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 Rating Summary Date Reviewer
Five Tough Guys (1974) ...read review... 2006-04-02 Simon
Showdown at the Cotton Mill (1978) Great for kung fu fanatics 2006-03-29 Simon
Fearless (2006) Career highs all round 2006-03-29 Simon
The Executioner II (1974) Seems not to have understand why we liked the original! 2006-03-25 Simon
The Streetfighter's Last Revenge (1974) Continues the downhill trend of the series 2006-03-15 Simon
Return Of The Streetfighter (1974) Neither as gory or as good as the original 2006-03-14 Simon
The Executioner (1974) Remember it's a ninja film and enjoy it! 2006-03-05 Simon
Karate Girls (2003) Mostly harmless 2006-03-02 Simon
The 14 Amazons (1972) Classic epic 2006-02-27 Simon
The Jade-Faced Assassin (1971) Great story with charming lead 2006-02-26 Simon
The Hidden Power Of Dragon Sabre (1983) Chor Yuen "going through the motions" 2006-02-22 Simon
His Name Is Nobody (1979) Worth a watch 2006-02-14 Simon
Rivals Of Kung Fu (1974) Dull Wong Fei Hung film 2006-02-10 Simon
The Proud Youth (1978) A decent film, but not remarkable 2006-02-02 Simon
The Transporter 2 (2005) Almost like a Hong Kong action movie 2006-01-29 Simon
Ambitious Kung Fu Girl (1981) A minor revelation 2006-01-24 Simon
Shaolin Vs Evil Dead (2004) Enjoyable throwback 2006-01-21 Simon
SPL (2005) Hong Kong gets its mojo back 2006-01-21 Simon
Clan Of Amazons (1978) Weak Chor Yuen/Ku Long collaboration 2006-01-17 Simon
Duel Of The Century (1981) A decent enough Chor Yuen/Ku Long film 2006-01-16 Simon
Saviour Of The Soul (1991) Uniquely stylish and cool 2006-01-16 Simon
Arhats In Fury (1985) Decent mainland wushu film 2006-01-15 Simon
Return Of Bastard Swordsman (1984) Enjoyably daft 2006-01-12 Simon
Extreme Challenge (2001) Cheap and cheesy 2006-01-08 Simon
Throw Down (2004) Worthy effort but why Louis Koo? 2006-01-08 Simon
The Flying Dagger (1969) Solid swordplay film 2006-01-08 Simon
Royal Tramp I&II (1992) Entertaining wu xia spoof 2006-01-07 Simon
Fist Power (2000) Not a well-made film 2006-01-07 Simon
Bastard Swordsman (1983) Well realised fantasy wu-xia 2006-01-05 Simon
Demon Of The Lute (1983) Great fun comic-book wuxia 2006-01-02 Simon

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