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
Beggar So (1993)	Lesser addition to Wong Fei Hung canon	2001-07-27	Simon
A Fighter's Blues (2000)	Brutal in the ring and out	2001-07-24	Simon
God Of Cookery (1996)	Surreal and Stylish	2001-07-18	Simon
Skinny Tiger Fatty Dragon (1990)	Flawed but fun	2001-07-18	Simon
Righting Wrongs (1986)	Genre classic	2001-07-18	Simon
Miracles (1989)	Jackie flexes his directorial muscles	2001-07-18	Simon
Juliet In Love (2000)	Almost unbelievably good	2001-07-18	Simon
Coolie Killer (1982)	Dark, violent landmark action movie	2001-07-18	Simon
Armour Of God (1987)	Dated but enjoyable	2001-07-18	Simon
The Assassin (1993)	Cheap but interesting	2001-06-27	Simon
Master of Zen (1994)	Watchable	2001-06-27	Simon
Fatal Flying Guillotines (1977)	Less speedup would have made a better film	2001-06-13	Simon
Mr. Vampire IV (1988)	Enjoyable	2001-06-13	Simon
Deadend of Besiegers (1992)	Refreshing, quite a gem	2001-06-13	Simon
Vampire Combat (2001)	Like the 21st century never happened	2001-06-12	Simon
From Beijing With Love (1994)	My least favourite Chiau movie so far	2001-06-12	Simon
Wu Yen (2001)	It's the 90's revival	2001-06-08	Simon
The Sword (1980)	Classic new-wave	2001-06-02	Simon
Too Many Ways To Be No. 1 (1997)	Strange and amusing	2001-05-31	Simon
Once Upon A Time in China V (1994)	Quite good, from what I could see	2001-05-31	Simon
Painted Skin (1993)	Not bad, not great	2001-05-29	Simon
For Bad Boys Only (2000)	Fun fluff	2001-05-27	Simon
My Lucky Stars (1985)	Bad comedy	2001-05-27	Simon
Lavender (2000)	Loved it	2001-05-27	Simon
King Of Comedy (1999)	Intelligent, but not particularly funny	2001-05-27	Simon
Green Snake (1993)	One of Tsui Hark's most ambitious films	2001-05-27	Simon
Dream Lovers (1986)	Not sufficiently filled out	2001-05-27	Simon
Clean My Name, Mr. Coroner! (2000)	Well made, intelligent film	2001-05-27	Simon
Working Class (1985)	Old but good	2001-05-27	Simon
What Price Survival (1994)	Visually beautiful, rather impenetrable	2001-05-27	Simon