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
Land Of Many Perfumes (1968)	More fun monkey magic	2005-01-15	Simon
Legend Of The Bat (1978)	Entertaining fantasy	2003-05-10	Simon
Legend Of The Eight Samurai (1983)	Splendidly cheesy swords & sorcery epic	2021-08-20	Simon
Legend Of The Evil Lake (2003)	Not impressed	2004-02-12	Simon
Legend Of The Fox (1980)	Great, once it gets going	2005-09-25	Simon
Legend Of The Mountain (1979)	Better than most other movies	2002-02-03	Simon
Legend Of Zu (2001)	Sensory spectacle	2001-11-17	Simon
Little Dragon Maiden (1983)	Fun fantasy wuxia	2003-10-11	Simon
Look Out, Officer! (1990)	Funny remake of "Where's Officer Tuba?"	2002-02-03	Simon
Magic Cop (1990)	Excellent Mr Vampire spinoff	2002-01-06	Simon
Magic Cop (1990)	...read review...	2023-10-29	Simon
Magic Crystal (1986)	80's action adventure cheesiness	2004-04-18	Simon
Maidens Of Heavenly Mountain (1994)	Beautiful nonsense	2012-11-20	Simon
Master Q 2001 (2001)	Hong Kong's first foray into CGI actors	2001-10-10	Simon
Monkey Goes West (1966)	Enjoyable	2004-01-19	Simon
My Flying Wife (1991)	Delirious multi-genre piece	2001-12-17	Simon
Na Cha The Great (1974)	Chang Cheh does new wave fantasy	2004-01-19	Simon
Nausicaa: Valley Of The Wind (1984)	A wonderful movie	2002-05-05	Simon
New Kung Fu Cult Master (2022)	New but not necessarily improved	2022-12-06	Simon
New Tales Of The Flying Fox (1984)	FUN	2004-03-10	Simon
Ninja Scroll (1993)	Peak ninja	2021-04-24	Simon
Oh! Yes Sir!!! (1994)	Buckets of fun	2024-02-10	Simon
Painted Skin (1993)	An ignominious end to a stellar career	2024-01-30	Simon
Painted Skin (1993)	Not bad, not great	2001-05-29	Simon
Painted Skin 2008 (2008)	Well acted and quite enjoyable	2008-12-08	Simon
Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012)	Beautiful, tragic fantasy	2013-04-21	Simon
Peacock King (1989)	People who can think won't like it...	2014-11-30	Simon
Picture Of A Nymph (1988)	A decent knock-off of A Chinese Ghost Story	2024-04-11	Simon
Portrait In Crystal (1983)	Fun fantasy wu xia, 80's style	2007-05-24	Simon
Princess Iron Fan (1966)	More monkey magic	2004-01-19	Simon