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 Rating Summary Date Reviewer
As Tears Go By (1988) ...read review... 2021-05-12 Simon
Black Butterfly (1968) A decent if unremarkable late 60's wuxia 2021-05-10 Simon
Four Riders (1972) Everywhere is paradise as long as you have money 2021-05-03 Simon
The Angry Guest (1971) What kind of guests? Angry guests. 2021-04-29 Simon
Touch and Go (1991) It's important to be happy, isn't it? 2021-04-28 Simon
Vengeance! (1970) A really stripped down piece of cinema 2021-04-24 Simon
The Adventurers (2017) Generic in every possible way 2021-04-17 Simon
The Adventurers (1995) Quite a mess, but with some big booms 2021-04-17 Simon
My Young Auntie (1981) Kung fu doesn't get much better than this! 2021-04-16 Simon
Have Sword, Will Travel (1969) Chang Cheh in wuxia mode 2021-04-12 Simon
Aces Go Places V (1989) Aces have mostly gone to other places by this point 2021-04-10 Simon
Aces Go Places IV (1986) More even-keeled than its predecessors 2021-04-05 Simon
Aces Go Places III (1984) Lacks the chemistry of its predecessor 2021-04-01 Simon
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972) One of the highlights of the Shaw Brothers catalogue 2021-04-01 Simon
Aces Go Places II (1983) Improves on the original in just about every way 2021-03-30 Simon
Aces Go Places (1982) Influential action comedy but terribly dated 2021-03-28 Simon
The Shadow Boxing (1979) Corpses don't pee 2021-03-27 Simon
A Man Called Tiger (1973) A fairly typical film of the era 2021-03-25 Simon
The Lady Is the Boss (1983) Great fights but cringingly dated fashions 2021-03-13 Simon
Enter The Fat Dragon (1978) Sammo does Bruce justice 2021-03-11 Simon
Taoist Priest (2021) It's the 21st century mainland friendly Mr. Vampire 2021-03-08 Simon
Bloody Parrot (1981) Very entertaining! 2021-03-08 Simon
Operation Condor (1991) Undoubtedly expensive but lacking something 2021-03-07 Simon
The Storm Riders (1998) A genuine epic that pioneered a new style of wu xia film 2021-02-27 Simon
Snake And Crane Arts Of Shaolin (1978) Great final reel but the rest is trash 2021-02-26 Simon
Paradox (2017) A time of stunt doubles 2021-02-20 Simon
SPL 2: A Time of Consequences (2015) A time of kicking heads 2021-02-19 Simon
The Brave Archer (1977) Barebones adaptation of the Condor Heroes novels 2020-09-27 Simon
Drunken Master II (1994) One of the best martial arts films 2020-09-05 Simon
Spooky, Spooky (1988) Nothing special 2020-09-04 Simon

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