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
A Better Tomorrow (1986)	classic	2010-11-04	Simon
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)	not as tight as the original	2010-11-09	Simon
A Hero Never Dies (1998)	A masterful work from Johnnie To	2006-01-08	Simon
A Man Called Tiger (1973)	A fairly typical film of the era	2021-03-25	Simon
A Mob Story (2007)	Interesting and stylish	2007-10-09	Simon
A True Mob Story (1998)	Well I liked it	2001-11-23	Simon
A War Named Desire (2000)	Stylish gangster tale	2013-01-13	Simon
Ah Sou (Mob Sister) (2005)	Starts off well, then shoots its leg off	2007-03-23	Simon
As Tears Go By (1988)	...read review...	2021-05-12	Simon
Beast Cops (1998)	Superbly crafted and performed movie	2001-12-09	Simon
Big Bad Sis (1976)	Better than Big Brother Cheng	2006-05-21	Simon
Big Brother Cheng (1975)	Sequel to The Teahouse	2004-01-19	Simon
Boxer From Shantung (1972)	Strong Chen Kuan-Tai vehicle	2022-05-24	Simon
Brothers From The Walled City (1982)	Grungy and nihilistic depiction of Hong Kong's criminal underworld	2021-07-04	Simon
Chinatown Kid (1977)	Great piece of 70's action	2004-02-26	Simon
Colour Of The Loyalty (2005)	Three Colours Abstract?	2005-07-31	Simon
Colour Of The Truth (2003)	Excellent crime thriller	2006-01-08	Simon
Coolie Killer (1982)	Dark, violent landmark action movie	2001-07-18	Simon
Cop On A Mission (2001)	Smart and fresh take on a favourite genre	2001-12-22	Simon
Drug War (2013)	Hard-boiled Johnnie To cops n' robbers film	2013-08-25	Simon
Election (2005)	Enigmatic	2006-01-18	Simon
Election II (2006)	...read review...	2006-11-14	Simon
Enter The Phoenix (2004)	Gay Triad Comedy with wacky action = a winner	2004-04-15	Simon
Exiled (2006)	2nd-best HK film of 2006?	2007-02-04	Simon
Flash Point (2007)	Hard boiled	2010-10-26	Simon
Full Contact (1992)	one of the classics	2012-04-01	Simon
Gang Master (1982)	Enjoyable	2006-09-24	Simon
Ghostly Bus (1995)	Marvellous low budget gem	2002-03-10	Simon
Godfather Of Canton (1982)	Watchable, nothing more	2006-06-03	Simon
Goodbye Mr. Cool (2001)	Mostly boring	2001-12-01	Simon