Gangster 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
Once Upon A Time In Triad Society 2 (1996)	The thinking man's triad series	2003-03-07	Simon
The Teahouse (1974)	An angry movie	2003-01-18	Simon
Rainy Dog (1997)	One of Miike's strongest and most well balanced films.	2002-12-13	Simon
Full Metal Yakuza (1997)	Super-cheap but gleefully twisted and inventive	2002-12-03	Simon
Shakti (1982)	Another great performance from Amitabh	2002-11-09	Simon
Friend (2001)	kind of boring	2002-09-29	Simon
Dead Or Alive 2: Birds (2000)	Another great movie from Takashi Miike	2002-06-27	Simon
Dang Bireley's Young Gangsters (1997)	Very well made gangster tale	2002-06-07	Simon
Kick The Moon (2001)	Its by the people that made ATTACK THE GAS STATION and it's good	2002-06-02	Simon
Satya (1998)	One of the most intelligent movies ever made about gangsters	2002-05-13	Simon
Company (2002)	Intelligent and incisive look at the gangster life	2002-05-13	Simon
Return Engagement (1990)	Not bad	2002-05-01	Simon
Runaway (2001)	Dante Lam returns to less conventional territory	2002-03-21	Simon
Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)	One of the greatest movies ever made?	2002-03-17	Simon
Sharkskin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998)	Clever, funny and well-made	2002-03-17	Simon
Fudoh (1996)	Hilariously transgressive	2002-03-17	Simon
Dobermann (1997)	Best 'live action comic book' ever made	2002-03-17	Simon
Tian Di (1994)	It's not that bad, cynics!	2002-03-10	Simon
Lung Fung Restaurant (1990)	Unfocussed and kind of boring	2002-03-10	Simon
Ghostly Bus (1995)	Marvellous low budget gem	2002-03-10	Simon
My Wife Is A Gangster (2001)	Wonderful piece of film-making	2002-03-07	Simon
The Replacement Suspects (2001)	Clunker from an otherwise promising director	2002-03-06	Simon
Where A Good Man Goes (1999)	Under-rated and misunderstood	2002-03-04	Simon
Gunmen (1988)	Not a great example of film-making	2002-02-27	Simon
Triad Story (1990)	Pretty enjoyable	2002-02-03	Simon
Killing End (2001)	Poor movie, but Loletta Lee is worth watching	2002-01-17	Simon
The Godfather's Daughter Mafia Blues (1991)	Bona fide hidden gem	2002-01-12	Simon
The Blood Rules (2000)	Mak's debut shows promise, but he hadn't quite developed it fully	2001-12-24	Simon
Cop On A Mission (2001)	Smart and fresh take on a favourite genre	2001-12-22	Simon
Shanghai Grand (1996)	Poor attempt to convert a popular series into a movie	2001-12-20	Simon