Reviews from Hong Kong

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
Battle Wizard (1977)	Early example of fantasy wu xia	2005-04-18	Simon
Explosive City (2004)	Good entertaining cinema, HK style	2005-04-10	Simon
The Master (1992)	One of the worst films ever made	2005-04-04	Simon
Death Valley (1968)	watchable but non-essential	2005-03-13	Simon
Beyond Our Ken (2004)	Nearly a great film	2005-03-01	Simon
The Enchantress (1983)	a difficult one to rate	2005-02-27	Simon
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)	a love song to kung fu films	2005-02-25	Simon
Bamboo House Of Dolls (1973)	covers all the bases	2005-02-13	Simon
Killers Five (1969)	...read review...	2005-02-09	Simon
The Sword Of Swords (1968)	Decent enough	2005-02-07	Simon
Clan Of The White Lotus (1980)	Classic	2005-02-07	Simon
Legendary Weapons Of China (1982)	Story meh, action omg!	2005-02-04	Simon
Sword Stained With Royal Blood (1981)	Excellent fight scenes	2005-01-15	Simon
Roving Swordsman (1983)	5/10	2005-01-09	Simon
Vengeance Is A Golden Blade (1969)	Almost epic	2004-12-10	Simon
Martial Club (1981)	May be as good as kung fu films get	2004-12-10	Simon
Raw Courage (1969)	One of Lo Wei's better efforts	2004-12-03	Simon
The Golden Sword (1969)	Decent wu xia film	2004-11-16	Simon
Chinese Boxer (1970)	Dated, but a classic	2004-11-11	Simon
Angel With The Iron Fists (1967)	Camp James Bond knock-off	2004-11-02	Simon
The Unwritten Law (1985)	Bad	2004-11-01	Simon
Spirit Of The Sword (1982)	Beautiful production design	2004-10-25	Simon
Twins Effect II (2004)	Should have been better	2004-10-23	Simon
Spiritual Boxer (1975)	Lau Kar-Leung's directorial debut	2004-10-22	Simon
Shaolin Prince (1983)	a manic comedy wire-fu extravaganza	2004-10-22	Simon
Shaolin Mantis (1978)	Probably David Chiang's best film	2004-10-22	Simon
Dragon Swamp (1969)	Real dragons!	2004-10-22	Simon
Ballistic Kiss (1998)	Stylish but cliched and pretentious	2004-10-16	Simon
An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty (1984)	DVD missing nearly half the film?	2004-10-12	Simon
That Fiery Girl (1968)	Mostly awful until the finale	2004-08-23	Simon