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 Runaway Pistol (2002)	Hyper-black	2024-01-14	Simon
Men Suddenly in Black (2003)	One of Hong Kong's smartest comedies	2023-12-09	Simon
Once Upon A Time In Triad Society (1996)	Still razor sharp	2023-01-14	Simon
Exodus (2007)	Quirky little black comedy	2020-08-20	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
Let The Bullets Fly (2010)	Action comedy that's smart and funny	2013-02-09	Simon
We're Going To Eat You (1980)	Darkly amusing kung fu horror	2012-11-27	Simon
Last Hurrah For Chivalry (1979)	I never enjoy drinking with a dead man	2012-11-26	Simon
Life Without Principle (2011)	To takes on economics	2012-06-14	Simon
Intruder (1997)	1997 anxieties made flesh	2012-04-21	Simon
Mad Detective (2007)	Stylish, unique and entertaining	2008-02-26	Simon
Exiled (2006)	2nd-best HK film of 2006?	2007-02-04	Simon
Dog Bite Dog (2006)	Refreshingly Bleak	2006-11-28	Simon
Bio Zombie (1998)	Quirky and fun low-budget film	2006-01-16	Simon
A Hero Never Dies (1998)	A masterful work from Johnnie To	2006-01-08	Simon
Ebola Syndrome (1996)	So wrong it's... wonderful!	2005-10-09	Simon
The Stewardess (2002)	Clever black comedy-horror	2005-09-20	Simon
Men Suddenly in Black (2003)	Hilarious	2003-09-30	Simon
Once Upon A Time In Triad Society 2 (1996)	The thinking man's triad series	2003-03-07	Simon
The Victim (1980)	Mindblowing	2002-03-22	Simon
Runaway (2001)	Dante Lam returns to less conventional territory	2002-03-21	Simon
Out Of The Dark (1995)	An atypical Stephen Chiau film	2002-02-12	Simon
Once Upon A Time In Triad Society (1996)	Very black comedy that works well	2001-12-14	Simon
Too Many Ways To Be No. 1 (1997)	Strange and amusing	2001-05-31	Simon
Clean My Name, Mr. Coroner! (2000)	Well made, intelligent film	2001-05-27	Simon