Zhang San Feng du chuang Shao Lin

Name: Zhang San Feng du chuang Shao Lin
Genre: Action
Released: 1976-12-18
Duration: 1 h 23 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Feng Shih, Ching Cheng

19761976
1h 23m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

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Zhang San Feng du chuang Shao Lin (1976)

Action

This film depicts the early exploits of the founder of Tai Chi, Chang Zhang Fong, The story starts with Chang staying at the Shaolin temple and stumbling upon the secret manuscripts that lea... Read allThis film depicts the early exploits of the founder of Tai Chi, Chang Zhang Fong, The story starts with Chang staying at the Shaolin temple and stumbling upon the secret manuscripts that lead to his expertise in the Crane and Snake styles of kung fu. When the local baron passes t... Read allThis film depicts the early exploits of the founder of Tai Chi, Chang Zhang Fong, The story starts with Chang staying at the Shaolin temple and stumbling upon the secret manuscripts that lead to his expertise in the Crane and Snake styles of kung fu. When the local baron passes through a town and is nearly assassinated, he employs a disgraced monk with an axe to grind... Read all

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

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5/10

Average Flick, Decent Fight Action!!

This middle-of-the-road kung fu and swordplay flick will never go down as a classic, but its far from boring and quickly gets in on the action. The dub on this Amazon Prime release slips into German about 20 minutes in, so who knows what I missed for 10 minutes!

Adventure Of Shaolin has a lot of very recognisable faces and some decent action - really kicking off in the tea house fight. The arrival of the great Polly Shang Kwan adds to the excitement, delivering in both the action and acting department. Her co-stars are just as good, with each star getting their fair share of kung fu action.

Ultimately, this is about a fighter (who has read many books in the Shaolin library in record time) escaping from the bad guys who are after him, with the help of every monk in the area and Polly of course. While I can see why it could lose some viewers in not offering anything new, it does have some fun moments and is decently shot.

The lengthy end fight has some great moves and makes up for the rest of the films hiccups throughout. Look out for the kung fu grandma who gets to join the fun!

Overall: I wouldn't rush to see it, but it's quite watchable when you do...

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