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
Terracotta Warrior (1989)	Interesting but not quite compelling	2006-07-04	Simon
A Chinese Tall Story (2005)	Beautiful and Mad	2006-05-27	Simon
Haunted Cop Shop (1987)	watchable	2006-05-10	Simon
The Hidden Power Of Dragon Sabre (1983)	Chor Yuen "going through the motions"	2006-02-22	Simon
The Proud Youth (1978)	A decent film, but not remarkable	2006-02-02	Simon
The Myth (2005)	Over-reaches in places, but surprisingly good overall	2006-01-31	Simon
Shaolin Vs Evil Dead (2004)	Enjoyable throwback	2006-01-21	Simon
Cave Of The Silken Web (1967)	Visually stunning	2006-01-17	Simon
Saviour Of The Soul (1991)	Uniquely stylish and cool	2006-01-16	Simon
Saga Of The Phoenix (1990)	I seem to be one of the only people in the world who liked this one	2006-01-16	Simon
Timeless Romance (1998)	Inventive and fun	2006-01-07	Simon
Flirting Scholar (1993)	Very funny	2006-01-07	Simon
Bastard Swordsman (1983)	Well realised fantasy wu-xia	2006-01-05	Simon
Demon Of The Lute (1983)	Great fun comic-book wuxia	2006-01-02	Simon
The Mad Monk (1993)	Pretty good fantasy film	2005-12-26	Simon
Legend Of The Fox (1980)	Great, once it gets going	2005-09-25	Simon
Iceman Cometh (1989)	Essential for fans of Yuen Biao or Yuen Wah	2005-08-08	Simon
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978)	Story is just too complicated for a film?	2005-07-29	Simon
2046 (2004)	Largely a waste of time for all concerned	2005-07-29	Simon
The East Is Red (1993)	Cheap cash-in	2005-07-19	Simon
Swordsman II (1992)	Classic	2005-07-16	Simon
Swordsman (1990)	A seminal film, unfairly overshadowed by its sequel	2005-07-14	Simon
Deadful Melody (1994)	Well worth a watch	2005-07-02	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)	In many ways a retread of the first part	2005-06-28	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)	cash-in with more comedy (but less funny)	2005-06-28	Simon
Descendant Of The Sun (1983)	A guilty pleasure at best	2005-04-27	Simon
Battle Wizard (1977)	Early example of fantasy wu xia	2005-04-18	Simon
The Enchantress (1983)	a difficult one to rate	2005-02-27	Simon
Land Of Many Perfumes (1968)	More fun monkey magic	2005-01-15	Simon
Spiritual Boxer (1975)	Lau Kar-Leung's directorial debut	2004-10-22	Simon