Shaolin

The Tigress of Shaolin Directed by Chi Lo Written by Chi Lo Hong Kong, 1979 There are no two ways about it. Sitting down to right an assessment of a comedy is a prickly matter. What makes one laugh in a movie may very well leave the other rolling their eyes, impatiently awaiting the arrival …

Shaolin Mantis Directed by Lau Kar-leung Screenplay by On Szeto Hong Kong, 1978 In the world of kung fu, so far as the movies go at least, there is a laundry list of various fighting styles   which have adapted or directly imitated characteristics of certain animals and insects. Snakes, tigers, crabs, these creatures as well …