolin Monk. Lo Lieh plays the bad guy as General Tien Ta and has an epic mustache. We also get a lot of weapons and the best one is the three-section staff and we get a satisfying ending.

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin is a movie to recommend people who haven't seen a lot of Kung-Fu movies and want to begin somewhere. I had high expectations and it blew them away. It is up there with the best of them; Once Upon a Time in China, Enter the Dragon, Drunken Master to name a few.

So if you haven't seen this classic yet, what are you waiting for?