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
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
Shaolin Vs Evil Dead: Ultimate Power (2006)	Cheap and cheesy sequel/prequel that's fun to watch	2021-05-22	Simon
Shadow Whip (1971)	Snowy whips	2021-05-17	Simon
Black Butterfly (1968)	A decent if unremarkable late 60's wuxia	2021-05-10	Simon
Aces Go Places V (1989)	Aces have mostly gone to other places by this point	2021-04-10	Simon
The Lady Is the Boss (1983)	Great fights but cringingly dated fashions	2021-03-13	Simon
Operation Condor (1991)	Undoubtedly expensive but lacking something	2021-03-07	Simon