Action 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
The Legend Of Wisely (1987)	Big budget Indiana Jones clone	2001-10-16	Simon
Space Travellers (2000)	Very enjoyable hostage-based capers	2001-10-15	Simon
City Of Lost Souls (2000)	Best use of CGI in a movie ever!	2001-10-13	Simon
Option Zero (1997)	Good action, forgivable plot	2001-10-13	Simon
Mahjong Dragon (1997)	All over the place but entertaining	2001-10-11	Simon
Tricky Brains (1991)	Mo Lei Tau!	2001-09-26	Simon
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
Kung Fu Vs. Acrobatic (1990)	Mostly Harmless	2001-08-02	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
Coolie Killer (1982)	Dark, violent landmark action movie	2001-07-18	Simon
Armour Of God (1987)	Dated but enjoyable	2001-07-18	Simon
Gonin (1995)	Really really violent	2001-06-19	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
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
For Bad Boys Only (2000)	Fun fluff	2001-05-27	Simon
My Lucky Stars (1985)	Bad comedy	2001-05-27	Simon
Sunshine Cops (1999)	Great first hour, then goes wrong	2001-05-27	Simon
Martial Angels (2001)	Comprehensively dreadful	2001-05-27	Simon
Hit Team (2001)	Disappointing	2001-05-27	Simon
Drunken Tai Chi (1984)	Semi-old school, quite enjoyable	2001-05-27	Simon
Beyond Hypothermia (1996)	Early milkway, not quite reaching the heights of their later work	2001-05-27	Simon
Kid From Tibet (1992)	Had me worried at first	2001-05-27	Simon