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 Last Woman of Shang (1964) Lavish historical epic 2024-09-02 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
Disciples Of The 36th Chamber (1985) A sort of swan song for Shaw Brothers 2023-10-08 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
Lady Whirlwind (1972) Watchable. 2023-04-16 Simon
Secret Service Of The Imperial Court (1984) Goes hard 2023-01-15 Simon
The Lady Hermit (1971) Enjoyable female-led wuxia 2022-12-11 Simon
New Kung Fu Cult Master (2022) New but not necessarily improved 2022-12-06 Simon
The Twin Swords (1965) Basically Temple Of The Red Lotus Part 2 2022-06-21 Simon
Taoist Priest (2021) It's the 21st century mainland friendly Mr. Vampire 2021-03-08 Simon
Call of Heroes (2016) Justice only exists if it is maintained 2020-08-24 Simon
The Butterfly Murders (1979) Tsui Hark's first film 2020-08-17 Simon
The Delightful Forest (1972) Solid Ti Lung vehicle 2020-08-03 Simon
God Of Gamblers III : Back To Shanghai (1991) Almost no gambling, but lots of silly comedy 2020-06-21 Simon
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018) Some creative fight choreography 2020-06-16 Simon
Fire Dragon (1994) Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition 2013-06-08 Simon
King Eagle (1971) Good Sister, Bad Sister 2012-12-05 Simon
Burning Paradise (1994) Gothic and macabre wire fu from Ringo Lam 2012-10-30 Simon
The Dead and The Deadly (1982) Very enjoyable supernatural action-comedy 2012-06-26 Simon
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010) Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre 2010-12-04 Simon
Twelve Deadly Coins (1969) Thoroughly enjoyable 2009-07-26 Simon
The Angry River (1971) Worth a look 2009-07-18 Simon
Painted Skin 2008 (2008) Well acted and quite enjoyable 2008-12-08 Simon
The Loot (1980) entertaining martial arts comedy 2008-08-14 Simon
The Golden Lion (1975) a very entertaining watch 2007-10-08 Simon
Masked Avengers (1981) The action is the highlight 2007-08-27 Simon

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