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
Heroes Shed No Tears (1984)	A real stinker	2022-07-28	Simon
Deadly Dream Woman (1992)	Drags for a sub-90 minute film	2022-06-12	Simon
The Adventurers (1995)	Quite a mess, but with some big booms	2021-04-17	Simon
The Grandmaster (2013)	Incoherent and overblown	2013-04-07	Simon
City Under Siege (2010)	Not quite as bad as Black Mask 2	2012-04-26	Simon
The Avenging Quartet (1993)	basically trash	2010-11-30	Simon
City War (1988)	Not very good	2010-11-10	Simon
Flaming Brothers (1987)	Utterly dreadful	2009-09-04	Simon
Murder Plot (1979)	...read review...	2008-09-04	Simon
Snake Prince (1976)	Quite awful, but definitely different	2007-02-05	Simon
The Voyage Of Emperor Chien Lung (1978)	Maybe better if you speak the language	2007-01-01	Simon
Godfather Of Canton (1982)	Watchable, nothing more	2006-06-03	Simon
First Shot (1993)	Poor	2006-04-16	Simon
Operation Billionaires (1998)	largely pointless	2006-03-20	Simon
Rivals Of Kung Fu (1974)	Dull Wong Fei Hung film	2006-02-10	Simon
The Peeping (2002)	Not really recommended.	2006-01-08	Simon
Fist Power (2000)	Not a well-made film	2006-01-07	Simon
A-1 Headlines (2005)	A terrible mess	2005-11-04	Simon
Saint Of Gamblers (1995)	Not worth the effort	2005-11-02	Simon
To Err Is Humane (1987)	Don't bother	2005-10-27	Simon
2046 (2004)	Largely a waste of time for all concerned	2005-07-29	Simon
The Venus' Tear Diamond (1971)	May entertain some, but not my cup of tea	2005-07-06	Simon
Angel With The Iron Fists (1967)	Camp James Bond knock-off	2004-11-02	Simon
The Rat Catcher (1974)	Rather twee	2004-01-19	Simon
Danger Has Two Faces (1985)	...read review...	2004-01-19	Simon
The Love Eterne (1963)	Guess I don't like Huangmei Opera!	2004-01-19	Simon
Three Against The World (1988)	Clunker	2003-03-07	Simon
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1983)	Weird!	2003-02-02	Simon
Dry Wood Fierce Fire (2002)	Pointless exercise in derivative movie-making	2002-05-26	Simon
Running Out Of Time II (2001)	Disappointing sequel	2002-01-21	Simon