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	Summary	Date	Reviewer
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
The Myth (2005)	Over-reaches in places, but surprisingly good overall	2006-01-31	Simon
Shaolin Vs Evil Dead (2004)	Enjoyable throwback	2006-01-21	Simon
Cave Of The Silken Web (1967)	Visually stunning	2006-01-17	Simon
Saviour Of The Soul (1991)	Uniquely stylish and cool	2006-01-16	Simon
Saga Of The Phoenix (1990)	I seem to be one of the only people in the world who liked this one	2006-01-16	Simon