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 Land Of Hope (2012)	Gently urgent warning about Fukushima	2014-01-05	Simon
The Last Blood (1991)	Fun Wong Jing action comedy	2006-01-16	Simon
The Lizard (1972)	quite a decent film	2003-05-23	Simon
The Longest Nite (1998)	More interesting than enjoyable	2006-07-12	Simon
The Loot (1980)	entertaining martial arts comedy	2008-08-14	Simon
The Mad Monk (1993)	Pretty good fantasy film	2005-12-26	Simon
The Negotiator (Koshonin) (2003)	Good, but not one of Miike's best	2006-03-03	Simon
The Prey (2019)	Tightly executed take on the human hunt	2020-08-25	Simon
The Promise (2005)	Strange but good	2006-04-17	Simon
The Protectors (1975)	Short but sweet	2006-07-10	Simon
The Proud Twins (1979)	a pretty solid piece of wu xia	2006-04-21	Simon
The Return of the 18 Bronzemen (1976)	Rerun of The 18 Bronzemen	2024-04-21	Simon
The Secret Of The Dirk (1970)	Worth a watch for fans of the genre	2007-04-30	Simon
The Secret Rivals (1976)	Indie kung fu royalty	2023-12-17	Simon
The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)	Very beautiful and quite enjoyable	2004-05-22	Simon
The Sister-In-Law (1991)	a fairly solid drama	2012-05-25	Simon
The Story of Sue San (1964)	Operatic tragedy	2023-08-25	Simon
The Sword (1971)	Nearly great, but awful action	2007-04-10	Simon
The Sword And The Lute (1967)	Good example of the genre	2006-05-18	Simon
The Swordsman (2020)	Straightforward but satisfying entertainment	2021-03-02	Simon
The Teahouse (1974)	An angry movie	2003-01-18	Simon
The Tournament (2009)	Good splattery fun	2024-02-09	Simon
The Twin Swords (1965)	Basically Temple Of The Red Lotus Part 2	2022-06-21	Simon
The Violence Action (2022)	You won't forget you've watched it	2022-12-12	Simon
The Viral Factor (2012)	Better than it ought to be	2012-05-13	Simon
The Warlords (2007)	Decent remake of THE BLOOD BROTHERS (1973)	2008-01-26	Simon
The Weird Man (1983)	Weird indeed!	2006-08-07	Simon
The Wheel of Life (1983)	Moderately interesting anthology film	2024-01-21	Simon
The Wild Blade of Strangers (2024)	Pretty good mainland wuxia	2024-04-17	Simon
The World Sinks Except Japan (2006)	More enjoyable than Japan sinking	2007-04-26	Simon