Fantasy 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 Rating Summary Date Reviewer
A Chinese Odyssey (1995) Confusing and ambitious 2012-06-18 Simon
Romantic Warriors (2003) A great "might have been" film 2012-05-25 Simon
Headless Hero (2002) Enjoyable comedy film 2012-05-25 Simon
Bangkok Loco (2004) Quirky and creative 2012-05-24 Simon
Jigoku (1960) An interesting and unique movie 2012-05-22 Simon
Death Trance (2006) Similar to Versus but not as good 2012-05-22 Simon
Ugetsu (1953) Recommended 2012-05-22 Simon
The Sorcerer And The White Snake (2011) Pretty, but nothing to write home about 2011-12-19 Simon
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010) Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre 2010-12-04 Simon
Zu: Warriors Of The Magic Mountain (1983) Landmark 2010-11-07 Simon
Storm Warriors (2009) Meh 2010-10-26 Simon
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006) Good fun and great eye candy 2010-10-26 Simon
Painted Skin 2008 (2008) Well acted and quite enjoyable 2008-12-08 Simon
The Pye Dog (2007) mediocre, melodramatic and mostly quite dull 2008-06-09 Simon
A Warrior's Tragedy (1993) Delirious & visually impressive wuxia piece 2008-02-26 Simon
Pursuit of Vengeance (1977) Pretty good stuff! 2007-08-18 Simon
The Fountain (2006) Vacuous and trite 2007-06-12 Simon
Portrait In Crystal (1983) Fun fantasy wu xia, 80's style 2007-05-24 Simon
Eight Immortals (1971) Some vague enjoyment to be had 2007-05-22 Simon
Snake Prince (1976) Quite awful, but definitely different 2007-02-05 Simon
The Devil's Mirror (1972) Nice bit of swordplay 2006-10-15 Simon
The Weird Man (1983) Weird indeed! 2006-08-07 Simon
Calamari Wrestler (2004) Not quite brilliant, but interesting enough to receive a recommendation 2006-07-13 Simon
Terracotta Warrior (1989) Interesting but not quite compelling 2006-07-04 Simon
A Chinese Tall Story (2005) Beautiful and Mad 2006-05-27 Simon
Haunted Cop Shop (1987) watchable 2006-05-10 Simon
The Promise (2005) Strange but good 2006-04-17 Simon
The Hidden Power Of Dragon Sabre (1983) Chor Yuen "going through the motions" 2006-02-22 Simon
Funky Forest - The First Contact (2005) Maybe the strangest film I've seen 2006-02-09 Simon
The Proud Youth (1978) A decent film, but not remarkable 2006-02-02 Simon

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