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
Death Trance (2006)	Similar to Versus but not as good	2012-05-22	Simon
Demon Of The Lute (1983)	Great fun comic-book wuxia	2006-01-02	Simon
Descendant Of The Sun (1983)	A guilty pleasure at best	2005-04-27	Simon
Descendant Of Wing Chun (1978)	Convoluted	2002-08-17	Simon
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010)	Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre	2010-12-04	Simon
Dirty Ho (1979)	Much ado about nothing	2005-09-12	Simon
Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog (1978)	Good fun, good fights	2002-03-04	Simon
Disciples of Shaolin (1975)	More interesting than it sounds	2023-01-29	Simon
Disciples Of The 36th Chamber (1985)	A sort of swan song for Shaw Brothers	2023-10-08	Simon
Double World (2020)	Big budget epic fantasy	2020-07-26	Simon
Dr Wai & The Scripture With No Words (1996)	Lunatic fun, and points for ambition	2002-02-03	Simon
Dragon Fist (1972)	So you say you want a revolution	2024-05-12	Simon
Dragon From Russia (1990)	medium-level classic	2003-03-01	Simon
Dragon Gate Inn (1967)	Good but maybe not quite as good as its reputation	2020-09-02	Simon
Dragon Inn 1992 (1992)	One of my favourite wuxia films	2023-02-24	Simon
Dragon Inn 1992 (1992)	One of the early 90's best films	2001-05-27	Simon
Dragon Swamp (1969)	Real dragons!	2004-10-22	Simon
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)	Good fun and great eye candy	2010-10-26	Simon
Dragons Forever (1988)	Classic 80's action/comedy	2006-07-19	Simon
Dreadnaught (1981)	Classic action-comedy	2007-01-13	Simon
Dreaming the Reality (1991)	Much as you'd expect	2023-09-28	Simon
Drive (1997)	A joy to watch	2022-11-12	Simon
Drive (1997)	Shows what people can achieve when they are doing what they love	2000-07-19	Simon
Drunken Master II (1994)	One of the best martial arts films	2020-09-05	Simon
Drunken Tai Chi (1984)	Semi-old school, quite enjoyable	2001-05-27	Simon
Duel For Gold (1971)	Chor Yuen's first film for Shaw Brothers	2007-04-02	Simon
Duel Of The Century (1981)	A decent enough Chor Yuen/Ku Long film	2006-01-16	Simon
Duel To The Death (1982)	You can never kill all the ninjas!	2012-11-07	Simon
Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)	Ridiculous Chinese New Year's fluff	2020-07-25	Simon
Eastern Condors (1987)	Sammo Hung goes to war	2020-06-29	Simon