Action 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
Snowpiercer (2013)	Bong Joon-Ho's least subtle political allegory	2021-06-11	Simon
Bad Taste (1987)	The bastards have landed	2021-05-28	Simon
Four Riders (1972)	Everywhere is paradise as long as you have money	2021-05-03	Simon
Aces Go Places II (1983)	Improves on the original in just about every way	2021-03-30	Simon
Dangan Runner (1996)	Absurdity becomes transcendence	2021-03-11	Simon
The Storm Riders (1998)	A genuine epic that pioneered a new style of wu xia film	2021-02-27	Simon
SPL 2: A Time of Consequences (2015)	A time of kicking heads	2021-02-19	Simon
Red Blade (2018)	It all starts when the book sucks your blood	2021-02-14	Simon
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009)	Trashy but demented fun	2020-09-19	Simon
Shinjuku Swan (2015)	It's about demand and supply	2020-08-23	Simon
The Delinquent (1973)	Gritty social commentary results in bloody fight fest	2020-08-05	Simon
Wizard's Curse (1992)	Crazy fun times	2020-07-30	Simon
Future Cops (1993)	Relentless lunacy	2020-07-18	Simon
Shanghai Blues (1984)	Zany comedy with a human heart	2020-07-13	Simon
The Gambling Ghost (1991)	Three times the Sammo fun!	2020-07-02	Simon
Killers (2014)	A Tale Of Two Killers	2020-06-12	Simon
Meatball Machine (2005)	Budget constrained but imaginative	2020-05-10	Simon
The Bullet Vanishes (2012)	Sherlock Holmes in Tiancheng?	2020-02-23	Simon
Pedicab Driver (1989)	Legendary Sammo film finally gets a DVD release	2016-02-20	Simon
Assault On Wall Street (2013)	The redemption of Uwe Boll	2014-12-27	Simon
The Four (2012)	Top drawer wu xia extravaganza	2014-10-19	Simon
Drug War (2013)	Hard-boiled Johnnie To cops n' robbers film	2013-08-25	Simon
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)	Perhaps the strangest thing you will ever see	2013-06-10	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
Wild Search (1989)	Richly characterised tale of redemption and recovery	2012-12-31	Simon
Like A Dragon (2007)	Miike finds another fresh way to take on the Yakuza genre	2012-12-05	Simon
Fight Back To School (1991)	Slick, shallow and silly Stephen Chiau vehicle	2012-11-12	Simon
War Of The Arrows (2011)	Nice looking period action film	2012-11-09	Simon
Story Of Ricky (1992)	Completely Mad!	2012-11-02	Simon