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
Descendant Of The Sun (1983)	A guilty pleasure at best	2005-04-27	Simon
Aces Go Places (1982)	Influential action comedy but terribly dated	2021-03-28	Simon
Five Element Ninjas (1982)	Interesting ideas, uninspired execution	2012-11-09	Simon
Fake Ghost Catchers (1982)	Suffers from a weak script	2005-08-09	Simon
The Black Lizard (1981)	Production line Chor Yuen	2007-05-02	Simon
Two Champions Of Shaolin (1980)	Terrible in most respects	2004-01-19	Simon
The Master (Shaw Brothers) (1980)	Great kung fu, ok movie	2003-09-10	Simon
Convict Killer (1980)	Mediocre wu xia	2006-11-06	Simon
By Hook Or By Crook (1980)	somewhat entertaining	2003-03-18	Simon
Bat Without Wings (1980)	Sadly the KISS makeup is really the best thing about it	2021-06-13	Simon
Five Superfighters (1979)	Pretty dumb	2007-06-26	Simon
Filthy Guy (1978)	Fairly disposable but Sammo is Sammo	2023-12-06	Simon
Game Of Death (1978)	Worse than I remembered	2023-11-04	Simon
The Red Phoenix (1978)	Nothing special, but some decent action	2023-11-01	Simon
Lung Wei Village (1978)	Rather random and weird	2023-03-16	Simon
Snake And Crane Arts Of Shaolin (1978)	Great final reel but the rest is trash	2021-02-26	Simon
The Vengeful Beauty (1978)	Imaginative fights	2024-03-03	Simon
Descendant Of Wing Chun (1978)	Convoluted	2002-08-17	Simon
Clan Of Amazons (1978)	Weak Chor Yuen/Ku Long collaboration	2006-01-17	Simon
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978)	Story is just too complicated for a film?	2005-07-29	Simon
Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)	No classic but worth a look	2012-08-31	Simon
The Citizen (1977)	Interesting but not all that good	2021-07-11	Simon
To Kill With Intrigue (1977)	Blah	2003-02-23	Simon
Fatal Flying Guillotines (1977)	Less speedup would have made a better film	2001-06-13	Simon
The Brave Archer (1977)	Barebones adaptation of the Condor Heroes novels	2020-09-27	Simon
The Killer Meteors (1976)	Reasonably entertaining fluff	2022-08-09	Simon
New Fist Of Fury (1976)	Mildly entertaining - or at least interesting	2002-03-18	Simon
The Shaolin Boxers (1974)	Generic	2023-07-23	Simon
Men from the Monastery (1974)	Perhaps hasn't aged well	2007-07-30	Simon
The Streetfighter's Last Revenge (1974)	Continues the downhill trend of the series	2006-03-15	Simon