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
Room in Rome (2010)	One room, one night	2024-05-01	Simon
Roving Swordsman (1983)	5/10	2005-01-09	Simon
Shaolin Drunkard (1983)	More Yuen Clan antics	2021-05-23	Simon
Shinjuku Swan II (2017)	No real reason for this film to exist	2020-08-29	Simon
Shinobi (2005)	A tragic romance... with ninjas	2005-11-12	Simon
Snake And Crane Arts Of Shaolin (1978)	Great final reel but the rest is trash	2021-02-26	Simon
Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)	No classic but worth a look	2012-08-31	Simon
Spooky, Spooky (1988)	Nothing special	2020-09-04	Simon
Super Lady Cop (1992)	Stupid film with amazing action	2023-11-05	Simon
Tezuka's Barbara (2019)	Rather lifeless interpretation of a manga	2021-07-02	Simon
That Fiery Girl (1968)	Mostly awful until the finale	2004-08-23	Simon
The Angry Guest (1971)	What kind of guests? Angry guests.	2021-04-29	Simon
The Banquet (1991)	Disjointed, but fun	2001-10-21	Simon
The Black Lizard (1981)	Production line Chor Yuen	2007-05-02	Simon
The Bodyguard (2004)	...read review...	2012-05-24	Simon
The Brave Archer (1977)	Barebones adaptation of the Condor Heroes novels	2020-09-27	Simon
The Bride With White Hair 2 (1993)	Another sequel that doesn't seem to understand why we loved the original	2013-01-03	Simon
The Citizen (1977)	Interesting but not all that good	2021-07-11	Simon
The City of Violence (2006)	Disappointing follow up to Arahan	2021-06-03	Simon
The Deadly Knives (1972)	Decent action makes up for a recycled story	2022-07-10	Simon
The East Is Red (1993)	Cheap cash-in	2005-07-19	Simon
The Evil Karate (1971)	A fun low budget wuxia	2022-01-22	Simon
The Executioner II (1974)	Seems not to have understand why we liked the original!	2006-03-25	Simon
The Ghost Snatchers (1986)	Who you gonna call? Not these guys.	2020-08-28	Simon
The Goddess Of Mercy (1966)	Guanyin origin story	2023-10-15	Simon
The Invincible Sword (1971)	Fairly cookie cutter tale of heroic swordsmen	2012-11-23	Simon
The Killer Meteors (1976)	Reasonably entertaining fluff	2022-08-09	Simon
The Lady Professional (1971)	Some good scenes, some awful	2005-09-23	Simon
The Master (Shaw Brothers) (1980)	Great kung fu, ok movie	2003-09-10	Simon
The Mermaid (2016)	Some good scenes but not good overall	2022-08-14	Simon