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
Oath of Death (1971)	Surprisingly gnarly for its time	2024-01-28	Simon
The Water Margin (1972)	A lavish production delivering entertainment	2023-09-17	Simon
Death Duel (1977)	Much better than I remembered	2023-05-21	Simon
Project A II (1987)	Jackie doing what Jackie does	2022-12-17	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
Forbidden City Cop (1996)	One of the best Stephen Chiau films of the 1990's	2021-12-12	Simon
The Magnificent Trio (1966)	Deserves more appreciation	2021-11-29	Simon
Twelve Gold Medallions (1970)	Not quite as impressive as I remembered	2021-11-07	Simon
Golden Swallow (1968)	Chang Cheh brings his own style to Come Drink With Me sequel	2021-08-01	Simon
The Magic Blade (1976)	One of the best Gu Long adaptations	2021-06-07	Simon
Shanghai Blues (1984)	Zany comedy with a human heart	2020-07-13	Simon
The Bullet Vanishes (2012)	Sherlock Holmes in Tiancheng?	2020-02-23	Simon
Pedicab Driver (1989)	Legendary Sammo film finally gets a DVD release	2016-02-20	Simon
The Dragon Missile (1976)	Fun romp in the Flying Guillotine style	2015-03-13	Simon
The Shaolin Plot (1977)	Largely unknown old school classic	2015-02-18	Simon
The Magnificent Butcher (1979)	Kung fu spectacular	2013-10-26	Simon
The Avenging Eagle (1978)	One of the better Shaw Brothers martial arts films	2012-12-29	Simon
Last Hero In China (1993)	An irreverent addition to the Wong Fei Hung canon	2012-11-24	Simon
Mr. Vampire (1985)	Genre defining classic	2012-10-02	Simon
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind 2 (1990)	Worthy successor	2012-06-22	Simon
Wu Xia (2011)	Fresh and well executed	2012-01-06	Simon
A Warrior's Tragedy (1993)	Delirious & visually impressive wuxia piece	2008-02-26	Simon
The Swift Knight (1971)	A cut above average	2007-06-19	Simon
The Black Tavern (1972)	Great inn-based wu xia	2007-06-11	Simon
Valley Of The Fangs (1970)	Worthy entry in a crowded genre	2007-06-03	Simon
Brothers Five (1970)	One of Lo Wei's best films	2007-03-20	Simon
Justice, My Foot! (1992)	Good if you're a Chiau fan	2007-03-14	Simon
A Battle Of Wits (2006)	Well worth a look if you're a fan of this sort of film!	2007-03-04	Simon
The Jade Raksha (1968)	Enjoyable Cheng Pei-Pei vehicle	2007-02-26	Simon