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
The Bride With White Hair 2 (1993)	Another sequel that doesn't seem to understand why we loved the original	2013-01-03	Simon
The Bride With White Hair (1993)	One of the most beautiful and tragic wu xia films	2013-01-03	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
King Eagle (1971)	Good Sister, Bad Sister	2012-12-05	Simon
Like A Dragon (2007)	Miike finds another fresh way to take on the Yakuza genre	2012-12-05	Simon
Live Flesh (1997)	Rich, sophisticated and mature	2012-12-03	Simon
Stalker (1979)	Visually striking religious allegory	2012-11-30	Simon
Melancholia (2011)	A strangely beautiful film about being depressed	2012-11-29	Simon
We're Going To Eat You (1980)	Darkly amusing kung fu horror	2012-11-27	Simon
All The Wrong Clues (1981)	Wildly silly comedy capers	2012-11-27	Simon
Last Hurrah For Chivalry (1979)	I never enjoy drinking with a dead man	2012-11-26	Simon
Villain (2010)	A film of two halves... neither very good	2012-11-25	Simon
Last Hero In China (1993)	An irreverent addition to the Wong Fei Hung canon	2012-11-24	Simon
Iron Monkey (1993)	Great entry into the Wong Fei-Hung canon	2012-11-24	Simon
The Invincible Sword (1971)	Fairly cookie cutter tale of heroic swordsmen	2012-11-23	Simon
Moon Warriors (1992)	Not nearly as good as I remembered it being	2012-11-22	Simon
Kotoko (2011)	A journey into a very troubled mind	2012-11-22	Simon
Maidens Of Heavenly Mountain (1994)	Beautiful nonsense	2012-11-20	Simon
Yatterman (2009)	Too adult for kids, too childish for adults?	2012-11-19	Simon
What Have I Done To Deserve This? (1984)	Possibly the first film I ever really liked!	2012-11-18	Simon
The Kick (2011)	Slick Thai/Korean crowd pleaser	2012-11-17	Simon
I Saw The Devil (2010)	Really just unpleasant	2012-11-17	Simon
Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (2005)	Not what I expected	2012-11-15	Simon
'M' (1931)	Shocking even now (contains spoilers)	2012-11-14	Simon
Rashomon (1950)	Kurosawa looks at the blackness of the human heart	2012-11-13	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
None But The Brave (1973)	Cheng Pei-Pei kicks Japanese ass	2012-11-10	Simon
Five Element Ninjas (1982)	Interesting ideas, uninspired execution	2012-11-09	Simon