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
Overheard (2009)	Stylish thriller that sometimes gets a bit silly	2013-01-28	Simon
Dead Sushi (2012)	Any sushi that sings that good can't be all bad!	2013-01-26	Simon
Deadball (2011)	Splattery and demented, but not as good as it could be	2013-01-25	Simon
The Expendables 2 (2012)	Lots of stars, no money left for a script writer?	2013-01-20	Simon
A War Named Desire (2000)	Stylish gangster tale	2013-01-13	Simon
The Odd One Dies (1997)	Quirky, cool tale of damaged characters	2013-01-06	Simon
Leon: The Professional (1994)	If you don't help me, I'll be dead by tonight...	2013-01-05	Simon
Wild Search (1989)	Richly characterised tale of redemption and recovery	2012-12-31	Simon
Like A Dragon (2007)	Miike finds another fresh way to take on the Yakuza genre	2012-12-05	Simon
We're Going To Eat You (1980)	Darkly amusing kung fu horror	2012-11-27	Simon
Yatterman (2009)	Too adult for kids, too childish for adults?	2012-11-19	Simon
The Kick (2011)	Slick Thai/Korean crowd pleaser	2012-11-17	Simon
I Saw The Devil (2010)	Really just unpleasant	2012-11-17	Simon
Fight Back To School (1991)	Slick, shallow and silly Stephen Chiau vehicle	2012-11-12	Simon
War Of The Arrows (2011)	Nice looking period action film	2012-11-09	Simon
Duel To The Death (1982)	You can never kill all the ninjas!	2012-11-07	Simon
Story Of Ricky (1992)	Completely Mad!	2012-11-02	Simon
L'Assaut (2010)	Makes terrorism look quite dull	2012-10-27	Simon
Nowhere to Hide (1999)	Nothing but style	2012-10-25	Simon
Battle Royale (2000)	One of the best and most important films ever made	2012-10-24	Simon
Merantau (2009)	Not as good as ONG BAK	2012-10-16	Simon
Ong Bak (2003)	Revitalised the martial arts genre	2012-10-16	Simon
The Machine Girl (2008)	Greatest film ever?	2012-10-15	Simon
The Raid: Redemption (2011)	Better than ONG BAK	2012-10-11	Simon
Warriors Two (1978)	Classic showcase of Wing Chun	2012-10-04	Simon
Gerd Ma Lui (1984)	Crazy Thai action	2012-09-28	Simon
To Live And Die In TsimShaTsui (1994)	Probably better than it should have been	2012-06-30	Simon
The Dead and The Deadly (1982)	Very enjoyable supernatural action-comedy	2012-06-26	Simon
A Bittersweet Life (2005)	Will have to watch it again, might have been in the wrong mood	2012-05-30	Simon
Shiri (1999)	Liked it more on subsequent viewings	2012-05-25	Simon