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
To Kill With Intrigue (1977)	Blah	2003-02-23	Simon
Mokpo: Gangster’s Paradise (2004)	Just about worth watching	2004-09-29	Simon
Shinobi (2005)	A tragic romance... with ninjas	2005-11-12	Simon
One Missed Call (2003)	Cliched and redundant	2005-06-12	Simon
Witch From Nepal (1986)	Messy but not unentertaining	2001-10-16	Simon
Mr. Vampire II (1986)	Never kiss a vampire	2012-11-05	Simon
Five Element Ninjas (1982)	Interesting ideas, uninspired execution	2012-11-09	Simon
The Invincible Sword (1971)	Fairly cookie cutter tale of heroic swordsmen	2012-11-23	Simon
The Bride With White Hair 2 (1993)	Another sequel that doesn't seem to understand why we loved the original	2013-01-03	Simon
Hero (Corey Yuen) (1997)	Inferior remake of BOXER FROM SHANTUNG	2013-02-18	Simon
Detective Story (2007)	Name pretty much sums it up	2013-04-05	Simon
Clash (2009)	Cheap and Cheesy	2013-04-08	Simon
A Chinese Legend (1991)	Yet another knock-off of A CHINESE GHOST STORY	2013-05-03	Simon
Gothic & Lolita Psycho (2010)	Great name, good trailer... that's about it though	2013-05-04	Simon
Tomie: Unlimited (2011)	Mostly dull with patches of imagination	2013-08-04	Simon
Red Tears (2011)	Rather tepid action/horror/splatter film	2013-11-16	Simon
Lesson of the Evil (2012)	Another high school nightmare from Japan	2014-03-09	Simon
Iceman 3D (2013)	Not as good as the original	2014-07-31	Simon
Fairy Tale Killer (2012)	Serial killer film that never really goes anywhere	2014-08-09	Simon
The Midnight After (2014)	Uneven and ultimately a bit unsatisfying	2015-01-17	Simon
Z Storm (2014)	Wherever there is corruption... there is the ICAC	2020-03-05	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China III (1993)	The series falters in its 3rd outing	2020-05-31	Simon
Wonder Seven (1994)	Not Ching Siu-Tung's finest hour	2020-08-01	Simon
Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (1967)	Pretentious nonsense	2020-08-22	Simon
The Ghost Snatchers (1986)	Who you gonna call? Not these guys.	2020-08-28	Simon
Shinjuku Swan II (2017)	No real reason for this film to exist	2020-08-29	Simon
Spooky, Spooky (1988)	Nothing special	2020-09-04	Simon
Ghost Squad (2018)	Decent idea, shame about the execution	2020-09-18	Simon
Bullets of Justice (2019)	Weird in ways I never imagined a film could be weird	2020-10-21	Simon
Tokyo Dragon Chef (2020)	Wacky foodie film hampered by zero budget	2021-01-31	Simon