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
Kung Fu Scholar (1994)	Loses a lot in the translation	2002-06-27	Simon
Once Upon A Time in China V (1994)	Quite good, from what I could see	2001-05-31	Simon
Fist Of Legend (1994)	Jet's finest work, and one of the best martial arts films	2005-08-30	Simon
Deadful Melody (1994)	Well worth a watch	2005-07-02	Simon
Spirited Killer (1994)	a guilty pleasure	2012-05-25	Simon
Ashes Of Time (1994)	A work of art	2002-04-14	Simon
The Magic Crane (1993)	Not Film Workshop's finest hour	2024-02-07	Simon
The Barefoot Kid (1993)	Fine but nothing special	2023-02-05	Simon
Angel Terminators 2 (1993)	Girls With Guns And Attitude	2022-09-03	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China IV (1993)	The low point of the series	2021-12-04	Simon
Ninja Scroll (1993)	Peak ninja	2021-04-24	Simon
Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)	Ridiculous Chinese New Year's fluff	2020-07-25	Simon
Future Cops (1993)	Relentless lunacy	2020-07-18	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China III (1993)	The series falters in its 3rd outing	2020-05-31	Simon
The Beheaded 1000 (1993)	Random mentalness	2015-04-25	Simon
The Sword Of Many Loves (1993)	Mad as a bag of poisonous spiders	2013-02-17	Simon
The Bride With White Hair 2 (1993)	Another sequel that doesn't seem to understand why we loved the original	2013-01-03	Simon
The Bride With White Hair (1993)	One of the most beautiful and tragic wu xia films	2013-01-03	Simon
Last Hero In China (1993)	An irreverent addition to the Wong Fei Hung canon	2012-11-24	Simon
Iron Monkey (1993)	Great entry into the Wong Fei-Hung canon	2012-11-24	Simon
Blade Of Fury (1993)	Epic tale of politics, brotherhood and kung fu	2012-11-06	Simon
Kung Fu Cult Master (1993)	One of the best examples of the early 90's wu xia film	2012-10-31	Simon
Butterfly And Sword (1993)	Some of the best early 90's wire-fu choreography	2000-10-16	Simon
All Men Are Brothers: Blood Of The Leopard (1993)	A fun 90's wu xia romp	2001-10-16	Simon
Green Snake (1993)	One of Tsui Hark's most ambitious films	2001-05-27	Simon
Women On The Run (1993)	Overlooked minor-classic	2005-07-17	Simon
The East Is Red (1993)	Cheap cash-in	2005-07-19	Simon
The Barefoot Kid (1993)	Pretty good	2007-02-20	Simon
The Assassin (1993)	Cheap but interesting	2001-06-27	Simon
Madam City Hunter (1993)	Mad City Hunter, I think they meant ;-)	2002-03-23	Simon