Martial Arts 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 Young Avengers (1969)	Good 60's swordplay	2007-06-08	Simon
Golgo 13 - Assignment Kowloon (1977)	Poorly written, acted and directed	2007-06-06	Simon
Valley Of The Fangs (1970)	Worthy entry in a crowded genre	2007-06-03	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
Shanghai Shanghai (1990)	lacks that 'certain something'	2007-05-18	Simon
Whirlwind Knight (1969)	A good effort	2007-05-07	Simon
The Black Lizard (1981)	Production line Chor Yuen	2007-05-02	Simon
The Secret Of The Dirk (1970)	Worth a watch for fans of the genre	2007-04-30	Simon
Choi Lee Fat Kung Fu (1979)	Great kung fu, lame comedy, no plot	2007-04-25	Simon
Rape Of The Sword (1967)	A short film... but a good one	2007-04-24	Simon
Kung Fu Mahjong II (2005)	Wong Jing is as Wong Jing does	2007-04-23	Simon
Twins Mission (2007)	Not a classic, but good fluff	2007-04-22	Simon
Vengeance Of A Snowgirl (1971)	Another good Shaw Brothers wuxia	2007-04-21	Simon
Knight Of Old Cathay (1968)	Rather splendid melodrama	2007-04-12	Simon
The Sword (1971)	Nearly great, but awful action	2007-04-10	Simon
Duel For Gold (1971)	Chor Yuen's first film for Shaw Brothers	2007-04-02	Simon
Broken Oath (1977)	Definitely one for martial arts fans to see	2007-03-28	Simon
Brothers Five (1970)	One of Lo Wei's best films	2007-03-20	Simon
Full Moon Scimitar (1979)	Good Chor Yuen/Gu Long film	2007-03-06	Simon
Opium And The Kung-Fu Master (1984)	not awful, but not that great either	2007-03-01	Simon
The Jade Raksha (1968)	Enjoyable Cheng Pei-Pei vehicle	2007-02-26	Simon
The Barefoot Kid (1993)	Pretty good	2007-02-20	Simon
A Taste Of Cold Steel (1970)	Surprisingly violent swordplay film	2007-02-19	Simon
Shaolin Martial Arts (1974)	one of the better Shaolin films	2007-02-14	Simon
Clan Feuds (1982)	Nice Gu Long adaptation	2007-02-06	Simon
Lethal Ninja (2006)	...read review...	2007-02-04	Simon
Rendezvous With Death (1980)	Sun Chung gets it right again	2007-01-28	Simon
Dreadnaught (1981)	Classic action-comedy	2007-01-13	Simon
Convict Killer (1980)	Mediocre wu xia	2006-11-06	Simon