Fantasy 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
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)	In many ways a retread of the first part	2005-06-28	Simon
A Chinese Odyssey (1995)	Confusing and ambitious	2012-06-18	Simon
All Men Are Brothers: Blood Of The Leopard (1993)	A fun 90's wu xia romp	2001-10-16	Simon
Bastard Swordsman (1983)	Well realised fantasy wu-xia	2006-01-05	Simon
Battle Wizard (1977)	Early example of fantasy wu xia	2005-04-18	Simon
Butterfly And Sword (1993)	Some of the best early 90's wire-fu choreography	2000-10-16	Simon
Calamari Wrestler (2004)	Not quite brilliant, but interesting enough to receive a recommendation	2006-07-13	Simon
Cave Of The Silken Web (1967)	Visually stunning	2006-01-17	Simon
Cutie Honey (2004)	Super-cutie and super-silly	2004-11-08	Simon
Deadful Melody (1994)	Well worth a watch	2005-07-02	Simon
Death Trance (2006)	Similar to Versus but not as good	2012-05-22	Simon
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010)	Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre	2010-12-04	Simon
Double World (2020)	Big budget epic fantasy	2020-07-26	Simon
Dr Wai & The Scripture With No Words (1996)	Lunatic fun, and points for ambition	2002-02-03	Simon
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)	Good fun and great eye candy	2010-10-26	Simon
Era Of Vampires (2002)	Get the Singaporean version	2004-03-15	Simon
Exorcist Master (1993)	Great fun!	2002-03-03	Simon
Fire Dragon (1994)	Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition	2013-06-08	Simon
God Of Gamblers III : Back To Shanghai (1991)	Almost no gambling, but lots of silly comedy	2020-06-21	Simon
Hausu (1977)	Off the wall	2020-07-19	Simon
Legend Of Zu (2001)	Sensory spectacle	2001-11-17	Simon
Little Dragon Maiden (1983)	Fun fantasy wuxia	2003-10-11	Simon
Look Out, Officer! (1990)	Funny remake of "Where's Officer Tuba?"	2002-02-03	Simon
Maidens Of Heavenly Mountain (1994)	Beautiful nonsense	2012-11-20	Simon
New Kung Fu Cult Master (2022)	New but not necessarily improved	2022-12-06	Simon
Painted Skin 2008 (2008)	Well acted and quite enjoyable	2008-12-08	Simon
Portrait In Crystal (1983)	Fun fantasy wu xia, 80's style	2007-05-24	Simon
Princess Iron Fan (1966)	More monkey magic	2004-01-19	Simon
Pursuit of Vengeance (1977)	Pretty good stuff!	2007-08-18	Simon
Spiritual Boxer (1975)	Lau Kar-Leung's directorial debut	2004-10-22	Simon