1974 · kung-fu · shaw-brothers · shaolin
Men from the Monastery
Directed by Chang Cheh1974
Men from the Monastery (1974) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded kung-fu · shaw-brothers · shaolin entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured kung-fu / shaw-brothers, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
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