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 Rating Summary Date Reviewer
Lucky Stars Go Places (1986) Lucky Stars are annoying again 2001-09-15 Simon
Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985) Lose the lucky stars and this could be a great film 2001-09-14 Simon
Fist Of Fury 1991 (1991) Excellently made film 2001-09-13 Simon
King Of Beggars (1992) Good entertainment 2001-09-13 Simon
The Young Master (1980) Excellent kung fu movie 2001-09-10 Simon
Kung Fu Vs. Acrobatic (1990) Mostly Harmless 2001-08-02 Simon
Beggar So (1993) Lesser addition to Wong Fei Hung canon 2001-07-27 Simon
A Fighter's Blues (2000) Brutal in the ring and out 2001-07-24 Simon
God Of Cookery (1996) Surreal and Stylish 2001-07-18 Simon
Skinny Tiger Fatty Dragon (1990) Flawed but fun 2001-07-18 Simon
Righting Wrongs (1986) Genre classic 2001-07-18 Simon
Miracles (1989) Jackie flexes his directorial muscles 2001-07-18 Simon
Juliet In Love (2000) Almost unbelievably good 2001-07-18 Simon
Coolie Killer (1982) Dark, violent landmark action movie 2001-07-18 Simon
Armour Of God (1987) Dated but enjoyable 2001-07-18 Simon
The Assassin (1993) Cheap but interesting 2001-06-27 Simon
Master of Zen (1994) Watchable 2001-06-27 Simon
Gonin (1995) Really really violent 2001-06-19 Simon
Fatal Flying Guillotines (1977) Less speedup would have made a better film 2001-06-13 Simon
Mr. Vampire IV (1988) Enjoyable 2001-06-13 Simon
Deadend of Besiegers (1992) Refreshing, quite a gem 2001-06-13 Simon
Vampire Combat (2001) Like the 21st century never happened 2001-06-12 Simon
From Beijing With Love (1994) My least favourite Chiau movie so far 2001-06-12 Simon
Wu Yen (2001) It's the 90's revival 2001-06-08 Simon
The Sword (1980) Classic new-wave 2001-06-02 Simon
Tokyo Raiders (2000) The future of action films? 2001-06-02 Simon
Too Many Ways To Be No. 1 (1997) Strange and amusing 2001-05-31 Simon
Once Upon A Time in China V (1994) Quite good, from what I could see 2001-05-31 Simon
Painted Skin (1993) Not bad, not great 2001-05-29 Simon
For Bad Boys Only (2000) Fun fluff 2001-05-27 Simon

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