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
The Secret Rivals 2 (1977)	Bare-boned indie kick-em-up	2024-12-08	Simon
The Tai-Chi Master (1993)	Suffers from high expectations	2024-10-13	Simon
The Magic Crane (1993)	Not Film Workshop's finest hour	2024-02-07	Simon
Zen of Sword (1992)	Solid but not essential Swordsman-like	2023-11-16	Simon
All Men Are Brothers (1973)	Less fun than I remembered	2023-10-01	Simon
Dreaming the Reality (1991)	Much as you'd expect	2023-09-28	Simon
Stage Door Johnny (1990)	A mixed bag	2023-08-24	Simon
In The Line Of Duty III (1988)	Basic but competently delivered	2023-05-23	Simon
The Barefoot Kid (1993)	Fine but nothing special	2023-02-05	Simon
Holy Virgin Versus The Evil Dead (1991)	One of the all-time great film titles!	2022-10-26	Simon
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978)	Better than expected	2022-05-16	Simon
The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)	One of the more enjoyable Venoms films	2022-02-27	Simon
Hand Of Death (1976)	Largely forgettable Shaolin story	2021-11-13	Simon
The Master of Kung Fu (1973)	Solid but unremarkable Wong Fei-Hung story	2021-08-15	Simon
Web Of Death (1976)	Goofy but entertaining	2021-08-08	Simon
The Postman Fights Back (1982)	Some good moments but they don't cohere into a strong film	2021-07-02	Simon
Executioners From Shaolin (1977)	Less obviously a Lau Kar-Leung film than most he directed	2021-06-20	Simon
Shaolin Vs Evil Dead: Ultimate Power (2006)	Cheap and cheesy sequel/prequel that's fun to watch	2021-05-22	Simon
Shadow Whip (1971)	Snowy whips	2021-05-17	Simon
Black Butterfly (1968)	A decent if unremarkable late 60's wuxia	2021-05-10	Simon
The Lady Is the Boss (1983)	Great fights but cringingly dated fashions	2021-03-13	Simon
Operation Condor (1991)	Undoubtedly expensive but lacking something	2021-03-07	Simon
The Dragon Tamers (1975)	Fine, I guess	2020-07-28	Simon
Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)	Ridiculous Chinese New Year's fluff	2020-07-25	Simon
The Kung Fu Master (1979)	A credible kung fu movie	2020-07-11	Simon
Long Road To Gallantry (1984)	Fun but slight wu xia from Shaw Brothers' autumn years	2019-11-17	Simon
The Beheaded 1000 (1993)	Random mentalness	2015-04-25	Simon
Shanghai 13 (1984)	Chang Cheh goes indie	2015-02-18	Simon
Lady Of Steel (1970)	Passable Shaw Brothers/Cheng Pei-Pei swordplay film	2013-02-02	Simon
Moon Warriors (1992)	Not nearly as good as I remembered it being	2012-11-22	Simon