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
New Kung Fu Cult Master (2022)	New but not necessarily improved	2022-12-06	Simon
Double World (2020)	Big budget epic fantasy	2020-07-26	Simon
The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)	Weird anthology film	2024-04-29	Simon
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010)	Quite a change of style	2023-02-07	Simon
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010)	Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre	2010-12-04	Simon
Painted Skin 2008 (2008)	Well acted and quite enjoyable	2008-12-08	Simon
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)	Good fun and great eye candy	2010-10-26	Simon
Death Trance (2006)	Similar to Versus but not as good	2012-05-22	Simon
The Promise (2005)	Strange but good	2006-04-17	Simon
Cutie Honey (2004)	Super-cutie and super-silly	2004-11-08	Simon
Calamari Wrestler (2004)	Not quite brilliant, but interesting enough to receive a recommendation	2006-07-13	Simon
Wonderful Days (2003)	Gorgeous Korean anime	2004-07-12	Simon
Era Of Vampires (2002)	Get the Singaporean version	2004-03-15	Simon
Legend Of Zu (2001)	Sensory spectacle	2001-11-17	Simon
Timeless Romance (1998)	Inventive and fun	2006-01-07	Simon
The Fruit Is Swelling (1997)	Funny and rude	2001-09-29	Simon
Dr Wai & The Scripture With No Words (1996)	Lunatic fun, and points for ambition	2002-02-03	Simon
A Chinese Odyssey (1995)	Confusing and ambitious	2012-06-18	Simon
Fire Dragon (1994)	Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition	2013-06-08	Simon
Maidens Of Heavenly Mountain (1994)	Beautiful nonsense	2012-11-20	Simon
Deadful Melody (1994)	Well worth a watch	2005-07-02	Simon
Butterfly And Sword (1993)	Some of the best early 90's wire-fu choreography	2000-10-16	Simon
All Men Are Brothers: Blood Of The Leopard (1993)	A fun 90's wu xia romp	2001-10-16	Simon
The Mad Monk (1993)	Pretty good fantasy film	2005-12-26	Simon
Exorcist Master (1993)	Great fun!	2002-03-03	Simon
God Of Gamblers III : Back To Shanghai (1991)	Almost no gambling, but lots of silly comedy	2020-06-21	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)	In many ways a retread of the first part	2005-06-28	Simon
Look Out, Officer! (1990)	Funny remake of "Where's Officer Tuba?"	2002-02-03	Simon
Terracotta Warrior (1989)	Interesting but not quite compelling	2006-07-04	Simon
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)	Enjoyable	2003-02-15	Simon