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
Six Assassins (1971)	Decent enough but doesn't stand out	2025-06-01	Simon
Twin Blades of Doom (1969)	Quite action-packed and violent wuxia	2025-04-04	Simon
Freedom Strikes a Blow (1973)	Pretty good indie kung fu	2025-02-17	Simon
The Secret Rivals 2 (1977)	Bare-boned indie kick-em-up	2024-12-08	Simon
The Tai-Chi Master (1993)	Suffers from high expectations	2024-10-13	Simon
Land Of Many Perfumes (1968)	More fun monkey magic	2024-08-30	Simon
Cheetah on Fire (1992)	Big, loud and kinda dumb	2024-08-03	Simon
The Singing Thief (1969)	An anomaly in Chang Cheh's career	2024-07-08	Simon
Men Suddenly in Black 2 (2006)	A solid counterpart to the original	2024-05-19	Simon
The Black Rose (1965)	Mainly of historical interest	2024-05-05	Simon
Picture Of A Nymph (1988)	A decent knock-off of A Chinese Ghost Story	2024-04-11	Simon
Queen's High (1991)	Pretty basic Girls With Guns	2024-03-25	Simon
The Magic Crane (1993)	Not Film Workshop's finest hour	2024-02-07	Simon
Inter-Pol (1967)	A decent Bond-alike	2023-12-10	Simon
Zen of Sword (1992)	Solid but not essential Swordsman-like	2023-11-16	Simon
Dragon Fight (1989)	Interesting pairing of two future superstars	2023-11-12	Simon
All Men Are Brothers (1973)	Less fun than I remembered	2023-10-01	Simon
Dreaming the Reality (1991)	Much as you'd expect	2023-09-28	Simon
Angel Enforcers (1989)	Messy but delivers the essentials	2023-09-15	Simon
Stage Door Johnny (1990)	A mixed bag	2023-08-24	Simon
The Dragon Fighter (1990)	Girls and Boys with Guns	2023-08-19	Simon
In The Line Of Duty III (1988)	Basic but competently delivered	2023-05-23	Simon
The Happenings (1980)	Decent enough delinquents film	2023-05-14	Simon
The Barefoot Kid (1993)	Fine but nothing special	2023-02-05	Simon
Holy Virgin Versus The Evil Dead (1991)	One of the all-time great film titles!	2022-10-26	Simon
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978)	Better than expected	2022-05-16	Simon
Mrs K (2017)	Kara Hui has still got it	2022-04-30	Simon
The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)	One of the more enjoyable Venoms films	2022-02-27	Simon
Murderer Pursues (1981)	...read review...	2022-01-23	Simon
Hand Of Death (1976)	Largely forgettable Shaolin story	2021-11-13	Simon