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
Heavenly Legend (1999)	Need to be in the mood to fully appreciate	2001-12-15	Simon
Heart Of Dragon (1985)	Surprisingly turns out to be quite fantastic	2001-12-17	Simon
My Flying Wife (1991)	Delirious multi-genre piece	2001-12-17	Simon
She Shoots Straight (1990)	Uneven and ill thought out	2001-12-19	Simon
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996)	Well made but not that interesting	2001-12-19	Simon
Shanghai Grand (1996)	Poor attempt to convert a popular series into a movie	2001-12-20	Simon
Cop On A Mission (2001)	Smart and fresh take on a favourite genre	2001-12-22	Simon
The Blood Rules (2000)	Mak's debut shows promise, but he hadn't quite developed it fully	2001-12-24	Simon
The Fruit Is Ripe III (1999)	Pretty ladies take clothes off.	2001-12-24	Simon
Thunder Cops II (1989)	Surprisingly good, but took a while to win me over	2001-12-24	Simon
Magic Cop (1990)	Excellent Mr Vampire spinoff	2002-01-06	Simon
Sino Dutch War 1661 (2001)	Nice story, badly made film	2002-01-06	Simon
Help!!! (2000)	Wacky fun that's not that much fun	2002-01-06	Simon
Sanctuary (1998)	Better than expected	2002-01-07	Simon
Operation Pink Squad II (1990)	Lunatic and immensely stupid, but charming	2002-01-08	Simon
Prison On Fire (1987)	Strong characters, and convincing portrayal of prison life	2002-01-08	Simon
Prison on Fire II (1991)	"Lacklustre" sequel (always wanted to say that!)	2002-01-08	Simon
Rosa (1986)	Absolute junk	2002-01-09	Simon
The Godfather's Daughter Mafia Blues (1991)	Bona fide hidden gem	2002-01-12	Simon
The Mistress (1999)	Strikingly mature & confident directorial debut	2002-01-15	Simon
Jakarta (2000)	Clever 'heist gone wrong' movie	2002-01-15	Simon
Crippled Avengers (1978)	Very 'old school'	2002-01-17	Simon
Killing End (2001)	Poor movie, but Loletta Lee is worth watching	2002-01-17	Simon
9413 (1998)	Interesting if not entirely successful debut	2002-01-18	Simon
Running Out Of Time II (2001)	Disappointing sequel	2002-01-21	Simon
What A Hero! (1992)	Likeable nonsense	2002-01-21	Simon
Kikujiro (1999)	Delightful little road movie	2002-01-28	Simon
All For The Winner (1990)	Great Stephen Chiau movie	2002-02-03	Simon
Final Justice (1988)	Solid but standard movie	2002-02-03	Simon
King Of Chess (1991)	Half a good movie, half a not-so good movie	2002-02-03	Simon