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
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
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
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
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
The Midnight After (2014)	Uneven and ultimately a bit unsatisfying	2015-01-17	Simon
Fairy Tale Killer (2012)	Serial killer film that never really goes anywhere	2014-08-09	Simon
Iceman 3D (2013)	Not as good as the original	2014-07-31	Simon
A Chinese Legend (1991)	Yet another knock-off of A CHINESE GHOST STORY	2013-05-03	Simon
Hero (Corey Yuen) (1997)	Inferior remake of BOXER FROM SHANTUNG	2013-02-18	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
Five Element Ninjas (1982)	Interesting ideas, uninspired execution	2012-11-09	Simon