Chiang Kao

Those rascally Shaolin monks are at it again, and this time they're tracking down some vitriolic villains who have heisted a sacred book. Throw in an evil prince, a flying guillotine, and manic martial hijinks, and you 've got a potent mix for action. (Movies.com)

A young martial artist's (Chan) quest for vengeance is disrupted when the man he was seeking out is discovered to have mutilated himself over his guilt. After granting the man forgiveness, the young master finds himself allied with a vicious warlord who holds the only cure for a woman's illness.

The film begins with the slaughter of the master and most of his household. If you are familiar with martial arts film, you'll realize that this is a very typical sort of plot--though how it occurs is a bit differently--with some weird contact poison. Just a bit later, the dead master somehow has come back to life and his surviving student is naturally surprised!! It can't be him, but he DOES seem to have all his old kung fu skills. What gives?! Is he some sort of evil zombie?! Yep...of sorts. (imdb)