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
St John's Wort (2001)	I didn't get the point	2012-05-22	Simon
Spy Dad (2003)	Very hit and miss	2006-01-08	Simon
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring (2004)	Pretty	2004-12-12	Simon
Spooky, Spooky (1988)	Nothing special	2020-09-04	Simon
Spooky Family (1990)	Splendid fun	2002-02-13	Simon
SPL 2: A Time of Consequences (2015)	A time of kicking heads	2021-02-19	Simon
SPL (2005)	Hong Kong gets its mojo back	2006-01-21	Simon
Spiritual Trinity (1991)	...read review...	2002-08-08	Simon
Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)	No classic but worth a look	2012-08-31	Simon
Spiritual Boxer (1975)	Lau Kar-Leung's directorial debut	2004-10-22	Simon
Spirited Killer (1994)	a guilty pleasure	2012-05-25	Simon
Spirited Away (2001)	A fine piece of imaginative strangeness	2012-09-29	Simon
Spirit Of The Sword (1982)	Beautiful production design	2004-10-25	Simon
Spider Forest (2004)	Some interesting ideas but not worth watching the film for	2012-05-25	Simon
Special ID (2013)	Yeah... it's not good	2021-07-12	Simon
Sparrow (2008)	Johnnie To continues to forge his unique style	2008-11-08	Simon
Space Travellers (2000)	Very enjoyable hostage-based capers	2001-10-15	Simon
Space Sweepers (2021)	Superficial but slick and polished	2021-02-23	Simon
Soul Of The Sword (1978)	Beautiful production values and a tragic plot	2019-08-24	Simon
Soul Guardians (1998)	Enyoyable supernatural thriller	2000-10-15	Simon
Sons Of Good Earth (1965)	Solid debut from one of cinema's masters	2006-04-24	Simon
Sonatine (1993)	Beautifully meditative take on the yakuza film	2013-12-15	Simon
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996)	Well made but not that interesting	2001-12-19	Simon
So Close (2002)	Cool action scenes if nothing else	2002-09-26	Simon
Snowpiercer (2013)	Bong Joon-Ho's least subtle political allegory	2021-06-11	Simon
Snipers (2022)	Zhang Yimou? Really?	2024-01-26	Simon
Snake Prince (1976)	Quite awful, but definitely different	2007-02-05	Simon
Snake In The Eagle's Shadow (1978)	One of the first kung fu comedies, and one of the best	2021-09-25	Simon
Snake Deadly Act (1980)	Quite decent	2002-08-31	Simon
Snake Charmer (2002)	So bad it makes bad things in general look quite good	2006-01-08	Simon