If you loved The Legend of Drunken Master, try Return to the 36th Chamber

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Return to the 36th Chamber has roughly 4.4× fewer votes than The Legend of Drunken Master — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Lau Kar-Leung, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Action / Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Legend of Drunken Master, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Return to the 36th Chamber is

Apparently someone thought kung fu and comedy mixed. Workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest. It sort of backfires on them.

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