chang cheh shaolin temple might very well be the highwater mark of the shaw brother martial art film cycle . this rouse kung fu epic boast an amazing cast a veritable who who of the shaw stable . though the plot be fairly standard and the fight choreography be superb a usual and it be cheh handling of the subject matter that make this film remarkable and enjoyable . the sense of reverence display for the history and tradition of the shaolin temple be palpable in every frame . not unlike william keighley paean to the fabled fighting 69th in that same self title film or john ford salute to west point in the long gray line and cheh shaolin temple be a lovingly craft ode in that same style . the cultural correlation i be tempt to make and be to compare the shaolin temple to the alamo . watch this film will give the same admiring and nostalgic feeling that you experience many year ago in grade school history when you learn of the courage and sacrifice of those doomed hero of the alamo . at the end of the film and you too might be tempt to call out and remember the shaolin temple .