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
2046 (2004)	Largely a waste of time for all concerned	2005-07-29	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)	Seminal work of sublime beauty	2002-12-01	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)	cash-in with more comedy (but less funny)	2005-06-28	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)	In many ways a retread of the first part	2005-06-28	Simon
A Chinese Legend (1991)	Yet another knock-off of A CHINESE GHOST STORY	2013-05-03	Simon
A Chinese Odyssey (1995)	Confusing and ambitious	2012-06-18	Simon
A Chinese Tall Story (2005)	Beautiful and Mad	2006-05-27	Simon
A Warrior's Tragedy (1993)	Delirious & visually impressive wuxia piece	2008-02-26	Simon
All Men Are Brothers: Blood Of The Leopard (1993)	A fun 90's wu xia romp	2001-10-16	Simon
Bastard Swordsman (1983)	Well realised fantasy wu-xia	2006-01-05	Simon
Bat Without Wings (1980)	Sadly the KISS makeup is really the best thing about it	2021-06-13	Simon
Battle Wizard (1977)	Early example of fantasy wu xia	2005-04-18	Simon
Black Panther Warriors (1993)	Buy it... it's a work of genius!	2002-04-06	Simon
Bloody Parrot (1981)	Very entertaining!	2021-03-08	Simon
Buddha's Palm (1982)	Creative and camp fantasy wuxia	2023-09-03	Simon
Butterfly And Sword (1993)	Some of the best early 90's wire-fu choreography	2000-10-16	Simon
Cave Of The Silken Web (1967)	Visually stunning	2006-01-17	Simon
Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002)	Hmmm	2002-03-19	Simon
Clans Of Intrigue (1977)	Wonderfully convoluted wu xia murder mystery	2003-02-16	Simon
Deadful Melody (1994)	Well worth a watch	2005-07-02	Simon
Demon Of The Lute (1983)	Great fun comic-book wuxia	2006-01-02	Simon
Descendant Of The Sun (1983)	A guilty pleasure at best	2005-04-27	Simon
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010)	Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre	2010-12-04	Simon
Dr Wai & The Scripture With No Words (1996)	Lunatic fun, and points for ambition	2002-02-03	Simon
Dragon From Russia (1990)	medium-level classic	2003-03-01	Simon
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)	Good fun and great eye candy	2010-10-26	Simon
Dream Lovers (1986)	Not sufficiently filled out	2001-05-27	Simon
Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)	Ridiculous Chinese New Year's fluff	2020-07-25	Simon
Enchanting Shadow (1960)	The original Chinese Ghost Story	2004-01-19	Simon
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind (1980)	One of the finest movies ever made!	2002-05-11	Simon