Martial Arts 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 Swordsman (2020)	Straightforward but satisfying entertainment	2021-03-02	Simon
Samurai III: Duel At Ganryu Island (1956)	Solid conclusion to the trilogy	2020-09-20	Simon
Call of Heroes (2016)	Justice only exists if it is maintained	2020-08-24	Simon
The Butterfly Murders (1979)	Tsui Hark's first film	2020-08-17	Simon
Samurai II: Duel At Ichijoji Temple (1955)	The way of women is to love	2020-08-15	Simon
Once Upon A Time In Vietnam (2013)	Nice looking film but all been done before	2020-08-08	Simon
The Delightful Forest (1972)	Solid Ti Lung vehicle	2020-08-03	Simon
Double World (2020)	Big budget epic fantasy	2020-07-26	Simon
Eastern Condors (1987)	Sammo Hung goes to war	2020-06-29	Simon
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018)	Some creative fight choreography	2020-06-16	Simon
Girl's Blood (2014)	Largely inexplicable fusion of elements but somehow it works	2019-11-16	Simon
Soul Of The Sword (1978)	Beautiful production values and a tragic plot	2019-08-24	Simon
Kung Fu Jungle (2014)	Martial arts are for killing	2015-03-11	Simon
Tom Yum Goong 2 (2013)	Tony Jaa shows he can still kick ass	2014-08-01	Simon
Fire Dragon (1994)	Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition	2013-06-08	Simon
High Kick Girl (2009)	Good Karate showcase disguised as a film	2013-03-31	Simon
King Eagle (1971)	Good Sister, Bad Sister	2012-12-05	Simon
Maidens Of Heavenly Mountain (1994)	Beautiful nonsense	2012-11-20	Simon
The Kick (2011)	Slick Thai/Korean crowd pleaser	2012-11-17	Simon
Burning Paradise (1994)	Gothic and macabre wire fu from Ringo Lam	2012-10-30	Simon
Merantau (2009)	Not as good as ONG BAK	2012-10-16	Simon
Gerd Ma Lui (1984)	Crazy Thai action	2012-09-28	Simon
The Dead and The Deadly (1982)	Very enjoyable supernatural action-comedy	2012-06-26	Simon
Tom Yum Goong (2005)	Step down from Ong Bak	2012-05-25	Simon
Death Trance (2006)	Similar to Versus but not as good	2012-05-22	Simon
Sister Streetfighter: Hanging By A Thread (1974)	Good trashy fun once again	2012-05-22	Simon
Sister Streetfighter (1974)	Sleazy, violent and quite dumb - just how we like 'em!	2012-05-22	Simon
Tiger On The Beat (1988)	Lau Kar-Leung's foray into modern day action	2012-04-01	Simon
Bangkok Knockout (2010)	For lovers of action cinema it's a must-see	2010-12-18	Simon
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010)	Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre	2010-12-04	Simon