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
Snake And Crane Arts Of Shaolin (1978)	Great final reel but the rest is trash	2021-02-26	Simon
A Man Called Tiger (1973)	A fairly typical film of the era	2021-03-25	Simon
Aces Go Places (1982)	Influential action comedy but terribly dated	2021-03-28	Simon
Aces Go Places III (1984)	Lacks the chemistry of its predecessor	2021-04-01	Simon
Vampire Clay (2017)	What if some clay was a vampire?	2021-04-02	Simon
The Angry Guest (1971)	What kind of guests? Angry guests.	2021-04-29	Simon
Hanagatami (2017)	If war is worth dying for, so is a festival	2021-05-14	Simon
Laplace's Witch (2018)	Competent but generic murder mystery	2021-05-20	Simon
Shaolin Drunkard (1983)	More Yuen Clan antics	2021-05-23	Simon
Big Bang Love: Juvenile A (2006)	Enigmatic and thought provoking, but is it art?	2021-06-01	Simon
The City of Violence (2006)	Disappointing follow up to Arahan	2021-06-03	Simon
Black Mask (1996)	Sounds great on paper but doesn't deliver	2021-06-17	Simon
Tezuka's Barbara (2019)	Rather lifeless interpretation of a manga	2021-07-02	Simon
The Citizen (1977)	Interesting but not all that good	2021-07-11	Simon
Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 2 & 3 (2013)	Harder to defend than the first film	2021-08-28	Simon
Erotic Ghost Story (1990)	Barely delivers what the title promises	2021-09-02	Simon
The Evil Karate (1971)	A fun low budget wuxia	2022-01-22	Simon
Pursuit of a Killer (1985)	Prototype Cat III nasty	2022-01-23	Simon
The Deadly Knives (1972)	Decent action makes up for a recycled story	2022-07-10	Simon
Lesson of the Evil: Prologue (2012)	Not clear what purpose this serves	2022-07-27	Simon
The Killer Meteors (1976)	Reasonably entertaining fluff	2022-08-09	Simon
The Mermaid (2016)	Some good scenes but not good overall	2022-08-14	Simon
Bloody Chainsaw Girl Returns: Revenge of Nero (2019)	Remake of BCG with a new cast	2022-12-22	Simon
Lung Wei Village (1978)	Rather random and weird	2023-03-16	Simon
Pathaan (2023)	Gloryhallastoopid	2023-04-10	Simon
A Girl Fighter (1972)	Not great but not boring	2023-04-22	Simon
Full River Red (2023)	Weak by Zhang Yimou standards	2023-04-30	Simon
Easy Money (1987)	For richer or for poorer...	2023-06-18	Simon
Black Invitation (1969)	Nothing special	2023-06-24	Simon
The Shaolin Boxers (1974)	Generic	2023-07-23	Simon