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
Shaolin Temple (1982)	Some of the finest martial arts seen on film	2024-03-18	Simon
The Vengeful Beauty (1978)	Imaginative fights	2024-03-03	Simon
The Flying Guillotine II (1978)	More remote decapitation fun	2024-02-25	Simon
The Flying Guillotine (1975)	Solid action	2024-02-18	Simon
Legend Of The Owl (1981)	A very silly film	2024-02-11	Simon
Painted Skin (1993)	An ignominious end to a stellar career	2024-01-30	Simon
Oath of Death (1971)	Surprisingly gnarly for its time	2024-01-28	Simon
Disciples Of The 36th Chamber (1985)	A sort of swan song for Shaw Brothers	2023-10-08	Simon
All Men Are Brothers (1973)	Less fun than I remembered	2023-10-01	Simon
The Water Margin (1972)	A lavish production delivering entertainment	2023-09-17	Simon
How to Choose a Royal Bride (1985)	A prototype Royal Tramp	2023-08-27	Simon
To Kill a Mastermind (1979)	Good fun, but not essential	2023-07-07	Simon
Perils Of The Sentimental Swordsman (1982)	Pretty and good fun, but inconsequential	2023-06-05	Simon
Death Duel (1977)	Much better than I remembered	2023-05-21	Simon
Lady Whirlwind (1972)	Watchable.	2023-04-16	Simon
Dragon Inn 1992 (1992)	One of my favourite wuxia films	2023-02-24	Simon
The Barefoot Kid (1993)	Fine but nothing special	2023-02-05	Simon
Secret Service Of The Imperial Court (1984)	Goes hard	2023-01-15	Simon
Project A II (1987)	Jackie doing what Jackie does	2022-12-17	Simon
The Lady Hermit (1971)	Enjoyable female-led wuxia	2022-12-11	Simon
Project A (1983)	A Hong Kong cinema landmark	2022-12-08	Simon
New Kung Fu Cult Master (2022)	New but not necessarily improved	2022-12-06	Simon
The Killer Meteors (1976)	Reasonably entertaining fluff	2022-08-09	Simon
The Assassin (1967)	Impressive	2022-08-07	Simon
The Twin Swords (1965)	Basically Temple Of The Red Lotus Part 2	2022-06-21	Simon
Temple Of The Red Lotus (1965)	Not quite as impressive as I remembered, but still pretty cool	2022-06-19	Simon
Boxer From Shantung (1972)	Strong Chen Kuan-Tai vehicle	2022-05-24	Simon
The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)	One of the more enjoyable Venoms films	2022-02-27	Simon
Finger Of Doom (1972)	Ahead of its time	2022-02-06	Simon
Forbidden City Cop (1996)	One of the best Stephen Chiau films of the 1990's	2021-12-12	Simon