Drama 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 Wild Blade of Strangers (2024)	Pretty good mainland wuxia	2024-04-17	Simon
Ride On (2023)	Glory fades	2023-10-12	Simon
Sakra (2023)	Nearly a classic	2023-03-31	Simon
Snipers (2022)	Zhang Yimou? Really?	2024-01-26	Simon
Cliff Walkers (2021)	Solid spy propaganda	2024-01-27	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)	A strange film to end the series on	2021-07-30	Simon
My Blood And Bones in a Flowing Galaxy (2021)	Sabu in dark mode	2021-06-04	Simon
Red Post On Escher Street (2020)	My face isn't a crowd	2021-05-15	Simon
The Flowers of Evil (2019)	Shockingly mature Noboru Iguchi film	2024-01-02	Simon
Parasite (2019)	Class consciousness	2023-09-03	Simon
Pain and Glory (2019)	Clearly Almodóvar's most personal film	2022-04-28	Simon
Hydra (2019)	Very low budget but a great calling card for the crew	2021-07-24	Simon
Tezuka's Barbara (2019)	Rather lifeless interpretation of a manga	2021-07-02	Simon
The Forest of Love (2019)	Cinema is life, you know	2020-08-16	Simon
The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)	Weird anthology film	2024-04-29	Simon
Jam (2018)	A bit of a Sabu throwback	2021-09-29	Simon
Last Letter (2018)	Another gem from Shunji Iwai	2021-05-30	Simon
Burning (2018)	Burning Slowly	2021-04-18	Simon
Samui Song (2017)	Tries too hard to confound the audience	2021-08-15	Simon
Hanagatami (2017)	If war is worth dying for, so is a festival	2021-05-14	Simon
High & Low The Movie 3: Final Mission (2017)	A new low bar for the franchise	2021-03-21	Simon
Before We Vanish (2017)	Interesting concept but rather sterile execution	2021-03-06	Simon
Mr. Long (2017)	Act cool and don't say anything	2021-02-21	Simon
High & Low The Movie 2: End of Sky (2017)	More posing and fighting	2020-12-12	Simon
A Taxi Driver (2017)	Powerful	2020-09-05	Simon
Meatball Machine: Kodoku (2017)	One of the great works of cinema	2020-05-10	Simon
Happiness (2016)	Happiness is just sadness you haven't reached yet	2021-08-22	Simon
A Bride For Rip Van Winkle (2016)	Maybe marriage isn't for some people	2021-04-02	Simon
Rage (2016)	...read review...	2020-11-01	Simon
Road To High & Low (2016)	TV series condensed to incoherent 90 minute film	2020-09-26	Simon