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
A Better Tomorrow (1986)	classic	2010-11-04	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)	Seminal work of sublime beauty	2002-12-01	Simon
A Taxi Driver (2017)	Powerful	2020-09-05	Simon
Akira (1988)	A landmark in animation and sci-fi	2020-09-17	Simon
Battle Royale (2000)	One of the best and most important films ever made	2012-10-24	Simon
Beast Cops (1998)	Superbly crafted and performed movie	2001-12-09	Simon
Black Rose II (1997)	Truly hilarious and mind-bending	2006-01-07	Simon
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)	Wonderfully original	2002-12-14	Simon
Company (2002)	Intelligent and incisive look at the gangster life	2002-05-13	Simon
Dil Se (1998)	Not your average Bollywood romance	2022-03-12	Simon
Dobermann (1997)	Best 'live action comic book' ever made	2002-03-17	Simon
Don (1978)	Sweet!	2003-09-25	Simon
Drive (1997)	A joy to watch	2022-11-12	Simon
Drunken Master II (1994)	One of the best martial arts films	2020-09-05	Simon
Duel To The Death (1982)	You can never kill all the ninjas!	2012-11-07	Simon
Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	Extraordinary	2022-08-19	Simon
Get the Hell Out (2020)	Super-fun action comedy with zombies	2021-08-14	Simon
Gojoe (2000)	Beautiful	2003-08-23	Simon
Gonin (1995)	Really really violent	2001-06-19	Simon
Hard Boiled (1992)	Justifiably lauded	2006-01-31	Simon
Heart Of Dragon (1985)	Surprisingly turns out to be quite fantastic	2001-12-17	Simon
Heroes Of The East (1978)	Greatest martial arts film ever made?	2001-11-10	Simon
Heroes Of The East (1978)	Amongst the greatest kung fu films ever made	2022-07-04	Simon
Ichi The Killer (2001)	A dazzlingly unique and creative movie	2012-05-22	Simon
Leon: The Professional (1994)	If you don't help me, I'll be dead by tonight...	2013-01-05	Simon
Let The Bullets Fly (2010)	Action comedy that's smart and funny	2013-02-09	Simon
Love Exposure (2009)	It's holier than a hard-on. It's about love.	2021-01-16	Simon
Meatball Machine: Kodoku (2017)	One of the great works of cinema	2020-05-10	Simon
Musa (2001)	Superb epic	2002-04-04	Simon
My Sassy Girl (2001)	The most romantic movie of all time?	2020-06-19	Simon