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
Cave Of The Silken Web (1967) Visually stunning 2024-08-18 Simon
Princess Iron Fan (1966) More monkey magic 2024-08-04 Simon
Swordsman and Enchantress (1978) Chor Yuen adapts Gu Long once again 2024-04-01 Simon
New Kung Fu Cult Master (2022) New but not necessarily improved 2022-12-06 Simon
The Butterfly Murders (1979) Tsui Hark's first film 2020-08-17 Simon
God Of Gamblers III : Back To Shanghai (1991) Almost no gambling, but lots of silly comedy 2020-06-21 Simon
Fire Dragon (1994) Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition 2013-06-08 Simon
Maidens Of Heavenly Mountain (1994) Beautiful nonsense 2012-11-20 Simon
The Dead and The Deadly (1982) Very enjoyable supernatural action-comedy 2012-06-26 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
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
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
The Devil's Mirror (1972) Nice bit of swordplay 2006-10-15 Simon
The Weird Man (1983) Weird indeed! 2006-08-07 Simon
Terracotta Warrior (1989) Interesting but not quite compelling 2006-07-04 Simon
Timeless Romance (1998) Inventive and fun 2006-01-07 Simon
Bastard Swordsman (1983) Well realised fantasy wu-xia 2006-01-05 Simon
The Mad Monk (1993) Pretty good fantasy film 2005-12-26 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
Battle Wizard (1977) Early example of fantasy wu xia 2005-04-18 Simon
Spiritual Boxer (1975) Lau Kar-Leung's directorial debut 2004-10-22 Simon
Era Of Vampires (2002) Get the Singaporean version 2004-03-15 Simon
Little Dragon Maiden (1983) Fun fantasy wuxia 2003-10-11 Simon
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986) Enjoyable 2003-02-15 Simon
Dr Wai & The Scripture With No Words (1996) Lunatic fun, and points for ambition 2002-02-03 Simon
Look Out, Officer! (1990) Funny remake of "Where's Officer Tuba?" 2002-02-03 Simon

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