The always entertaining Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan stars in this lighthearted movie, originally titled Shi da zhang men chuang Shao Lin and also known as Fight for Survival, as a young woman with an earnest desire to learn kung fu despite a prohibition on female students at the Shaolin temple, and her intense dedication ends up making it possible for her to learn a variety of fighting styles that will help her on a quest to regain books stolen from the temple. There’s the usual training sequence, and the techniques the heroine masters include some fantastic elements, such as stretching her arms and legs to great lengths.

  Mildly recommended. Otto judiciously thinks this movie is OK, but not great.

Movie 310 for 2021.