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
The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)	Weird anthology film	2024-04-29	Simon
Swordsman and Enchantress (1978)	Chor Yuen adapts Gu Long once again	2024-04-01	Simon
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010)	Quite a change of style	2023-02-07	Simon
New Kung Fu Cult Master (2022)	New but not necessarily improved	2022-12-06	Simon
Thrilling Bloody Sword (1981)	Deranged and delightful	2022-07-29	Simon
The Butterfly Murders (1979)	Tsui Hark's first film	2020-08-17	Simon
Double World (2020)	Big budget epic fantasy	2020-07-26	Simon
Hausu (1977)	Off the wall	2020-07-19	Simon
God Of Gamblers III : Back To Shanghai (1991)	Almost no gambling, but lots of silly comedy	2020-06-21	Simon
Fire Dragon (1994)	Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition	2013-06-08	Simon
Maidens Of Heavenly Mountain (1994)	Beautiful nonsense	2012-11-20	Simon
The Dead and The Deadly (1982)	Very enjoyable supernatural action-comedy	2012-06-26	Simon
A Chinese Odyssey (1995)	Confusing and ambitious	2012-06-18	Simon
Death Trance (2006)	Similar to Versus but not as good	2012-05-22	Simon
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010)	Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre	2010-12-04	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
Pursuit of Vengeance (1977)	Pretty good stuff!	2007-08-18	Simon
Portrait In Crystal (1983)	Fun fantasy wu xia, 80's style	2007-05-24	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
The Promise (2005)	Strange but good	2006-04-17	Simon
Cave Of The Silken Web (1967)	Visually stunning	2006-01-17	Simon
Timeless Romance (1998)	Inventive and fun	2006-01-07	Simon
Bastard Swordsman (1983)	Well realised fantasy wu-xia	2006-01-05	Simon
The Mad Monk (1993)	Pretty good fantasy film	2005-12-26	Simon
Deadful Melody (1994)	Well worth a watch	2005-07-02	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)	In many ways a retread of the first part	2005-06-28	Simon