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The RZA from Wu-Tang Clan is included in an upcoming Dragon Dynasty DVD title "The 36th Chamber" from Genius Products. Will Genius and QD3 include the Wu-Tang Clan in the upcoming video game title, Scratch: The Ultimate DJ?

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If “The 36th Chamber” isn’t as action packed as the work of Bruce Lee (who was always better than his movies), it is richer and more rewarding. And the bookend combat scenes are impressive (those of Sammy Potts’ mentality can rest assured that, like Lee, Liu has the ability to “whip nunchucks around like a hundred times per second” and “scissor kick a dude who’s still hanging onto his foot”).


It was, in fact, Shaw Brothers movies like “King Boxer” (aka “Five Fingers of Death,” aka the movie from which Tarantino appropriated the sound effects that accompany The Bride’s flashbacks in the “Kill Bill” films) that helped pave the way for Lee’s popularity. And the influence of those movies – particularly “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” – can be seen in movies as varied as “Big Trouble in Little China,” “The Karate Kid,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Kung Fu Panda,” as well as in video games like “Mortal Kombat” and in such cartoons as “Dragon Ball Z” (even “The Simpsons” paid a visit to a Shaolin temple).

Some of the best Shaw Brothers movies – including “The 36th Chamber” – are getting a DVD makeover with the help of another brotherly movie conglomerate, The Weinstein Company. Through the Dragon Dynasty label, which is a joint venture with Genius Products, a number of Shaw Brothers standouts including “King Boxer,” “The One-Armed Swordsman” and “Come Drink With Me” have been remastered and can be seen in crisp, vibrant prints that show the lavish attention to color, set design and movie craftsmanship not evident in the faded theatrical copies or subsequent video bootlegs.

The DVDs are further enhanced with an array of supplemental material (“The 36th Chamber,” for example, features a surefire contender for Most Awkward Commentary Ever in the pairing of Wu-Tang Clan’s The RZA – a formidable Shaolin scholar – and Los Angeles-based film writer Andy Klein – a master of uncomfortable segues).

So, prepare yourself. Firecrackers, boxing robots and Bruce Lee are fine, but the brothers Shaw take “kick-assness” to a new level of “unquestionable awesomeness!”

Source: http://essentialviewing.blogspot.com/2009/06/even-buddha-has-to-conquer-evil.html