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
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
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
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 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
New Shaolin Boxers (1976) Simple film 2010-11-04 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
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
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

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Reviews by genre

Martial Arts (37)
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Wuxia (12)
Historical Epic (5)
Fantasy (2)
Gangster (2)
Action (1)
Comedy (1)
Drama (1)
Romance (1)
War (1)
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