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
Lion-Girl (2023)	Total trash, by design	2024-04-20	Simon
Queen's High (1991)	Pretty basic Girls With Guns	2024-03-25	Simon
Yakuza Wolf: Perform Murder (1972)	Standard early 1970's Yakuza fare	2024-01-06	Simon
Dragon Fight (1989)	Interesting pairing of two future superstars	2023-11-12	Simon
Dreaming the Reality (1991)	Much as you'd expect	2023-09-28	Simon
Angel Enforcers (1989)	Messy but delivers the essentials	2023-09-15	Simon
The Dragon Fighter (1990)	Girls and Boys with Guns	2023-08-19	Simon
In The Line Of Duty III (1988)	Basic but competently delivered	2023-05-23	Simon
Bloody Chainsaw Girl Returns: Giko Awakens (2019)	Continues/concludes the BCG story	2022-12-22	Simon
Crows Explode (2014)	A slight improvement	2022-11-28	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
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable - Chapter 1 (2017)	Probably more interesting if you know the manga/anime/games	2022-03-07	Simon
Graveyard Of Honour (Miike) (2002)	Less interesting than Fukasaku's original	2021-10-05	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
Master (2021)	Some good parts but 3 hours is too long	2021-08-09	Simon
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)	Sequel switches onto a different track	2021-08-01	Simon
Ong Bak 3 (2010)	Reduced in scale and ambition, but brings closure	2021-07-26	Simon
The Postman Fights Back (1982)	Some good moments but they don't cohere into a strong film	2021-07-02	Simon
Shaolin Vs Evil Dead: Ultimate Power (2006)	Cheap and cheesy sequel/prequel that's fun to watch	2021-05-22	Simon
Aces Go Places V (1989)	Aces have mostly gone to other places by this point	2021-04-10	Simon
Hold Up Down (2005)	People who have little to forgive have little to love	2021-03-21	Simon
Deliver Us From Evil (2020)	Not much to recommend it but has some decent action	2021-03-20	Simon
Skylin3s (2020)	Easy to watch but pretty dumb	2021-03-20	Simon
The Lady Is the Boss (1983)	Great fights but cringingly dated fashions	2021-03-13	Simon
Operation Condor (1991)	Undoubtedly expensive but lacking something	2021-03-07	Simon
Paradox (2017)	A time of stunt doubles	2021-02-20	Simon
High & Low The Movie 2: End of Sky (2017)	More posing and fighting	2020-12-12	Simon
Killer's Nocturne (1987)	Chin Siu-Ho fights a kangaroo	2020-06-14	Simon