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
Tai Chi Zero (2012)	Slick, quirky kung-fu comedy	2013-03-31	Simon
Open Your Eyes (1997)	A movie for grown-ups	2013-03-30	Simon
Hero (Corey Yuen) (1997)	Inferior remake of BOXER FROM SHANTUNG	2013-02-18	Simon
The Sword Of Many Loves (1993)	Mad as a bag of poisonous spiders	2013-02-17	Simon
Looper (2012)	Relatively coherent time travel thriller	2013-02-14	Simon
Karate-Robo Zaborgar (2011)	Another Japanese kids show revival project	2013-02-10	Simon
Let The Bullets Fly (2010)	Action comedy that's smart and funny	2013-02-09	Simon
Not One Less (1999)	Manipulative but good	2013-02-09	Simon
Red Eagle (2010)	Disappointing effort from a usually talented writer/director	2013-02-02	Simon
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)	Beautiful contemplation on the bittersweet years of adolescence	2013-02-02	Simon
Lady Of Steel (1970)	Passable Shaw Brothers/Cheng Pei-Pei swordplay film	2013-02-02	Simon
Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (1994)	Captures a moment in Chinese history well	2013-01-30	Simon
Overheard (2009)	Stylish thriller that sometimes gets a bit silly	2013-01-28	Simon
Dead Sushi (2012)	Any sushi that sings that good can't be all bad!	2013-01-26	Simon
Deadball (2011)	Splattery and demented, but not as good as it could be	2013-01-25	Simon
The Expendables 2 (2012)	Lots of stars, no money left for a script writer?	2013-01-20	Simon
City of Lost Children (1995)	Contains the best single scene in cinematic history!	2013-01-20	Simon
A War Named Desire (2000)	Stylish gangster tale	2013-01-13	Simon
The Odd One Dies (1997)	Quirky, cool tale of damaged characters	2013-01-06	Simon
Leon: The Professional (1994)	If you don't help me, I'll be dead by tonight...	2013-01-05	Simon
Throne Of Blood (1957)	Kurosawa's interpretation of Macbeth	2013-01-04	Simon
The Bride With White Hair 2 (1993)	Another sequel that doesn't seem to understand why we loved the original	2013-01-03	Simon
The Bride With White Hair (1993)	One of the most beautiful and tragic wu xia films	2013-01-03	Simon
Wild Search (1989)	Richly characterised tale of redemption and recovery	2012-12-31	Simon
The Avenging Eagle (1978)	One of the better Shaw Brothers martial arts films	2012-12-29	Simon
King Eagle (1971)	Good Sister, Bad Sister	2012-12-05	Simon
Like A Dragon (2007)	Miike finds another fresh way to take on the Yakuza genre	2012-12-05	Simon
Live Flesh (1997)	Rich, sophisticated and mature	2012-12-03	Simon
Stalker (1979)	Visually striking religious allegory	2012-11-30	Simon
Melancholia (2011)	A strangely beautiful film about being depressed	2012-11-29	Simon