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
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
Kung Fu Cult Master (1993) One of the best examples of the early 90's wu xia film 2012-10-31 Simon
Burning Paradise (1994) Gothic and macabre wire fu from Ringo Lam 2012-10-30 Simon
Running On Karma (2003) Repeat viewings mandatory 2012-10-12 Simon
Warriors Two (1978) Classic showcase of Wing Chun 2012-10-04 Simon
Mr. Vampire (1985) Genre defining classic 2012-10-02 Simon
Spiritual Kung Fu (1978) No classic but worth a look 2012-08-31 Simon
To Live And Die In TsimShaTsui (1994) Probably better than it should have been 2012-06-30 Simon
The Dead and The Deadly (1982) Very enjoyable supernatural action-comedy 2012-06-26 Simon
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind 2 (1990) Worthy successor 2012-06-22 Simon
A Chinese Odyssey (1995) Confusing and ambitious 2012-06-18 Simon
Life Without Principle (2011) To takes on economics 2012-06-14 Simon

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