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
Five Superfighters (1979)	Pretty dumb	2007-06-26	Simon
Five Tough Guys (1974)	...read review...	2006-04-02	Simon
Flag Of Iron (1980)	Standard Venoms stuff	2006-08-21	Simon
Flash Point (2007)	Hard boiled	2010-10-26	Simon
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)	Looks good, but lacks substance	2012-04-21	Simon
Flying Swordsgirl (1969)	Doesn't suck, but isn't that hot.	2007-06-15	Simon
Fong Sai Yuk (1993)	A must see HK movie	2003-01-31	Simon
Fong Sai Yuk II (1993)	Not quite as good as the original	2003-04-27	Simon
Forbidden City Cop (1996)	One of the best Stephen Chiau films of the 1990's	2021-12-12	Simon
Four Moods (1970)	A who's who of Taiwanese cinema in 1970	2024-01-07	Simon
Four Riders (1972)	Everywhere is paradise as long as you have money	2021-05-03	Simon
Full Moon Scimitar (1979)	Good Chor Yuen/Gu Long film	2007-03-06	Simon
Furies (2022)	Just what the doctor ordered	2023-03-26	Simon
Future Cops (1993)	Relentless lunacy	2020-07-18	Simon
Game Of Death (1978)	Worse than I remembered	2023-11-04	Simon
Gang Master (1982)	Enjoyable	2006-09-24	Simon
Gerd Ma Lui (1984)	Crazy Thai action	2012-09-28	Simon
Ghostly Bus (1995)	Marvellous low budget gem	2002-03-10	Simon
Girl's Blood (2014)	Largely inexplicable fusion of elements but somehow it works	2019-11-16	Simon
Golden Swallow (1968)	Chang Cheh brings his own style to Come Drink With Me sequel	2021-08-01	Simon
Golgo 13 - Assignment Kowloon (1977)	Poorly written, acted and directed	2007-06-06	Simon
Gorgeous (1999)	Sweet and well produced romantic comedy starring Shu Qi	2002-02-07	Simon
Green Snake (1993)	One of Tsui Hark's most ambitious films	2001-05-27	Simon
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978)	Better than expected	2022-05-16	Simon
Hand Of Death (1976)	Largely forgettable Shaolin story	2021-11-13	Simon
Handsome Siblings (1992)	One of the lesser new wave wu xia films	2000-10-16	Simon
Hapkido (1972)	For martial arts fans	2006-10-07	Simon
Have Sword, Will Travel (1969)	Chang Cheh in wuxia mode	2021-04-12	Simon
Heads For Sale (1970)	Great title	2008-04-12	Simon
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978)	Story is just too complicated for a film?	2005-07-29	Simon