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
36th Chamber Of Shaolin (1978)	Essential for kung fu fans	2003-06-08	Simon
7 Grandmasters (1977)	For martial arts fans only	2004-04-19	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)	In many ways a retread of the first part	2005-06-28	Simon
A Deadly Secret (1980)	Better than average	2005-05-12	Simon
All Men Are Brothers: Blood Of The Leopard (1993)	A fun 90's wu xia romp	2001-10-16	Simon
Along Comes A Tiger (1977)	Easy to watch	2007-07-06	Simon
Armour Of God (1987)	Dated but enjoyable	2001-07-18	Simon
Bangkok Knockout (2010)	For lovers of action cinema it's a must-see	2010-12-18	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
Big Bad Sis (1976)	Better than Big Brother Cheng	2006-05-21	Simon
Blonde Fury (1989)	Pure action movie	2002-07-22	Simon
Bloody Escape (1975)	Not a classic, but good.	2006-05-13	Simon
Burning Paradise (1994)	Gothic and macabre wire fu from Ringo Lam	2012-10-30	Simon
Butterfly And Sword (1993)	Some of the best early 90's wire-fu choreography	2000-10-16	Simon
Call of Heroes (2016)	Justice only exists if it is maintained	2020-08-24	Simon
Chinese Heroes (2001)	Just a fun action film	2005-12-02	Simon
Chinese Iron Man (1973)	Great action	2006-05-19	Simon
Clan Feuds (1982)	Nice Gu Long adaptation	2007-02-06	Simon
Deadful Melody (1994)	Well worth a watch	2005-07-02	Simon
Deadly Breaking Sword (1979)	Good story, needed better fights	2005-07-31	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
Dirty Ho (1979)	Much ado about nothing	2005-09-12	Simon
Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog (1978)	Good fun, good fights	2002-03-04	Simon
Disciples of Shaolin (1975)	More interesting than it sounds	2023-01-29	Simon
Disciples Of The 36th Chamber (1985)	A sort of swan song for Shaw Brothers	2023-10-08	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