Shao Lin pan tu (1977)

Shao Lin pan tu (1977). Shao Lin pan tu: Directed by Ta-Chao Lin. With Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Carter Wong, Chun-Erh Lung, Yi Chang. A series of killings ravage a Buddhist temple and one of its disciples is a suspect. A corrupted Emperor seeks out a valuable piece of treasure while giving the monks a month to recover the gift or die.

“This is pretty routine stuff.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLike many kung fu movies, the plot really loses what little plot there is in the translation. It involves a traitor in Shaolin Temple. Of course, there will be more than one traitor, and everyone but the hero has an ulterior motive.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe kung fu movies usually have very comical, choreographed, stupid looking fight scenes, and this one is among the stupidest. Peple fly through the air like torpedoes, and other goofy looking stuff that make movies like this boring.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe better ones tone the goofy stuff down, and concentrate more on the fun aspects, and on camaraderie between characters. Here, there is one hero and a heroine, with another semi heroine added in, obviously just to be killed, seventies style.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo, we have u0026quot;complete formulau0026quot; at work here, and it makes for a very dull time. There just isnu0026#39;t much here.”