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
Explosive City (2004) Good entertaining cinema, HK style 2005-04-10 Simon
Beyond Our Ken (2004) Nearly a great film 2005-03-01 Simon
Vengeance Is A Golden Blade (1969) Almost epic 2004-12-10 Simon
The Golden Sword (1969) Decent wu xia film 2004-11-16 Simon
Spiritual Boxer (1975) Lau Kar-Leung's directorial debut 2004-10-22 Simon
Extreme Crisis (1998) Not that bad, honest! 2004-06-11 Simon
The Sentimental Swordsman (1977) Very beautiful and quite enjoyable 2004-05-22 Simon
Era Of Vampires (2002) Get the Singaporean version 2004-03-15 Simon
Killer Snakes (1974) Gritty urban shocker 2004-01-19 Simon
Invincible Shaolin (1978) Chang Cheh's response to 36th Chamber Of Shaolin 2004-01-19 Simon
Heroes Shed No Tears (1980) ...read review... 2004-01-19 Simon
Little Dragon Maiden (1983) Fun fantasy wuxia 2003-10-11 Simon
Trail Of The Broken Blade (1967) One of the better swordplay films of its era 2003-07-27 Simon
36th Chamber Of Shaolin (1978) Essential for kung fu fans 2003-06-08 Simon
The Lizard (1972) quite a decent film 2003-05-23 Simon
Iron Bodyguard (1973) A generally worthy film 2003-05-11 Simon
Fong Sai Yuk II (1993) Not quite as good as the original 2003-04-27 Simon
The Bastard (1973) Enjoyable, if not first-rate Chor Yuen 2003-04-07 Simon
Mou Men Tai 2 (No Problem 2) (2002) Wacky and high energy action film 2003-03-30 Simon
Stolen Love (2001) Clever and unusual 2003-03-07 Simon
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986) Enjoyable 2003-02-15 Simon
The Teahouse (1974) An angry movie 2003-01-18 Simon
Carry On Pickpocket (1982) OK, with great final reel 2002-11-27 Simon
So Close (2002) Cool action scenes if nothing else 2002-09-26 Simon
Blonde Fury (1989) Pure action movie 2002-07-22 Simon
U-Man (2002) Entertaining 2002-06-03 Simon
F***/Off (1998) Funny 2002-05-30 Simon
Ninja In The Dragon's Den (1982) A lot of fun 2002-05-11 Simon
Naked Killer (1992) Stylish nonsense 2002-05-08 Simon
Color Of Pain (2002) Interesting 2002-04-14 Simon

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