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
Magadheera (2009)	Fun tale of reincarnated lovers	2022-06-06	Simon
Rise of the Machine Girls (2019)	A fun throwback to the Golden Age of Japanese Splatter	2022-05-21	Simon
Enthiran 2.0 (2018)	Crazy spectacle	2022-05-01	Simon
Mrs K (2017)	Kara Hui has still got it	2022-04-30	Simon
My Wife Is A Gangster (2001)	Doesn't live up to my memory of it	2022-04-23	Simon
Dil Se (1998)	Not your average Bollywood romance	2022-03-12	Simon
Desperado (1995)	Tremendously entertaining	2022-03-12	Simon
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable - Chapter 1 (2017)	Probably more interesting if you know the manga/anime/games	2022-03-07	Simon
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000)	Commercial cinema at its finest.	2022-03-06	Simon
War (2002)	Whose war is it anyway?	2022-02-27	Simon
Nuigulumar Z (2014)	Love is a teddy bear!	2022-02-12	Simon
Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2 (1972)	...read review...	2022-01-29	Simon
Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)	The Meiko Kaji reboot	2022-01-25	Simon
Pursuit of a Killer (1985)	Prototype Cat III nasty	2022-01-23	Simon
Saaho (2019)	Maximum overload	2021-12-19	Simon
Project S (1993)	Decent cops & robbers banger	2021-12-18	Simon
Police Story 3 - Supercop (1992)	Shoehorned into the franchise but earns its place	2021-12-11	Simon
Eega (2012)	You messed with the wrong Muscidae, bitch	2021-12-05	Simon
Jailbreak (2017)	Cambodia's Raid-a-like takes no prisoners	2021-12-04	Simon
Crows Zero (2007)	Rather unexciting	2021-11-08	Simon
Sanak (2021)	Die Hard in a hospital	2021-11-02	Simon
Graveyard Of Honour (Miike) (2002)	Less interesting than Fukasaku's original	2021-10-05	Simon
The Raid 2 (2014)	Amazing action, but bloated and cliched	2021-10-03	Simon
Graveyard of Honour (Fukasaku) (1975)	A reminder that Yakuza are generally not nice people	2021-10-03	Simon
Jam (2018)	A bit of a Sabu throwback	2021-09-29	Simon
Samurai Reincarnation (1981)	Sounds more fun than it actually is	2021-09-25	Simon
Doomsday (2008)	Very uneven but has some fun moments	2021-09-19	Simon
Millionaires' Express (1986)	Sammo really went all-out on this one	2021-09-19	Simon
Expect The Unexpected (1998)	Expect a challenging and thoughtful film	2021-09-12	Simon
Operation Mekong (2016)	Empty spectacle	2021-09-11	Simon