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
Twelve Deadly Coins (1969)	Thoroughly enjoyable	2009-07-26	Simon
Treasure Hunters (1981)	Great action, mixed comedy	2005-07-21	Simon
Tiger On The Beat (1988)	Lau Kar-Leung's foray into modern day action	2012-04-01	Simon
The Young Avengers (1969)	Good 60's swordplay	2007-06-08	Simon
The Young Avenger (1972)	A bit muddled, but entertaining	2006-05-15	Simon
Whirlwind Knight (1969)	A good effort	2007-05-07	Simon
The Weird Man (1983)	Weird indeed!	2006-08-07	Simon
The Warlords (2007)	Decent remake of THE BLOOD BROTHERS (1973)	2008-01-26	Simon
Trail Of The Broken Blade (1967)	One of the better swordplay films of its era	2003-07-27	Simon
The Sword And The Lute (1967)	Good example of the genre	2006-05-18	Simon
The Sword (1971)	Nearly great, but awful action	2007-04-10	Simon
Spiritual Boxer (1975)	Lau Kar-Leung's directorial debut	2004-10-22	Simon
The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)	Very beautiful and quite enjoyable	2004-05-22	Simon
The Secret Of The Dirk (1970)	Worth a watch for fans of the genre	2007-04-30	Simon
Dr Wai & The Scripture With No Words (1996)	Lunatic fun, and points for ambition	2002-02-03	Simon
The Proud Twins (1979)	a pretty solid piece of wu xia	2006-04-21	Simon
The Protectors (1975)	Short but sweet	2006-07-10	Simon
New Legend Of Shaolin (1994)	Stupid but entertaining	2002-02-03	Simon
The Loot (1980)	entertaining martial arts comedy	2008-08-14	Simon
The Lizard (1972)	quite a decent film	2003-05-23	Simon
Legend Of The Owl (1981)	A very silly film	2024-02-11	Simon
Legend Of Zu (2001)	Sensory spectacle	2001-11-17	Simon
The Lady Hermit (1971)	Enjoyable female-led wuxia	2022-12-11	Simon
The Lady Assassin (1983)	Some amazing action scenes	2005-07-04	Simon
Iron-Fisted Monk (1977)	Nothing too remarkable	2002-02-03	Simon
Iron Bodyguard (1973)	A generally worthy film	2003-05-11	Simon
The Invincible Fist (1969)	Above average	2005-05-29	Simon
The Good, The Bad & The Beauty (1988)	Good, violent action-comedy	2006-06-01	Simon
The Golden Sword (1969)	Decent wu xia film	2004-11-16	Simon
The Golden Seal (1971)	Nice wu xia pian	2006-10-09	Simon