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
The Lizard (1972) quite a decent film 2003-05-23 Simon
Iron Bodyguard (1973) A generally worthy film 2003-05-11 Simon
Mr. Vampire III (1987) a worthy enough entry in the series 2003-05-11 Simon
The Hot, The Cool And The Vicious (1976) The Hot, The Cool & The Average 2003-05-10 Simon
Legend Of The Bat (1978) Entertaining fantasy 2003-05-10 Simon
Hero (2002) Pretty special 2003-05-10 Simon
Shaolin Temple (1976) Not that great 2003-05-03 Simon
Fong Sai Yuk II (1993) Not quite as good as the original 2003-04-27 Simon
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972) All the makings of a cult classic 2003-04-27 Simon
City Cops (1989) Depends what you're looking for 2003-04-26 Simon
Twelve Gold Medallions (1970) Superlative 2003-04-13 Simon
The Bastard (1973) Enjoyable, if not first-rate Chor Yuen 2003-04-07 Simon
The Jade Bow (1966) Not a bad effort 2003-04-05 Simon
Temple Of The Red Lotus (1965) Highly recommended 2003-04-05 Simon
The Blood Brothers (1973) The best Chang Cheh I've seen so far 2003-03-29 Simon
Death Duel (1977) Lesser Chor Yuen/Gu Long work 2003-03-29 Simon
Knock Off (1998) Good silly fun 2003-03-29 Simon
By Hook Or By Crook (1980) somewhat entertaining 2003-03-18 Simon
Operation Scorpio (1990) Good 2003-03-08 Simon
The Valiant Ones (1975) More innovative action scenes from the master 2003-03-07 Simon
The Enigmatic Case (1980) Lost Gem 2003-03-07 Simon
Dragon From Russia (1990) medium-level classic 2003-03-01 Simon
Cradle 2 The Grave (2003) Pretty poor 2003-02-28 Simon
Shaolin Wooden Men (1976) Pretty Good 2003-02-24 Simon
Heroes Two (1974) Groundbreaking, apparently 2003-02-24 Simon
To Kill With Intrigue (1977) Blah 2003-02-23 Simon
Clans Of Intrigue (1977) Wonderfully convoluted wu xia murder mystery 2003-02-16 Simon
Holy Robe Of Shaolin Temple (1985) Not bad 2003-01-31 Simon
Fong Sai Yuk (1993) A must see HK movie 2003-01-31 Simon
Black Mask 2 (2002) Utter junk 2003-01-26 Simon

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