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
Exodus (2007) Quirky little black comedy 2020-08-20 Simon
The Butterfly Murders (1979) Tsui Hark's first film 2020-08-17 Simon
The Delightful Forest (1972) Solid Ti Lung vehicle 2020-08-03 Simon
Dangerous Encounter - 1st Kind (1980) Controversial 2020-08-02 Simon
Eastern Condors (1987) Sammo Hung goes to war 2020-06-29 Simon
God Of Gamblers III : Back To Shanghai (1991) Almost no gambling, but lots of silly comedy 2020-06-21 Simon
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018) Some creative fight choreography 2020-06-16 Simon
Soul Of The Sword (1978) Beautiful production values and a tragic plot 2019-08-24 Simon
Kung Fu Jungle (2014) Martial arts are for killing 2015-03-11 Simon
Fire Dragon (1994) Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition 2013-06-08 Simon
Overheard (2009) Stylish thriller that sometimes gets a bit silly 2013-01-28 Simon
King Eagle (1971) Good Sister, Bad Sister 2012-12-05 Simon
We're Going To Eat You (1980) Darkly amusing kung fu horror 2012-11-27 Simon
All The Wrong Clues (1981) Wildly silly comedy capers 2012-11-27 Simon
Maidens Of Heavenly Mountain (1994) Beautiful nonsense 2012-11-20 Simon
Burning Paradise (1994) Gothic and macabre wire fu from Ringo Lam 2012-10-30 Simon
To Live And Die In TsimShaTsui (1994) Probably better than it should have been 2012-06-30 Simon
The Dead and The Deadly (1982) Very enjoyable supernatural action-comedy 2012-06-26 Simon
A Chinese Odyssey (1995) Confusing and ambitious 2012-06-18 Simon
Life Without Principle (2011) To takes on economics 2012-06-14 Simon
The Viral Factor (2012) Better than it ought to be 2012-05-13 Simon
Tiger Cage (1988) Decent enough 80's cop film 2012-04-28 Simon
Tiger On The Beat (1988) Lau Kar-Leung's foray into modern day action 2012-04-01 Simon
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010) Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre 2010-12-04 Simon
Vengeance (2009) Not as good as THE MISSION or EXILED 2010-10-26 Simon
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006) Good fun and great eye candy 2010-10-26 Simon
Twelve Deadly Coins (1969) Thoroughly enjoyable 2009-07-26 Simon
The Angry River (1971) Worth a look 2009-07-18 Simon
Painted Skin 2008 (2008) Well acted and quite enjoyable 2008-12-08 Simon
The Loot (1980) entertaining martial arts comedy 2008-08-14 Simon

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