Home :: DVD :: Art House & International  

Asian Cinema
British Cinema
European Cinema
General
Latin American Cinema
Enter the 36th Chamber of Shaolin

Enter the 36th Chamber of Shaolin

List Price: $19.95
Your Price:
Product Info Reviews

<< 1 2 >>

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Totally disappointing!
Review: As has been stated before, this video has absolutely nothing to do with the pictures on the box. Moreover, although Gordon Liu (who is usually very good) is listed as the star, he really only plays a minor role in this film.

In addition, unless you speak Hong Kong Chinese, the subtitles are virtually useless, since most of them fall off the ends of the screen in this very poorly formatted rendition, and the movie is rather dark and definitely has the quality of low-budget bootleg version (whether it is or not.) This means that it's really hard to tell if the fight sequences are any good most of the time, anyway.

The movie you should get is SHAOLIN MASTER KILLER starring Gordon Liu. This was (I believe) originally released in the U.S. as 36th Chamber of Shaolin. I am fortunate enough to live in NYC (stop snickering), which has a number of Chinese movie houses in which I saw that film originally and have seen many of these films in the past.

If you really want to see this film, try to rent it. Don't waste money on purchasing it. .....

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: NOT The 36th Chamber of Shaulin!!
Review: Beware this is NOT The 36th Chamber of Shaulin. It is in fact another engish version. If you are looking for the right film, you have to by the one put out by Celestial Pictures. They are like the "Criterion Collection" of asian cinema! NOt only is it the right one, it's widescreen, anamorphic with remastered sound with the dupe taked from the master 36mm film! I'm totally amped that Celestial bought out the whole shaw bros. cataloge. They know how to do justice to these old great films unlike the bad bootlegged copies ather companies put out!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: NOT The 36th Chamber of Shaulin!!
Review: Beware this is NOT The 36th Chamber of Shaulin. It is in fact another engish version. If you are looking for the right film, you have to by the one put out by Celestial Pictures. They are like the "Criterion Collection" of asian cinema! NOt only is it the right one, it's widescreen, anamorphic with remastered sound with the dupe taked from the master 36mm film! I'm totally amped that Celestial bought out the whole shaw bros. cataloge. They know how to do justice to these old great films unlike the bad bootlegged copies ather companies put out!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: COME ON
Review: Don't dis kung fu movies. Its wasnt all that great, but you have to admit the fighting scences with the masters were great!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Not the movie I expected
Review: I agree with the previous review. I was really looking the "The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Master Killer)" and was VERY disappointed. I agree that it does look like a bootlegged copy.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: WRONG TAPE
Review: I BOUGHT THIS TAPE ALSO THINKING IT WAS THE ORIGINAL AND IT IS NOT. I SHOULD HAVE READ THE REVIEWS FIRST.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: GARBAGE!
Review: I can't read the english subtitiles because they go offscreen and anyways they are on for like 1-3 seconds. I can't speed read and pay attention to the action. Also if you look on the back cover of the box then you will notice that those pictures are from another movie! What a bunch of ripoff liers! I wanted to buy the Shaolin Master Killer and not this garbage!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Very poor film video, text and content
Review: I had to keep fast forwarding this film because I kept falling asleep. Some of the fighting scenes are ok, the subtitles are just like that of a VCD no options to turn off. I was very disappointed.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Want to see a martial art action movie
Review: I'm a big fan of Gordon Liu, but this film is not one of his better one's. He plays a young shaolin student who decides to take on the Ming General with the help of some volunteer students played by some of the stars of 5 Deadly Venoms (the toad). The fights in the beginning are good, the training fights are also good, but there is definately too much talking, and the subtitles are hard to read. If your a Gordon Liu collector you have to have this one, but dont' get fooled by the pics on the box, cause they don't appear in the film. An ok film though. Plus Lo Liegh plays the talented bad guy.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't be fooled...
Review: If you are looking for the "sequel" to "Shaolin Master Killer", do not buy this video. It is not "Enter the 36th Chamber of Shaolin" or "Return to the 36th Chamber". In fact, none of the pictures that appear on the back of the box are in the movie! The other review got this correct when they pointed out that is a completely different movie called "Disciples of the 36th Chamber," or maybe "Crazy Shaolin Disciples." Unfortunately, I got fooled by the VHS version, but it doesn't look like Xenon has fixed the problem for the DVD release.


<< 1 2 >>

© 2004, ReviewFocus or its affiliates