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 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
The Master of Kung Fu (1973) Solid but unremarkable Wong Fei-Hung story 2021-08-15 Simon
Web Of Death (1976) Goofy but entertaining 2021-08-08 Simon
The Postman Fights Back (1982) Some good moments but they don't cohere into a strong film 2021-07-02 Simon
Executioners From Shaolin (1977) Less obviously a Lau Kar-Leung film than most he directed 2021-06-20 Simon

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