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
Descendant Of The Sun (1983)	A guilty pleasure at best	2005-04-27	Simon
My Hero (1990)	Remarkably random	2005-04-24	Simon
Battle Wizard (1977)	Early example of fantasy wu xia	2005-04-18	Simon
Banlieue 13 (2004)	Great ACTION film (don't go looking for deep plot)	2005-04-13	Simon
Explosive City (2004)	Good entertaining cinema, HK style	2005-04-10	Simon
The Master (1992)	One of the worst films ever made	2005-04-04	Simon
Butterfly In Grey (2002)	Lesbians in prison	2005-03-21	Simon
Kikoku (2003)	Disappointingly generic Yakuza movie from Miike	2005-03-16	Simon
Death Valley (1968)	watchable but non-essential	2005-03-13	Simon
Casshern (2004)	Style over substance, but very very stylish	2005-03-12	Simon
Beyond Our Ken (2004)	Nearly a great film	2005-03-01	Simon
Bang Rajan (2000)	Slightly messy but dramatic and gory epic	2005-02-28	Simon
The Enchantress (1983)	a difficult one to rate	2005-02-27	Simon
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)	a love song to kung fu films	2005-02-25	Simon
Bamboo House Of Dolls (1973)	covers all the bases	2005-02-13	Simon
Killers Five (1969)	...read review...	2005-02-09	Simon
The Sword Of Swords (1968)	Decent enough	2005-02-07	Simon
Clan Of The White Lotus (1980)	Classic	2005-02-07	Simon
Legendary Weapons Of China (1982)	Story meh, action omg!	2005-02-04	Simon
Sword Stained With Royal Blood (1981)	Excellent fight scenes	2005-01-15	Simon
Citizen Dog (2004)	Thailand's answer to AMELIE	2005-01-12	Simon
Roving Swordsman (1983)	5/10	2005-01-09	Simon
R-Point (2004)	Just a horror movie in the end	2005-01-09	Simon
Sword In The Moon (2003)	Decent attempt at wu xia from South Korea	2005-01-01	Simon
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring (2004)	Pretty	2004-12-12	Simon
TaeGukGi (2004)	Impressive war film from Korea	2004-12-11	Simon
Vengeance Is A Golden Blade (1969)	Almost epic	2004-12-10	Simon
Martial Club (1981)	May be as good as kung fu films get	2004-12-10	Simon
Kamikaze Taxi (1994)	A very quirky, contemplative film that is never predictable	2004-12-10	Simon
Raw Courage (1969)	One of Lo Wei's better efforts	2004-12-03	Simon