Reviews of films by Chang Cheh

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
The Singing Killer (1970)	Another thief turns to song	2024-07-14	Simon
The Singing Thief (1969)	An anomaly in Chang Cheh's career	2024-07-08	Simon
All Men Are Brothers (1973)	Less fun than I remembered	2023-10-01	Simon
The Water Margin (1972)	A lavish production delivering entertainment	2023-09-17	Simon
Disciples of Shaolin (1975)	More interesting than it sounds	2023-01-29	Simon
The Five Venoms (1978)	...read review...	2022-11-21	Simon
The Assassin (1967)	Impressive	2022-08-07	Simon
Boxer From Shantung (1972)	Strong Chen Kuan-Tai vehicle	2022-05-24	Simon
The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)	One of the more enjoyable Venoms films	2022-02-27	Simon
The Magnificent Trio (1966)	Deserves more appreciation	2021-11-29	Simon
Golden Swallow (1968)	Chang Cheh brings his own style to Come Drink With Me sequel	2021-08-01	Simon
One-Armed Swordsman (1967)	One of the pillars of martial arts cinema	2021-07-18	Simon
Four Riders (1972)	Everywhere is paradise as long as you have money	2021-05-03	Simon
The Angry Guest (1971)	What kind of guests? Angry guests.	2021-04-29	Simon
Vengeance! (1970)	A really stripped down piece of cinema	2021-04-24	Simon
Have Sword, Will Travel (1969)	Chang Cheh in wuxia mode	2021-04-12	Simon
The Brave Archer (1977)	Barebones adaptation of the Condor Heroes novels	2020-09-27	Simon
The Delinquent (1973)	Gritty social commentary results in bloody fight fest	2020-08-05	Simon
The Delightful Forest (1972)	Solid Ti Lung vehicle	2020-08-03	Simon
Shanghai 13 (1984)	Chang Cheh goes indie	2015-02-18	Simon
King Eagle (1971)	Good Sister, Bad Sister	2012-12-05	Simon
Five Element Ninjas (1982)	Interesting ideas, uninspired execution	2012-11-09	Simon
New Shaolin Boxers (1976)	Simple film	2010-11-04	Simon
House Of Traps (1982)	Reasonably entertaining	2009-09-25	Simon
Masked Avengers (1981)	The action is the highlight	2007-08-27	Simon
Men from the Monastery (1974)	Perhaps hasn't aged well	2007-07-30	Simon
Marco Polo (1975)	A bit rubbish	2007-07-13	Simon
Shaolin Martial Arts (1974)	one of the better Shaolin films	2007-02-14	Simon
Flag Of Iron (1980)	Standard Venoms stuff	2006-08-21	Simon
The Weird Man (1983)	Weird indeed!	2006-08-07	Simon