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
The Vengeful Beauty (1978) Imaginative fights 2024-03-03 Simon
The Flying Guillotine II (1978) More remote decapitation fun 2024-02-25 Simon
Game Of Death (1978) Worse than I remembered 2023-11-04 Simon
The Five Venoms (1978) ...read review... 2022-11-21 Simon
Heroes Of The East (1978) Amongst the greatest kung fu films ever made 2022-07-04 Simon
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978) Better than expected 2022-05-16 Simon
Snake In The Eagle's Shadow (1978) One of the first kung fu comedies, and one of the best 2021-09-25 Simon
Enter The Fat Dragon (1978) Sammo does Bruce justice 2021-03-11 Simon
Snake And Crane Arts Of Shaolin (1978) Great final reel but the rest is trash 2021-02-26 Simon
Soul Of The Sword (1978) Beautiful production values and a tragic plot 2019-08-24 Simon
The Avenging Eagle (1978) One of the better Shaw Brothers martial arts films 2012-12-29 Simon
Warriors Two (1978) Classic showcase of Wing Chun 2012-10-04 Simon
Spiritual Kung Fu (1978) No classic but worth a look 2012-08-31 Simon
The Proud Youth (1978) A decent film, but not remarkable 2006-02-02 Simon
Clan Of Amazons (1978) Weak Chor Yuen/Ku Long collaboration 2006-01-17 Simon
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978) Story is just too complicated for a film? 2005-07-29 Simon
Shaolin Mantis (1978) Probably David Chiang's best film 2004-10-22 Simon
Shaolin Hand Lock (1978) Would have made a good Bruce Lee film 2004-01-19 Simon
Invincible Shaolin (1978) Chang Cheh's response to 36th Chamber Of Shaolin 2004-01-19 Simon
36th Chamber Of Shaolin (1978) Essential for kung fu fans 2003-06-08 Simon
Legend Of The Bat (1978) Entertaining fantasy 2003-05-10 Simon
Descendant Of Wing Chun (1978) Convoluted 2002-08-17 Simon
Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog (1978) Good fun, good fights 2002-03-04 Simon
Crippled Avengers (1978) Very 'old school' 2002-01-17 Simon
Heroes Of The East (1978) Greatest martial arts film ever made? 2001-11-10 Simon

Reviews by rating from Hong Kong in the Martial Arts genre released in 1978

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Reviews by genre from Hong Kong released in 1978

Martial Arts (25)
Period Film (14)
Wuxia (8)
Comedy (7)
Action (6)
Fantasy (4)
Thriller (1)

Reviews by country in the Martial Arts genre released in 1978

Hong Kong (25)
Taiwan (4)