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
A Better Tomorrow (1986)	classic	2010-11-04	Simon
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)	not as tight as the original	2010-11-09	Simon
A Bittersweet Life (2005)	Will have to watch it again, might have been in the wrong mood	2012-05-30	Simon
A Bittersweet Life (2005)	Yeah, I needed to watch it again	2023-09-01	Simon
A Hero Never Dies (1998)	A masterful work from Johnnie To	2006-01-08	Simon
A Man Called Tiger (1973)	A fairly typical film of the era	2021-03-25	Simon
A Mob Story (2007)	Interesting and stylish	2007-10-09	Simon
A True Mob Story (1998)	Well I liked it	2001-11-23	Simon
A War Named Desire (2000)	Stylish gangster tale	2013-01-13	Simon
Ah Sou (Mob Sister) (2005)	Starts off well, then shoots its leg off	2007-03-23	Simon
As Tears Go By (1988)	...read review...	2021-05-12	Simon
Beast Cops (1998)	Superbly crafted and performed movie	2001-12-09	Simon
Big Bad Sis (1976)	Better than Big Brother Cheng	2006-05-21	Simon
Big Brother Cheng (1975)	Sequel to The Teahouse	2004-01-19	Simon
Black Cat's Revenge (1970)	Intriguing mix of styles and moods	2006-08-13	Simon
Blood Brothers (2007)	A bit boring	2008-02-28	Simon
Blues Harp (1998)	A subtle and complex work	2021-08-24	Simon
Boiling Point (1990)	Stylish and whimsical	2020-07-24	Simon
Boxer From Shantung (1972)	Strong Chen Kuan-Tai vehicle	2022-05-24	Simon
Brothers From The Walled City (1982)	Grungy and nihilistic depiction of Hong Kong's criminal underworld	2021-07-04	Simon
Chinatown Kid (1977)	Great piece of 70's action	2004-02-26	Simon
City Of Lost Souls (2000)	Best use of CGI in a movie ever!	2001-10-13	Simon
Colour Of The Loyalty (2005)	Three Colours Abstract?	2005-07-31	Simon
Colour Of The Truth (2003)	Excellent crime thriller	2006-01-08	Simon
Company (2002)	Intelligent and incisive look at the gangster life	2002-05-13	Simon
Coolie Killer (1982)	Dark, violent landmark action movie	2001-07-18	Simon
Cop On A Mission (2001)	Smart and fresh take on a favourite genre	2001-12-22	Simon
Crows Explode (2014)	A slight improvement	2022-11-28	Simon
Crows Zero (2007)	Rather unexciting	2021-11-08	Simon
Crows Zero II (2009)	More of the same	2022-11-14	Simon