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
Sakra (2023)	Nearly a classic	2023-03-31	Simon
New Kung Fu Cult Master (2022)	New but not necessarily improved	2022-12-06	Simon
Call of Heroes (2016)	Justice only exists if it is maintained	2020-08-24	Simon
Iceman 3D (2013)	Not as good as the original	2014-07-31	Simon
The Four (2012)	Top drawer wu xia extravaganza	2014-10-19	Simon
Wu Xia (2011)	Fresh and well executed	2012-01-06	Simon
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)	Looks good, but lacks substance	2012-04-21	Simon
14 Blades (2010)	Forgettable	2010-10-26	Simon
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010)	Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre	2010-12-04	Simon
Storm Warriors (2009)	Meh	2010-10-26	Simon
Legend Of Zu (2001)	Sensory spectacle	2001-11-17	Simon
The Duel (2000)	Just about passes as entertainment	2006-01-16	Simon
The Storm Riders (1998)	A genuine epic that pioneered a new style of wu xia film	2021-02-27	Simon
Forbidden City Cop (1996)	One of the best Stephen Chiau films of the 1990's	2021-12-12	Simon
The Blade (1995)	Tsui Hark reinvents himself again	2005-10-30	Simon
A Chinese Odyssey (1995)	Confusing and ambitious	2012-06-18	Simon
Fire Dragon (1994)	Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition	2013-06-08	Simon
Maidens Of Heavenly Mountain (1994)	Beautiful nonsense	2012-11-20	Simon
What Price Survival (1994)	Visually beautiful, rather impenetrable	2001-05-27	Simon
Deadful Melody (1994)	Well worth a watch	2005-07-02	Simon
Ashes Of Time (1994)	A work of art	2002-04-14	Simon
The Magic Crane (1993)	Not Film Workshop's finest hour	2024-02-07	Simon
Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)	Ridiculous Chinese New Year's fluff	2020-07-25	Simon
The Beheaded 1000 (1993)	Random mentalness	2015-04-25	Simon
The Sword Of Many Loves (1993)	Mad as a bag of poisonous spiders	2013-02-17	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
The Bride With White Hair (1993)	One of the most beautiful and tragic wu xia films	2013-01-03	Simon
Blade Of Fury (1993)	Epic tale of politics, brotherhood and kung fu	2012-11-06	Simon
Kung Fu Cult Master (1993)	One of the best examples of the early 90's wu xia film	2012-10-31	Simon
Butterfly And Sword (1993)	Some of the best early 90's wire-fu choreography	2000-10-16	Simon