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
Alive (2002)	Disappointing	2025-06-24	Simon
Six Assassins (1971)	Decent enough but doesn't stand out	2025-06-01	Simon
Wolf Warrior 2 (2017)	Over the top blast of action and charisma	2025-05-25	Simon
Havoc (2025)	Gareth Evans delivers long-delayed action	2025-04-26	Simon
Demon City (2025)	Somewhat wasted potential	2025-04-07	Simon
Twin Blades of Doom (1969)	Quite action-packed and violent wuxia	2025-04-04	Simon
Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024)	Another nice day to be a baby assassin	2025-03-30	Simon
The Rebel of Shaolin (1977)	A lot of fun	2025-03-10	Simon
Suzume (2022)	Absolutely gorgeous anime	2025-02-18	Simon
Freedom Strikes a Blow (1973)	Pretty good indie kung fu	2025-02-17	Simon
Broken Rage (2024)	Weird little Kitano meta-project	2025-02-16	Simon
Bandits From Shantung (1972)	Pretty unremarkable	2025-02-14	Simon
The Master And The Kid (1978)	Nicely executed dark kung fu	2025-02-10	Simon
Invincible Swordsman (2025)	A somewhat sterile remake of SWORDSMAN II	2025-02-08	Simon
Ghost Nursing (1982)	Fairly stylish low budget black magic horror	2025-02-04	Simon
The Hurricane (1972)	Well-written wuxia tale from Lo Wei	2025-02-02	Simon
Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71 (1971)	The Beat(en) Generation	2025-02-01	Simon
The Comet Strikes (1971)	Pretty strong effort from Lo Wei	2025-01-27	Simon
Mission Impossible (1971)	Interesting twist in the tail	2025-01-19	Simon
The Blade Spares None (1971)	Solid wuxia with a strong storyline	2025-01-06	Simon
Shiva (1990)	...read review...	2025-01-06	Simon
Kill (2024)	Remarkably tight, violent and thoughtful action movie	2024-12-30	Simon
Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal (1970)	Solid fourth entry in the series	2024-12-29	Simon
Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday (2022)	A fun little action movie	2024-12-28	Simon
Ballerina (2023)	...read review...	2024-12-27	Simon
Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (1970)	More stylish and intentional than its predecessors	2024-12-27	Simon
The Shadow Strays (2024)	Whole lotta violence goin' on	2024-12-26	Simon
Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo (1970)	A slice of the times	2024-12-22	Simon
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss (1970)	Fairly lightweight but ticks along	2024-12-15	Simon
The Secret Rivals 2 (1977)	Bare-boned indie kick-em-up	2024-12-08	Simon