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
Get the Hell Out (2020)	Super-fun action comedy with zombies	2021-08-14	Simon
Wonderful Paradise (2020)	My kind of party	2021-06-05	Simon
Red Post On Escher Street (2020)	My face isn't a crowd	2021-05-15	Simon
Deliver Us From Evil (2020)	Not much to recommend it but has some decent action	2021-03-20	Simon
Skylin3s (2020)	Easy to watch but pretty dumb	2021-03-20	Simon
The Swordsman (2020)	Straightforward but satisfying entertainment	2021-03-02	Simon
Tokyo Dragon Chef (2020)	Wacky foodie film hampered by zero budget	2021-01-31	Simon
Double World (2020)	Big budget epic fantasy	2020-07-26	Simon
Extraction (2020)	An action masterclass	2020-06-17	Simon
The Flowers of Evil (2019)	Shockingly mature Noboru Iguchi film	2024-01-02	Simon
Parasite (2019)	Class consciousness	2023-09-03	Simon
Bloody Chainsaw Girl Returns: Giko Awakens (2019)	Continues/concludes the BCG story	2022-12-22	Simon
Bloody Chainsaw Girl Returns: Revenge of Nero (2019)	Remake of BCG with a new cast	2022-12-22	Simon
Rise of the Machine Girls (2019)	A fun throwback to the Golden Age of Japanese Splatter	2022-05-21	Simon
Pain and Glory (2019)	Clearly Almodóvar's most personal film	2022-04-28	Simon
Dancing Mary (2019)	Another Sabu masterpiece	2022-01-09	Simon
Saaho (2019)	Maximum overload	2021-12-19	Simon
Hydra (2019)	Very low budget but a great calling card for the crew	2021-07-24	Simon
Tezuka's Barbara (2019)	Rather lifeless interpretation of a manga	2021-07-02	Simon
Wira (2019)	Man I hope I never have to fight Yayan Ruhian	2021-03-13	Simon
The Fable (2019)	Slick action comedy with blockbuster potential	2021-01-18	Simon
Bullets of Justice (2019)	Weird in ways I never imagined a film could be weird	2020-10-21	Simon
The Prey (2019)	Tightly executed take on the human hunt	2020-08-25	Simon
The Forest of Love (2019)	Cinema is life, you know	2020-08-16	Simon
The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)	Weird anthology film	2024-04-29	Simon
Enthiran 2.0 (2018)	Crazy spectacle	2022-05-01	Simon
Jam (2018)	A bit of a Sabu throwback	2021-09-29	Simon
Punk Samurai Slash Down (2018)	The most bonkers film I've seen in a while	2021-09-18	Simon
Padmaavat (2018)	Looks pretty but weak in most other respects	2021-06-28	Simon
Last Letter (2018)	Another gem from Shunji Iwai	2021-05-30	Simon