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 Fable (2019)	Slick action comedy with blockbuster potential	2021-01-18	Simon
Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)	A Sion Sono film	2021-01-03	Simon
Rage (2016)	...read review...	2020-11-01	Simon
El Dia De La Bestia (1995)	A very metal black comedy	2020-10-31	Simon
Guilty of Romance (2011)	With women nothing is impossible	2020-09-22	Simon
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)	Sion Sono doing his best Takashi Miike impression	2020-09-14	Simon
6ixtynin9 (1999)	Black comedy masterpiece	2020-09-06	Simon
Monday (2000)	Just one of those days	2020-08-22	Simon
Helter Skelter (2012)	It's certainly convenient to be pretty	2020-08-15	Simon
Hana and Alice (2004)	...read review...	2020-08-11	Simon
Boiling Point (1990)	Stylish and whimsical	2020-07-24	Simon
Arahan (2004)	Urban martial arts action	2020-07-04	Simon
The Virgin Psychics (2015)	It's outrageous	2020-06-25	Simon
Shadow (2018)	Strikingly beautiful and poetic	2020-06-23	Simon
Extraction (2020)	An action masterclass	2020-06-17	Simon
Tokyo Fist (1995)	Peak Shinya Tsukamoto	2020-05-23	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China II (1992)	One of the finest sequels ever made?	2020-03-27	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)	Just as enjoyable and well made as the first film	2016-01-31	Simon
Metro Manila (2013)	Poverty and corruption	2014-10-19	Simon
Sonatine (1993)	Beautifully meditative take on the yakuza film	2013-12-15	Simon
Kill List (2011)	Very British collision of genre and style	2013-07-05	Simon
Fish Story (2009)	Can music save the world?	2013-05-03	Simon
The Sword Of Many Loves (1993)	Mad as a bag of poisonous spiders	2013-02-17	Simon
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)	Beautiful contemplation on the bittersweet years of adolescence	2013-02-02	Simon
Live Flesh (1997)	Rich, sophisticated and mature	2012-12-03	Simon
Melancholia (2011)	A strangely beautiful film about being depressed	2012-11-29	Simon
Last Hurrah For Chivalry (1979)	I never enjoy drinking with a dead man	2012-11-26	Simon
Blade Of Fury (1993)	Epic tale of politics, brotherhood and kung fu	2012-11-06	Simon
Kung Fu Cult Master (1993)	One of the best examples of the early 90's wu xia film	2012-10-31	Simon
Audition (1999)	A more sophisticated film than it is given credit for	2012-10-15	Simon