return to the 36th chamber be one of those classic kung fu movie which shaw produce back in the 70 and 80 and whose genre be equivalent to the spaghetti western of hollywood and and the protagonist gordon liu and the counterpart to the western clint eastwood . digitally remastered and a new print make for the fantastic film fest and this be present in shaw scope and just like the good old day . this film be a simple story of good versus evil and tell in 3 act and which more or less sum up the narrative of martial art film in that era . act one set up the premise . worker in a dye mill of a small village be unhappy with their lot and have their wage cut by 20 % by incoming manchu gangster . they can not do much about their exploitation because none of them be martial art skilled to take on the gangster and and their bos . at first they have a minor success in get liu to impersonate a highly skilled shaolin monk ( one of the best comedy sequence ) and but their rouse get expose when they push the limit of credibility by impersonate one too many time . act two show the protagonist want to get back at the mob . however and without real martial art and he embark on a journey to shaolin temple and to try and infiltrate and learn martial art on the sly . after some slapstick moment and he finally get accept by the abbot ( whom he impersonate . ) but be disappoint at the teach method kinda like mr miyagi style in karate kid and but instead of paint fence and he get to erect scaffolding all around the temple . nothing can keep a good man down and and he unwittingly build strength and endurance and learn kung fu the unorthodox way . act three be where the fight fest begin . with cheesy sound effect and each obvious non contact on film be give the maximum impact treatment . but it be rather refresh watch the fight scene here and with it wide angled shot to highlight clarity and detail between the spar partner and and the use of slow motion only to showcase stunt in different angle . you may find the speed of fight a tad too slow and with some pause in between move and but with yuen wo ping and his style be use ad nausem in hollywood flick and they sure do not make fight scene like they use to . return to the 36th chamber get a repeat screen on monday and so and if youre game for a nostalgic trip down memory lane and what be you wait for .