Drama 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
Graveyard Of Honour (Miike) (2002)	I'd hoped for something more	2003-03-15	Simon
Sia Dai (1994)	Harrowing	2003-03-09	Simon
Summer Breeze Of Love (2002)	Utterly banal	2003-03-07	Simon
The Lunatics (1986)	quite an angry movie	2003-02-24	Simon
Satorare (2001)	Rubbish	2003-02-06	Simon
Bird People Of China (1997)	Not necessarily a must-see movie, but undoubtedly worth seeing.	2003-02-01	Simon
Seven Samurai (1954)	One of the best films ever made	2003-01-31	Simon
The Teahouse (1974)	An angry movie	2003-01-18	Simon
Rainy Dog (1997)	One of Miike's strongest and most well balanced films.	2002-12-13	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China (1991)	One of the best martial arts films ever made	2002-12-01	Simon
Nabi (2001)	Amateurish	2002-11-08	Simon
The Messenger: Joan Of Arc (1999)	Interminable	2002-10-28	Simon
Friend (2001)	kind of boring	2002-09-29	Simon
Address Unknown (2001)	Not one to watch if you want cheering up	2002-09-23	Simon
Jan Dara (2001)	Is tragic erotica a new genre?	2002-07-21	Simon
Eureka (2000)	Too long	2002-07-21	Simon
Genghis Khan (2000)	Great production values, lavish epic	2002-07-07	Simon
Dead Or Alive 2: Birds (2000)	Another great movie from Takashi Miike	2002-06-27	Simon
Warm Water Under A Red Bridge (2001)	Quirky yet touching	2002-06-15	Simon
Dang Bireley's Young Gangsters (1997)	Very well made gangster tale	2002-06-07	Simon
All About Ah Long (1989)	Great drama, fantastic acting	2002-05-30	Simon
Suriyothai (2001)	Flaws aside, it's an impressive movie	2002-05-27	Simon
Gunman (1978)	Just a really well told story	2002-05-23	Simon
Satya (1998)	One of the most intelligent movies ever made about gangsters	2002-05-13	Simon
Happy Times (2000)	Simple but effective	2002-04-27	Simon
Love Letter (1995)	Beautifully crafted, haunting movie. Iwai is a master of his art!	2002-04-17	Simon
Time 4 Hope (2002)	A darker side of love story	2002-04-02	Simon
Til Death Do Us Part (1998)	Bleak end-of-love story	2002-04-02	Simon
Fatal Love (1993)	Very good psychological thriller	2002-03-26	Simon
The Isle (2000)	Challenges the audience to work for their reward	2002-03-17	Simon