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
What Price Honesty? (1981)	Shallow and mediocre	2019-08-25	Simon
Soul Of The Sword (1978)	Beautiful production values and a tragic plot	2019-08-24	Simon
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny (2016)	Far from worthy of sharing a name with Ang Lee's film	2016-03-01	Simon
Pedicab Driver (1989)	Legendary Sammo film finally gets a DVD release	2016-02-20	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)	Just as enjoyable and well made as the first film	2016-01-31	Simon
The Beheaded 1000 (1993)	Random mentalness	2015-04-25	Simon
The Dragon Missile (1976)	Fun romp in the Flying Guillotine style	2015-03-13	Simon
Kung Fu Jungle (2014)	Martial arts are for killing	2015-03-11	Simon
Shanghai 13 (1984)	Chang Cheh goes indie	2015-02-18	Simon
The Shaolin Plot (1977)	Largely unknown old school classic	2015-02-18	Simon
God's Puzzle (2008)	Miike takes on the universe	2015-01-25	Simon
The Midnight After (2014)	Uneven and ultimately a bit unsatisfying	2015-01-17	Simon
Assault On Wall Street (2013)	The redemption of Uwe Boll	2014-12-27	Simon
Peacock King (1989)	People who can think won't like it...	2014-11-30	Simon
The Four (2012)	Top drawer wu xia extravaganza	2014-10-19	Simon
Metro Manila (2013)	Poverty and corruption	2014-10-19	Simon
R100 (2013)	Only in Japan	2014-10-05	Simon
Fairy Tale Killer (2012)	Serial killer film that never really goes anywhere	2014-08-09	Simon
Desire To Kill (2010)	Delicious black comedy about revenge	2014-08-06	Simon
Tom Yum Goong 2 (2013)	Tony Jaa shows he can still kick ass	2014-08-01	Simon
Iceman 3D (2013)	Not as good as the original	2014-07-31	Simon
Chinese Zodiac (2012)	Messy but ultimately entertaining	2014-06-22	Simon
Lesson of the Evil (2012)	Another high school nightmare from Japan	2014-03-09	Simon
Confessions (2010)	One sin leads to another	2014-03-08	Simon
The Land Of Hope (2012)	Gently urgent warning about Fukushima	2014-01-05	Simon
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)	Santa Claus's dark side	2014-01-03	Simon
Troll Hunter (2010)	Nice special effects save it from being too derivative	2014-01-03	Simon
Blind Detective (2013)	A glorious mess of a film	2014-01-03	Simon
Only God Forgives (2013)	Pretentious and tedious	2014-01-02	Simon
Sonatine (1993)	Beautifully meditative take on the yakuza film	2013-12-15	Simon