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 Invincible Eight (1971) Mainly of historical interest 2024-10-26 Simon
The Vengeful Beauty (1978) Imaginative fights 2024-03-03 Simon
Painted Skin (1993) An ignominious end to a stellar career 2024-01-30 Simon
The Killer Meteors (1976) Reasonably entertaining fluff 2022-08-09 Simon
Hail The Judge (1994) A few good scenes but suffers in translation 2021-09-21 Simon
Snake And Crane Arts Of Shaolin (1978) Great final reel but the rest is trash 2021-02-26 Simon
The Brave Archer (1977) Barebones adaptation of the Condor Heroes novels 2020-09-27 Simon
Once Upon A Time In China III (1993) The series falters in its 3rd outing 2020-05-31 Simon
A Chinese Legend (1991) Yet another knock-off of A CHINESE GHOST STORY 2013-05-03 Simon
Hero (Corey Yuen) (1997) Inferior remake of BOXER FROM SHANTUNG 2013-02-18 Simon
The Bride With White Hair 2 (1993) Another sequel that doesn't seem to understand why we loved the original 2013-01-03 Simon
Mr. Vampire II (1986) Never kiss a vampire 2012-11-05 Simon
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011) Looks good, but lacks substance 2012-04-21 Simon
Iron Buddha (1970) Watchable, but not very good 2008-02-07 Simon
Men from the Monastery (1974) Perhaps hasn't aged well 2007-07-30 Simon
Five Superfighters (1979) Pretty dumb 2007-06-26 Simon
The Black Lizard (1981) Production line Chor Yuen 2007-05-02 Simon
The Mighty One (1971) Muddled plot, inventive action 2006-09-14 Simon
Clan Of Amazons (1978) Weak Chor Yuen/Ku Long collaboration 2006-01-17 Simon
Call To Arms (1973) Nice eye candy, not much else 2005-08-31 Simon
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978) Story is just too complicated for a film? 2005-07-29 Simon
The East Is Red (1993) Cheap cash-in 2005-07-19 Simon
Roving Swordsman (1983) 5/10 2005-01-09 Simon
Twins Effect II (2004) Should have been better 2004-10-23 Simon
That Fiery Girl (1968) Mostly awful until the finale 2004-08-23 Simon
The Rescue (1971) Didn't do much for me 2004-05-22 Simon
Two Champions Of Shaolin (1980) Terrible in most respects 2004-01-19 Simon
The Master (Shaw Brothers) (1980) Great kung fu, ok movie 2003-09-10 Simon
To Kill With Intrigue (1977) Blah 2003-02-23 Simon
Descendant Of Wing Chun (1978) Convoluted 2002-08-17 Simon

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