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 Twin Swords (1965)	Basically Temple Of The Red Lotus Part 2	2022-06-21	Simon
Temple Of The Red Lotus (1965)	Not quite as impressive as I remembered, but still pretty cool	2022-06-19	Simon
Boxer From Shantung (1972)	Strong Chen Kuan-Tai vehicle	2022-05-24	Simon
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978)	Better than expected	2022-05-16	Simon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)	This was pretty good, huh?	2022-05-11	Simon
My Wife Is A Gangster (2001)	Doesn't live up to my memory of it	2022-04-23	Simon
Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986)	Expected more from this collaboration	2022-04-03	Simon
The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)	One of the more enjoyable Venoms films	2022-02-27	Simon
Fistful of Vengeance (2022)	Pretty tasteless and generic	2022-02-17	Simon
Finger Of Doom (1972)	Ahead of its time	2022-02-06	Simon
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)	Fine, if a little insubstantial	2022-01-22	Simon
The Evil Karate (1971)	A fun low budget wuxia	2022-01-22	Simon
Forbidden City Cop (1996)	One of the best Stephen Chiau films of the 1990's	2021-12-12	Simon
Police Story 3 - Supercop (1992)	Shoehorned into the franchise but earns its place	2021-12-11	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China IV (1993)	The low point of the series	2021-12-04	Simon
Jailbreak (2017)	Cambodia's Raid-a-like takes no prisoners	2021-12-04	Simon
The Magnificent Trio (1966)	Deserves more appreciation	2021-11-29	Simon
Hand Of Death (1976)	Largely forgettable Shaolin story	2021-11-13	Simon
Twelve Gold Medallions (1970)	Not quite as impressive as I remembered	2021-11-07	Simon
Shaolin Soccer (2001)	Stephen Chiau achieves transcendence	2021-10-03	Simon
Snake In The Eagle's Shadow (1978)	One of the first kung fu comedies, and one of the best	2021-09-25	Simon
Millionaires' Express (1986)	Sammo really went all-out on this one	2021-09-19	Simon
Lady With A Sword (1971)	Stands out from the crowd	2021-08-23	Simon
Legend Of The Eight Samurai (1983)	Splendidly cheesy swords & sorcery epic	2021-08-20	Simon
The Master of Kung Fu (1973)	Solid but unremarkable Wong Fei-Hung story	2021-08-15	Simon
Knockabout (1979)	Introducing Yuen Biao	2021-08-11	Simon
Web Of Death (1976)	Goofy but entertaining	2021-08-08	Simon
Golden Swallow (1968)	Chang Cheh brings his own style to Come Drink With Me sequel	2021-08-01	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)	A strange film to end the series on	2021-07-30	Simon
Ong Bak 3 (2010)	Reduced in scale and ambition, but brings closure	2021-07-26	Simon