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
Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012)	Beautiful, tragic fantasy	2013-04-21	Simon
Tai Chi Hero (2012)	A fine continuation of the story	2013-04-03	Simon
Tai Chi Zero (2012)	Slick, quirky kung-fu comedy	2013-03-31	Simon
Not One Less (1999)	Manipulative but good	2013-02-09	Simon
Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (1994)	Captures a moment in Chinese history well	2013-01-30	Simon
A War Named Desire (2000)	Stylish gangster tale	2013-01-13	Simon
The Odd One Dies (1997)	Quirky, cool tale of damaged characters	2013-01-06	Simon
Throne Of Blood (1957)	Kurosawa's interpretation of Macbeth	2013-01-04	Simon
Wild Search (1989)	Richly characterised tale of redemption and recovery	2012-12-31	Simon
The Avenging Eagle (1978)	One of the better Shaw Brothers martial arts films	2012-12-29	Simon
Like A Dragon (2007)	Miike finds another fresh way to take on the Yakuza genre	2012-12-05	Simon
Last Hero In China (1993)	An irreverent addition to the Wong Fei Hung canon	2012-11-24	Simon
What Have I Done To Deserve This? (1984)	Possibly the first film I ever really liked!	2012-11-18	Simon
Fight Back To School (1991)	Slick, shallow and silly Stephen Chiau vehicle	2012-11-12	Simon
Raining In The Mountain (1979)	Sumptuous exploration of Buddhist philosophy	2012-11-12	Simon
War Of The Arrows (2011)	Nice looking period action film	2012-11-09	Simon
Hong Kong Nocturne (1967)	Enjoyable musical	2004-01-19	Simon
Story Of Ricky (1992)	Completely Mad!	2012-11-02	Simon
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000)	Beatifully filmed	2000-10-16	Simon
Taxi (1998)	Fun action comedy	2010-10-15	Simon
Refugee (2000)	Well developed story of personal lives falling victim to politics	2002-10-13	Simon
Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969)	Amazingly bleak film, and quite shocking to watch	2001-11-26	Simon
Legend Of The Eight Samurai (1983)	Splendidly cheesy swords & sorcery epic	2021-08-20	Simon
Banlieue 13 (2004)	Great ACTION film (don't go looking for deep plot)	2005-04-13	Simon
Aalavandhan (2001)	A well made, unique and very enjoyable film	2004-06-13	Simon
Memories Of Murder (2003)	Engrossing and enjoyable	2005-06-12	Simon
Citizen Dog (2004)	Thailand's answer to AMELIE	2005-01-12	Simon
Born To Fight (2004)	New levels of absurd action	2005-10-12	Simon
The Way To Fight (1996)	Enjoyable low-key drama	2005-06-12	Simon
Sukeban Deka (1987)	Cheesy, violent fun	2005-07-15	Simon