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 Sword (1980)	Classic new-wave	2001-06-02	Simon
Spirit Of The Sword (1982)	Beautiful production design	2004-10-25	Simon
Millionaires' Express (1986)	Sammo really went all-out on this one	2021-09-19	Simon
The Enigmatic Case (1980)	Lost Gem	2003-03-07	Simon
The Chase (1971)	Highly recommended	2005-09-21	Simon
The Blood Brothers (1973)	The best Chang Cheh I've seen so far	2003-03-29	Simon
Bells Of Death (1968)	Simple but effective story of revenge	2021-06-06	Simon
The Assassin (1967)	Impressive	2022-08-07	Simon
Temple Of The Red Lotus (1965)	Highly recommended	2003-04-05	Simon
The Shadow Boxing (1979)	Corpses don't pee	2021-03-27	Simon
Saviour Of The Soul (1991)	Uniquely stylish and cool	2006-01-16	Simon
Righting Wrongs (1986)	Genre classic	2001-07-18	Simon
The Odd Couple (1979)	One of the best old-school martial arts films	2005-08-20	Simon
New Tales Of The Flying Fox (1984)	FUN	2004-03-10	Simon
My Flying Wife (1991)	Delirious multi-genre piece	2001-12-17	Simon
Martial Club (1981)	May be as good as kung fu films get	2004-12-10	Simon
Magnificent Warriors (1987)	Some of the best action sequences ever filmed	2002-02-22	Simon
Magic Cop (1990)	Excellent Mr Vampire spinoff	2002-01-06	Simon
Judgement Of An Assassin (1977)	One of the best wu xia	2006-05-29	Simon
Ip Man (2008)	Excellent kung fu film	2010-10-26	Simon
Fong Sai Yuk (1993)	A must see HK movie	2003-01-31	Simon
Finger Of Doom (1972)	Ahead of its time	2022-02-06	Simon
Fearless Hyena (1979)	One of Jackie's best martial arts performances	2001-09-26	Simon
Enter The Fat Dragon (1978)	Sammo does Bruce justice	2021-03-11	Simon
Dragons Forever (1988)	Classic 80's action/comedy	2006-07-19	Simon
Dragon Swamp (1969)	Real dragons!	2004-10-22	Simon
City Hunter (1993)	Wong Jing's evil genius at its finest	2002-05-08	Simon
Shaolin Intruders (1983)	Tang Chia exceeds expectations	2005-12-29	Simon
Ambitious Kung Fu Girl (1981)	A minor revelation	2006-01-24	Simon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)	Very well rounded	2001-05-27	Simon