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 Rating Summary Date Reviewer
Man Of Iron (1972) Solid Chen Kuan-Tai vehicle 2006-05-06 Simon
Ten Tigers Of Kwantung (1979) Disposable kung fu 2006-05-01 Simon
The Flying Dagger (1969) Solid swordplay film 2006-01-08 Simon
New One-Armed Swordsman (1971) Solid martial arts film 2005-12-29 Simon
Return Of The One-Armed Swordsman (1969) A pretty worthy film 2005-12-29 Simon
Legend Of The Fox (1980) Great, once it gets going 2005-09-25 Simon
Ode To Gallantry (1982) Good story, a bit short on fights 2005-08-15 Simon
The Invincible Fist (1969) Above average 2005-05-29 Simon
Sword Stained With Royal Blood (1981) Excellent fight scenes 2005-01-15 Simon
Five Shaolin Masters (1974) Too much fighting! 2004-05-22 Simon
Chinatown Kid (1977) Great piece of 70's action 2004-02-26 Simon
Na Cha The Great (1974) Chang Cheh does new wave fantasy 2004-01-19 Simon
Invincible Shaolin (1978) Chang Cheh's response to 36th Chamber Of Shaolin 2004-01-19 Simon
All Men Are Brothers (1973) Great production values and lots of fun 2004-01-19 Simon
Two Champions Of Shaolin (1980) Terrible in most respects 2004-01-19 Simon
Police Force (1973) ...read review... 2004-01-19 Simon
Trail Of The Broken Blade (1967) One of the better swordplay films of its era 2003-07-27 Simon
Iron Bodyguard (1973) A generally worthy film 2003-05-11 Simon
Shaolin Temple (1976) Not that great 2003-05-03 Simon
The Blood Brothers (1973) The best Chang Cheh I've seen so far 2003-03-29 Simon
Heroes Two (1974) Groundbreaking, apparently 2003-02-24 Simon
The Heroic Ones (1970) Probably seemed better at the time than it does now 2003-01-05 Simon
Crippled Avengers (1978) Very 'old school' 2002-01-17 Simon

Reviews by rating in the Martial Arts genre

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Reviews by genre

Martial Arts (53)
Period Film (37)
Wuxia (13)
Action (9)
Gangster (6)
Historical Epic (5)
Fantasy (4)
Drama (3)
War (2)
Comedy (1)
Romance (1)
Thriller (1)
Arthouse (1)
Melodrama (1)