Reviews

Superlative - everyone should see this

Great, a must-see if you like the genre

Good, a decent example of the genre

Watchable, but only for serious genre fans

Unwatchable

Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.

Movie Name / Release Year	Summary	Date	Reviewer
Headless Hero II (2004)	Another sequel that loses the charms of the original	2004-10-12	Simon
Resurrection Of The Little Match Girl (2002)	Train wreck... but pretty	2003-04-12	Simon
Kiss Of The Dragon (2001)	Talent gone to waste	2002-10-13	Simon
14 Blades (2010)	Forgettable	2010-10-26	Simon
Villain (2010)	A film of two halves... neither very good	2012-11-25	Simon
Parasite Doctor Suzune: Genesis (2011)	Cosplay soft porn	2013-05-26	Simon
The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)	Not a return to glory for Luc Besson	2013-06-29	Simon
What Price Honesty? (1981)	Shallow and mediocre	2019-08-25	Simon
S Storm (2016)	...read review...	2020-04-22	Simon
High & Low: The Movie (2016)	...read review...	2020-09-26	Simon
Hazard (2006)	Sleepy but restless	2021-03-18	Simon
Padmaavat (2018)	Looks pretty but weak in most other respects	2021-06-28	Simon
Special ID (2013)	Yeah... it's not good	2021-07-12	Simon
Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)	Interesting idea but dull development	2021-08-02	Simon
Crows Zero (2007)	Rather unexciting	2021-11-08	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China IV (1993)	The low point of the series	2021-12-04	Simon
Fistful of Vengeance (2022)	Pretty tasteless and generic	2022-02-17	Simon
Crows Zero II (2009)	More of the same	2022-11-14	Simon
The Absurd Brave (1969)	Unconventional, not particularly successful	2023-09-05	Simon
Waru (2006)	Not one (or two) of Miike's best	2023-11-03	Simon
Prosperous of Family (1970)	Not awful, but no great reason to watch it	2023-11-22	Simon
Asia-Pol (1967)	Harmless	2023-12-10	Simon
All the King's Men (1983)	I don't think I am smart enough to understand this film	2024-01-11	Simon
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)	Looks good, but lacks substance	2012-04-21	Simon
Battlefield Baseball (2003)	Interesting curio	2004-09-20	Simon
Blood And Bones (2004)	Goes nowhere... very slowly	2006-07-10	Simon
The Executioner II (1974)	Seems not to have understand why we liked the original!	2006-03-25	Simon
Down To Hell (1997)	Interesting curio	2003-06-14	Simon
Kikoku (2003)	Disappointingly generic Yakuza movie from Miike	2005-03-16	Simon
The Streetfighter's Last Revenge (1974)	Continues the downhill trend of the series	2006-03-15	Simon