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 Invincible Eight (1971) Mainly of historical interest 2024-10-26 Simon
Brave Young Girls (1990) Standard low budget HK crime action/drama 2024-06-29 Simon
The Mystery of Chess Boxing (1979) Incredibly basic kung fu revenge story 2024-06-15 Simon
The Vengeful Beauty (1978) Imaginative fights 2024-03-03 Simon
Painted Skin (1993) An ignominious end to a stellar career 2024-01-30 Simon
Super Lady Cop (1992) Stupid film with amazing action 2023-11-05 Simon
Game Of Death (1978) Worse than I remembered 2023-11-04 Simon
The Goddess Of Mercy (1966) Guanyin origin story 2023-10-15 Simon
Devil Hunters (1989) Pretty slapdash 2023-08-31 Simon
The Shaolin Boxers (1974) Generic 2023-07-23 Simon
Easy Money (1987) For richer or for poorer... 2023-06-18 Simon
The Killer Meteors (1976) Reasonably entertaining fluff 2022-08-09 Simon
The Deadly Knives (1972) Decent action makes up for a recycled story 2022-07-10 Simon
Pursuit of a Killer (1985) Prototype Cat III nasty 2022-01-23 Simon
Hail The Judge (1994) A few good scenes but suffers in translation 2021-09-21 Simon
Erotic Ghost Story (1990) Barely delivers what the title promises 2021-09-02 Simon
Black Mask (1996) Sounds great on paper but doesn't deliver 2021-06-17 Simon
Bat Without Wings (1980) Sadly the KISS makeup is really the best thing about it 2021-06-13 Simon
Shaolin Drunkard (1983) More Yuen Clan antics 2021-05-23 Simon
The Angry Guest (1971) What kind of guests? Angry guests. 2021-04-29 Simon
Aces Go Places III (1984) Lacks the chemistry of its predecessor 2021-04-01 Simon
Aces Go Places (1982) Influential action comedy but terribly dated 2021-03-28 Simon
A Man Called Tiger (1973) A fairly typical film of the era 2021-03-25 Simon
Snake And Crane Arts Of Shaolin (1978) Great final reel but the rest is trash 2021-02-26 Simon
The Brave Archer (1977) Barebones adaptation of the Condor Heroes novels 2020-09-27 Simon
Spooky, Spooky (1988) Nothing special 2020-09-04 Simon
The Ghost Snatchers (1986) Who you gonna call? Not these guys. 2020-08-28 Simon
Wonder Seven (1994) Not Ching Siu-Tung's finest hour 2020-08-01 Simon
Once Upon A Time In China III (1993) The series falters in its 3rd outing 2020-05-31 Simon
Z Storm (2014) Wherever there is corruption... there is the ICAC 2020-03-05 Simon

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