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
Kill Bill (2003)	Was hoping for more	2003-11-13	Simon
The Last Samurai (2003)	A very enjoyable historical epic.	2003-12-26	Simon
Karate Girls (2003)	Mostly harmless	2006-03-02	Simon
Cradle 2 The Grave (2003)	Pretty poor	2003-02-28	Simon
Undiscovered Tomb (2002)	Enjoyable fluff	2005-11-12	Simon
Era Of Vampires (2002)	Get the Singaporean version	2004-03-15	Simon
So Close (2002)	Cool action scenes if nothing else	2002-09-26	Simon
The Transporter (2002)	Good fun	2002-10-25	Simon
Hero (2002)	Pretty special	2003-05-10	Simon
Equilibrium (2002)	Script bad, action good	2002-12-07	Simon
Black Mask 2 (2002)	Utter junk	2003-01-26	Simon
My Wife Is A Gangster (2001)	Doesn't live up to my memory of it	2022-04-23	Simon
Kiss Of The Dragon (2001)	Talent gone to waste	2002-10-13	Simon
Shaolin Soccer (2001)	Stephen Chiau achieves transcendence	2021-10-03	Simon
Extreme Challenge (2001)	Cheap and cheesy	2006-01-08	Simon
Legend Of Zu (2001)	Sensory spectacle	2001-11-17	Simon
Sino Dutch War 1661 (2001)	Nice story, badly made film	2002-01-06	Simon
Martial Angels (2001)	Comprehensively dreadful	2001-05-27	Simon
The Avenging Fist (2001)	Fun, Thrilling and thoroughly good looking	2002-03-03	Simon
Chinese Heroes (2001)	Just a fun action film	2005-12-02	Simon
Brotherhood Of The Wolf (2001)	Rambles on	2002-06-07	Simon
Versus (2001)	Arguably my favourite film	2002-05-25	Simon
Asoka (2001)	Impressive and powerful	2002-05-24	Simon
My Wife Is A Gangster (2001)	Wonderful piece of film-making	2002-03-07	Simon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)	This was pretty good, huh?	2022-05-11	Simon
The King Boxer (2000)	Watchable kung fu film	2005-11-27	Simon
Fist Power (2000)	Not a well-made film	2006-01-07	Simon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)	Very well rounded	2001-05-27	Simon
Tokyo Raiders (2000)	The future of action films?	2001-06-02	Simon
Gorgeous (1999)	Sweet and well produced romantic comedy starring Shu Qi	2002-02-07	Simon