36 Deadly Styles

The pace and tone of the film is immediately made clear with an opening fight in the woods as Wah-jee (Cheung Lik) and his uncle (Sham Chin-bo) attempt to flee from ruthless fighters led by Mien Tsu-mun (Chan Lau) The pair make it to a Buddhist temple, but the uncle dies after Tsu-mien and his thugs break in. Once recovered from his wounds he is put to work at the temple, making soy milk runs into town and cleaning out the smoke-filled oven.