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
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
A War Named Desire (2000)	Stylish gangster tale	2013-01-13	Simon
The Odd One Dies (1997)	Quirky, cool tale of damaged characters	2013-01-06	Simon
The Bride With White Hair 2 (1993)	Another sequel that doesn't seem to understand why we loved the original	2013-01-03	Simon
The Bride With White Hair (1993)	One of the most beautiful and tragic wu xia films	2013-01-03	Simon
Wild Search (1989)	Richly characterised tale of redemption and recovery	2012-12-31	Simon
The Avenging Eagle (1978)	One of the better Shaw Brothers martial arts films	2012-12-29	Simon
King Eagle (1971)	Good Sister, Bad Sister	2012-12-05	Simon
We're Going To Eat You (1980)	Darkly amusing kung fu horror	2012-11-27	Simon
All The Wrong Clues (1981)	Wildly silly comedy capers	2012-11-27	Simon
Last Hurrah For Chivalry (1979)	I never enjoy drinking with a dead man	2012-11-26	Simon
Last Hero In China (1993)	An irreverent addition to the Wong Fei Hung canon	2012-11-24	Simon
Iron Monkey (1993)	Great entry into the Wong Fei-Hung canon	2012-11-24	Simon
Moon Warriors (1992)	Not nearly as good as I remembered it being	2012-11-22	Simon
Maidens Of Heavenly Mountain (1994)	Beautiful nonsense	2012-11-20	Simon
Fight Back To School (1991)	Slick, shallow and silly Stephen Chiau vehicle	2012-11-12	Simon
None But The Brave (1973)	Cheng Pei-Pei kicks Japanese ass	2012-11-10	Simon
Five Element Ninjas (1982)	Interesting ideas, uninspired execution	2012-11-09	Simon
Duel To The Death (1982)	You can never kill all the ninjas!	2012-11-07	Simon
Blade Of Fury (1993)	Epic tale of politics, brotherhood and kung fu	2012-11-06	Simon
Mr. Vampire II (1986)	Never kiss a vampire	2012-11-05	Simon
Story Of Ricky (1992)	Completely Mad!	2012-11-02	Simon