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
Heroes Shed No Tears (1984)	A real stinker	2022-07-28	Simon
Deadly Dream Woman (1992)	Drags for a sub-90 minute film	2022-06-12	Simon
Operation Mekong (2016)	Empty spectacle	2021-09-11	Simon
Shin Godzilla (2016)	Mostly awful but Godzilla is pretty awesome	2021-05-17	Simon
The Adventurers (1995)	Quite a mess, but with some big booms	2021-04-17	Simon
Road To High & Low (2016)	TV series condensed to incoherent 90 minute film	2020-09-26	Simon
Raivu (2014)	Something went horribly wrong here	2020-05-10	Simon
Red Eagle (2010)	Disappointing effort from a usually talented writer/director	2013-02-02	Simon
The Expendables 2 (2012)	Lots of stars, no money left for a script writer?	2013-01-20	Simon
I Saw The Devil (2010)	Really just unpleasant	2012-11-17	Simon
L'Assaut (2010)	Makes terrorism look quite dull	2012-10-27	Simon
Cromartie High - The Movie (2005)	Weird, but not good	2012-05-21	Simon
City Under Siege (2010)	Not quite as bad as Black Mask 2	2012-04-26	Simon
The Avenging Quartet (1993)	basically trash	2010-11-30	Simon
City War (1988)	Not very good	2010-11-10	Simon
Flaming Brothers (1987)	Utterly dreadful	2009-09-04	Simon
Golgo 13 - Assignment Kowloon (1977)	Poorly written, acted and directed	2007-06-06	Simon
Japan Sinks (2006)	Will make you wish it had	2007-04-17	Simon
First Shot (1993)	Poor	2006-04-16	Simon
Fist Power (2000)	Not a well-made film	2006-01-07	Simon
A-1 Headlines (2005)	A terrible mess	2005-11-04	Simon
Saint Of Gamblers (1995)	Not worth the effort	2005-11-02	Simon
Knight Errant (1973)	Enthusiasts only	2005-07-22	Simon
Land Of The Dead (2005)	Everyone involved in the film should be bitten by zombies.	2005-05-25	Simon
Angel With The Iron Fists (1967)	Camp James Bond knock-off	2004-11-02	Simon
Danger Has Two Faces (1985)	...read review...	2004-01-19	Simon
My Wife Is A Gangster II (2003)	Sequel that completely misses the charms of the original	2004-01-12	Simon
Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985)	Lose the lucky stars and this could be a great film	2001-09-14	Simon
My Lucky Stars (1985)	Bad comedy	2001-05-27	Simon
Martial Angels (2001)	Comprehensively dreadful	2001-05-27	Simon