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
Pedicab Driver (1989)	Legendary Sammo film finally gets a DVD release	2016-02-20	Simon
Perils Of The Sentimental Swordsman (1982)	Pretty and good fun, but inconsequential	2023-06-05	Simon
Police Force (1973)	...read review...	2004-01-19	Simon
Police Story 3 - Supercop (1992)	Shoehorned into the franchise but earns its place	2021-12-11	Simon
Portrait In Crystal (1983)	Fun fantasy wu xia, 80's style	2007-05-24	Simon
Project A (1983)	A Hong Kong cinema landmark	2022-12-08	Simon
Project A II (1987)	Jackie doing what Jackie does	2022-12-17	Simon
Pursuit of Vengeance (1977)	Pretty good stuff!	2007-08-18	Simon
Raining In The Mountain (1979)	Sumptuous exploration of Buddhist philosophy	2012-11-12	Simon
Rape Of The Sword (1967)	A short film... but a good one	2007-04-24	Simon
Raw Courage (1969)	One of Lo Wei's better efforts	2004-12-03	Simon
Red Blade (2018)	It all starts when the book sucks your blood	2021-02-14	Simon
Rendezvous With Death (1980)	Sun Chung gets it right again	2007-01-28	Simon
Return Of Bastard Swordsman (1984)	Enjoyably daft	2006-01-12	Simon
Return Of The One-Armed Swordsman (1969)	A pretty worthy film	2005-12-29	Simon
Return Of The Sentimental Swordsman (1981)	Another pretty wu-xia from Chor Yuen	2005-11-15	Simon
Return Of The Streetfighter (1974)	Neither as gory or as good as the original	2006-03-14	Simon
Return To The 36th Chamber (1980)	Largely misconceived sequel	2004-01-19	Simon
Rider of Revenge (1971)	One of the better early 1970's Taiwanese wuxia	2024-01-26	Simon
Righting Wrongs (1986)	Genre classic	2001-07-18	Simon
Rivals Of Kung Fu (1974)	Dull Wong Fei Hung film	2006-02-10	Simon
Roaring Fire (1981)	Tons of fun	2024-02-27	Simon
Roving Swordsman (1983)	5/10	2005-01-09	Simon
Royal Tramp I&II (1992)	Entertaining wu xia spoof	2006-01-07	Simon
Royal Warriors (1986)	One of the best action movies ever made	2002-04-25	Simon
Rumble In The Bronx (1995)	One of the last really memorable Jackie films	2005-10-25	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin (2012)	A slick and fresh take on the martial arts genre	2021-06-06	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)	Just as enjoyable and well made as the first film	2016-01-31	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)	A strange film to end the series on	2021-07-30	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)	The legend returns	2021-06-19	Simon