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 Idiots (1998)	Not just empty provocation	2023-12-18	Simon
Extraction 2 (2023)	Another action masterclass	2023-08-14	Simon
Project A (1983)	A Hong Kong cinema landmark	2022-12-08	Simon
The Five Venoms (1978)	...read review...	2022-11-21	Simon
The Princess (2022)	Are Disney princesses always this hardcore?	2022-07-31	Simon
Rang De Basanti (2006)	Hits way harder than I was expecting	2022-07-24	Simon
Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone (2000)	Not quite as topical as it once was, but still exceptional	2022-06-24	Simon
Chasuke's Journey (2015)	Another unique film from Sabu	2022-06-18	Simon
Limbo (2021)	A Hong Kong film	2022-06-18	Simon
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)	Absurd and poetic	2022-06-07	Simon
Pain and Glory (2019)	Clearly Almodóvar's most personal film	2022-04-28	Simon
Desperado (1995)	Tremendously entertaining	2022-03-12	Simon
War (2002)	Whose war is it anyway?	2022-02-27	Simon
The Red Squirrel (1993)	One of the films that got me interested in cinema	2022-02-16	Simon
Dancing Mary (2019)	Another Sabu masterpiece	2022-01-09	Simon
Police Story 3 - Supercop (1992)	Shoehorned into the franchise but earns its place	2021-12-11	Simon
Eega (2012)	You messed with the wrong Muscidae, bitch	2021-12-05	Simon
The Hidden Fortress (1958)	Beautifully filmed	2021-11-14	Simon
Punk Samurai Slash Down (2018)	The most bonkers film I've seen in a while	2021-09-18	Simon
Expect The Unexpected (1998)	Expect a challenging and thoughtful film	2021-09-12	Simon
Bushido Man (2013)	Awesome fights and surprisingly funny	2021-08-23	Simon
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)	Beautiful and harrowing	2021-08-08	Simon
Witching & Bitching (2013)	A wild genre-bending rollercoaster ride	2021-08-07	Simon
Suzhou River (2000)	Drifting along	2021-08-03	Simon
The Wailing (2016)	Lives up to its reputation	2021-07-31	Simon
Ghost in the Shell (1995)	Who are you?	2021-07-17	Simon
Gemini (1999)	A surreal and sumptuous period horror from Shinya Tsukamoto	2021-07-07	Simon
Last Life in the Universe (2003)	A more conventionally arthouse film than the director's earlier work	2021-06-27	Simon
Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)	Super stylish and metaphorically rich	2021-06-22	Simon
Memories Of Murder (2003)	Murder, remembered	2021-05-09	Simon