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
Swordsman and Enchantress (1978)	Chor Yuen adapts Gu Long once again	2024-04-01	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
The Magic Crane (1993)	Not Film Workshop's finest hour	2024-02-07	Simon
Zen of Sword (1992)	Solid but not essential Swordsman-like	2023-11-16	Simon
Buddha's Palm (1982)	Creative and camp fantasy wuxia	2023-09-03	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
Sakra (2023)	Nearly a classic	2023-03-31	Simon
Dragon Inn 1992 (1992)	One of my favourite wuxia films	2023-02-24	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 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
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
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
Lady With A Sword (1971)	Stands out from the crowd	2021-08-23	Simon
Web Of Death (1976)	Goofy but entertaining	2021-08-08	Simon
Golden Swallow (1968)	Chang Cheh brings his own style to Come Drink With Me sequel	2021-08-01	Simon
One-Armed Swordsman (1967)	One of the pillars of martial arts cinema	2021-07-18	Simon
Bat Without Wings (1980)	Sadly the KISS makeup is really the best thing about it	2021-06-13	Simon
The Magic Blade (1976)	One of the best Gu Long adaptations	2021-06-07	Simon
Bells Of Death (1968)	Simple but effective story of revenge	2021-06-06	Simon
Human Lanterns (1982)	A real masterpiece!	2021-05-24	Simon
Shadow Whip (1971)	Snowy whips	2021-05-17	Simon