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
Twelve Deadly Coins (1969)	Thoroughly enjoyable	2009-07-26	Simon
The Angry River (1971)	Worth a look	2009-07-18	Simon
The Himalayan (1976)	A decent slice of old-school action	2008-12-05	Simon
Fatal Move (2008)	Clearly inspired by SPL	2008-11-11	Simon
Murder Plot (1979)	...read review...	2008-09-04	Simon
The Loot (1980)	entertaining martial arts comedy	2008-08-14	Simon
Cub Tiger From Kwangtung (1973)	Actually quite good	2008-07-16	Simon
Heads For Sale (1970)	Great title	2008-04-12	Simon
A Warrior's Tragedy (1993)	Delirious & visually impressive wuxia piece	2008-02-26	Simon
Iron Buddha (1970)	Watchable, but not very good	2008-02-07	Simon
The Golden Lion (1975)	a very entertaining watch	2007-10-08	Simon
Fatal Contact (2006)	Bad film, great Wu Jing showcase	2007-09-11	Simon
Masked Avengers (1981)	The action is the highlight	2007-08-27	Simon
Pursuit of Vengeance (1977)	Pretty good stuff!	2007-08-18	Simon
Men from the Monastery (1974)	Perhaps hasn't aged well	2007-07-30	Simon
The Silent Swordsman (1967)	Fairly good for the time	2007-07-25	Simon
Magnificent Swordsman (1968)	Surprisingly mediocre	2007-07-24	Simon
Marco Polo (1975)	A bit rubbish	2007-07-13	Simon
Five Superfighters (1979)	Pretty dumb	2007-06-26	Simon
The Swift Knight (1971)	A cut above average	2007-06-19	Simon
The Black Tavern (1972)	Great inn-based wu xia	2007-06-11	Simon
Valley Of The Fangs (1970)	Worthy entry in a crowded genre	2007-06-03	Simon
Portrait In Crystal (1983)	Fun fantasy wu xia, 80's style	2007-05-24	Simon
Shanghai Shanghai (1990)	lacks that 'certain something'	2007-05-18	Simon
The Black Lizard (1981)	Production line Chor Yuen	2007-05-02	Simon
The Secret Of The Dirk (1970)	Worth a watch for fans of the genre	2007-04-30	Simon
Rape Of The Sword (1967)	A short film... but a good one	2007-04-24	Simon
Kung Fu Mahjong II (2005)	Wong Jing is as Wong Jing does	2007-04-23	Simon
Twins Mission (2007)	Not a classic, but good fluff	2007-04-22	Simon
Vengeance Of A Snowgirl (1971)	Another good Shaw Brothers wuxia	2007-04-21	Simon