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 Butterfly Murders (1979) Tsui Hark's first film 2020-08-17 Simon
Wizard's Curse (1992) Crazy fun times 2020-07-30 Simon
Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993) Ridiculous Chinese New Year's fluff 2020-07-25 Simon
Future Cops (1993) Relentless lunacy 2020-07-18 Simon
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

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