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 Gambling Ghost (1991)	Three times the Sammo fun!	2020-07-02	Simon
God Of Gamblers III : Back To Shanghai (1991)	Almost no gambling, but lots of silly comedy	2020-06-21	Simon
The Beheaded 1000 (1993)	Random mentalness	2015-04-25	Simon
Peacock King (1989)	People who can think won't like it...	2014-11-30	Simon
Iceman 3D (2013)	Not as good as the original	2014-07-31	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
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
The Sword Of Many Loves (1993)	Mad as a bag of poisonous spiders	2013-02-17	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
Maidens Of Heavenly Mountain (1994)	Beautiful nonsense	2012-11-20	Simon
Kung Fu Cult Master (1993)	One of the best examples of the early 90's wu xia film	2012-10-31	Simon
Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)	No classic but worth a look	2012-08-31	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
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010)	Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre	2010-12-04	Simon
Zu: Warriors Of The Magic Mountain (1983)	Landmark	2010-11-07	Simon
Storm Warriors (2009)	Meh	2010-10-26	Simon
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)	Good fun and great eye candy	2010-10-26	Simon
Painted Skin 2008 (2008)	Well acted and quite enjoyable	2008-12-08	Simon
The Pye Dog (2007)	mediocre, melodramatic and mostly quite dull	2008-06-09	Simon
A Warrior's Tragedy (1993)	Delirious & visually impressive wuxia piece	2008-02-26	Simon
Pursuit of Vengeance (1977)	Pretty good stuff!	2007-08-18	Simon
Portrait In Crystal (1983)	Fun fantasy wu xia, 80's style	2007-05-24	Simon
Snake Prince (1976)	Quite awful, but definitely different	2007-02-05	Simon
The Devil's Mirror (1972)	Nice bit of swordplay	2006-10-15	Simon
The Weird Man (1983)	Weird indeed!	2006-08-07	Simon