Reviews

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
The Butterfly Murders (1979)	Tsui Hark's first film	2020-08-17	Simon
Deadly Breaking Sword (1979)	Good story, needed better fights	2005-07-31	Simon
The Kung Fu Instructor (1979)	Nearly classic	2006-08-14	Simon
The Magnificent (1979)	Quite a decent piece of old school	2002-02-17	Simon
The Proud Twins (1979)	a pretty solid piece of wu xia	2006-04-21	Simon
Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979)	Great martial arts	2004-05-22	Simon
Raining In The Mountain (1979)	Sumptuous exploration of Buddhist philosophy	2012-11-12	Simon
Last Hurrah For Chivalry (1979)	I never enjoy drinking with a dead man	2012-11-26	Simon
Stalker (1979)	Visually striking religious allegory	2012-11-30	Simon
The Magnificent Butcher (1979)	Kung fu spectacular	2013-10-26	Simon
The Kung Fu Master (1979)	A credible kung fu movie	2020-07-11	Simon
Knockabout (1979)	Introducing Yuen Biao	2021-08-11	Simon
The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)	One of the more enjoyable Venoms films	2022-02-27	Simon
To Kill a Mastermind (1979)	Good fun, but not essential	2023-07-07	Simon
A Massacre Survivor (1979)	...read review...	2024-01-04	Simon
Clan Of The White Lotus (1980)	Classic	2005-02-07	Simon
Shaan (1980)	Great entertainment	2002-10-21	Simon
A Deadly Secret (1980)	Better than average	2005-05-12	Simon
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind (1980)	One of the finest movies ever made!	2002-05-11	Simon
Bat Without Wings (1980)	Sadly the KISS makeup is really the best thing about it	2021-06-13	Simon
By Hook Or By Crook (1980)	somewhat entertaining	2003-03-18	Simon
36 Deadly Styles (1980)	Not very good	2004-02-04	Simon
Heroes Shed No Tears (1980)	...read review...	2004-01-19	Simon
Legend Of The Fox (1980)	Great, once it gets going	2005-09-25	Simon
Rendezvous With Death (1980)	Sun Chung gets it right again	2007-01-28	Simon
Snake Deadly Act (1980)	Quite decent	2002-08-31	Simon
Swift Sword (1980)	Bad, but perhaps enjoyable anyway	2005-08-19	Simon
Convict Killer (1980)	Mediocre wu xia	2006-11-06	Simon
The Enigmatic Case (1980)	Lost Gem	2003-03-07	Simon
Flag Of Iron (1980)	Standard Venoms stuff	2006-08-21	Simon