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The final 20 minutes feature the famous fight with the abbot-turned-traitor, General Tien (Lo Lieh, with a moustache so villainous it deserves its own credit). But here’s the shock: the fight lasts barely three minutes. No wire-fu. No fifty-poser flips. San Te uses the “Three-Section Staff” (his signature weapon) with the economy of a surgeon—each strike is a direct quote from a training chamber we watched him fail at hours earlier.

Gordon Liu’s performance is a slow-burn wonder. He starts as a cocky kid and ends as a still, serene force. You believe he earned every scar. the 36th chamber of shaolin