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
Long Road To Gallantry (1984)	Fun but slight wu xia from Shaw Brothers' autumn years	2019-11-17	Simon
What Price Honesty? (1981)	Shallow and mediocre	2019-08-25	Simon
Soul Of The Sword (1978)	Beautiful production values and a tragic plot	2019-08-24	Simon
Pedicab Driver (1989)	Legendary Sammo film finally gets a DVD release	2016-02-20	Simon
The Beheaded 1000 (1993)	Random mentalness	2015-04-25	Simon
The Dragon Missile (1976)	Fun romp in the Flying Guillotine style	2015-03-13	Simon
Kung Fu Jungle (2014)	Martial arts are for killing	2015-03-11	Simon
Shanghai 13 (1984)	Chang Cheh goes indie	2015-02-18	Simon
The Shaolin Plot (1977)	Largely unknown old school classic	2015-02-18	Simon
The Midnight After (2014)	Uneven and ultimately a bit unsatisfying	2015-01-17	Simon
Peacock King (1989)	People who can think won't like it...	2014-11-30	Simon
The Four (2012)	Top drawer wu xia extravaganza	2014-10-19	Simon
Fairy Tale Killer (2012)	Serial killer film that never really goes anywhere	2014-08-09	Simon
Iceman 3D (2013)	Not as good as the original	2014-07-31	Simon
Blind Detective (2013)	A glorious mess of a film	2014-01-03	Simon
The Magnificent Butcher (1979)	Kung fu spectacular	2013-10-26	Simon
Drug War (2013)	Hard-boiled Johnnie To cops n' robbers film	2013-08-25	Simon
Vulgaria (2012)	A film about film, and language, and food	2013-08-07	Simon
Dream Home (2010)	Bloody, brutal satire of Hong Kong's capitalist love affair	2013-07-11	Simon
Fire Dragon (1994)	Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition	2013-06-08	Simon
A Chinese Legend (1991)	Yet another knock-off of A CHINESE GHOST STORY	2013-05-03	Simon
The Grandmaster (2013)	Incoherent and overblown	2013-04-07	Simon
Tai Chi Hero (2012)	A fine continuation of the story	2013-04-03	Simon
Tai Chi Zero (2012)	Slick, quirky kung-fu comedy	2013-03-31	Simon
Hero (Corey Yuen) (1997)	Inferior remake of BOXER FROM SHANTUNG	2013-02-18	Simon
The Sword Of Many Loves (1993)	Mad as a bag of poisonous spiders	2013-02-17	Simon
Let The Bullets Fly (2010)	Action comedy that's smart and funny	2013-02-09	Simon
Not One Less (1999)	Manipulative but good	2013-02-09	Simon
Lady Of Steel (1970)	Passable Shaw Brothers/Cheng Pei-Pei swordplay film	2013-02-02	Simon
Overheard (2009)	Stylish thriller that sometimes gets a bit silly	2013-01-28	Simon