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
Tokyo Fist (1995)	Peak Shinya Tsukamoto	2020-05-23	Simon
Raivu (2014)	Something went horribly wrong here	2020-05-10	Simon
Meatball Machine (2005)	Budget constrained but imaginative	2020-05-10	Simon
Meatball Machine: Kodoku (2017)	One of the great works of cinema	2020-05-10	Simon
S Storm (2016)	...read review...	2020-04-22	Simon
Z Storm (2014)	Wherever there is corruption... there is the ICAC	2020-03-05	Simon
The Bullet Vanishes (2012)	Sherlock Holmes in Tiancheng?	2020-02-23	Simon
Girl's Blood (2014)	Largely inexplicable fusion of elements but somehow it works	2019-11-16	Simon
Pedicab Driver (1989)	Legendary Sammo film finally gets a DVD release	2016-02-20	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)	Just as enjoyable and well made as the first film	2016-01-31	Simon
Kung Fu Jungle (2014)	Martial arts are for killing	2015-03-11	Simon
Shanghai 13 (1984)	Chang Cheh goes indie	2015-02-18	Simon
Assault On Wall Street (2013)	The redemption of Uwe Boll	2014-12-27	Simon
The Four (2012)	Top drawer wu xia extravaganza	2014-10-19	Simon
Metro Manila (2013)	Poverty and corruption	2014-10-19	Simon
Tom Yum Goong 2 (2013)	Tony Jaa shows he can still kick ass	2014-08-01	Simon
Iceman 3D (2013)	Not as good as the original	2014-07-31	Simon
Chinese Zodiac (2012)	Messy but ultimately entertaining	2014-06-22	Simon
Red Tears (2011)	Rather tepid action/horror/splatter film	2013-11-16	Simon
Drug War (2013)	Hard-boiled Johnnie To cops n' robbers film	2013-08-25	Simon
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)	Perhaps the strangest thing you will ever see	2013-06-10	Simon
Gothic & Lolita Psycho (2010)	Great name, good trailer... that's about it though	2013-05-04	Simon
Zombie Ass: Toilet Of The Dead (2011)	Almost justifies all the other zombie movies existence(s)	2013-04-21	Simon
Clash (2009)	Cheap and Cheesy	2013-04-08	Simon
Tokyo Gore Police (2008)	Possibly the most outrageous film ever made?	2013-04-07	Simon
High Kick Girl (2009)	Good Karate showcase disguised as a film	2013-03-31	Simon
Hero (Corey Yuen) (1997)	Inferior remake of BOXER FROM SHANTUNG	2013-02-18	Simon
Looper (2012)	Relatively coherent time travel thriller	2013-02-14	Simon
Karate-Robo Zaborgar (2011)	Another Japanese kids show revival project	2013-02-10	Simon
Let The Bullets Fly (2010)	Action comedy that's smart and funny	2013-02-09	Simon