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 Kung Fu Instructor (1979)	Nearly classic	2006-08-14	Simon
Knight Of Old Cathay (1968)	Rather splendid melodrama	2007-04-12	Simon
The Jade Raksha (1968)	Enjoyable Cheng Pei-Pei vehicle	2007-02-26	Simon
The Jade-Faced Assassin (1971)	Great story with charming lead	2006-02-26	Simon
The Imposter (1975)	A definite cut above the average	2006-06-07	Simon
The Flying Dagger (1969)	Solid swordplay film	2006-01-08	Simon
Chinese Boxer (1970)	Dated, but a classic	2004-11-11	Simon
The Black Tavern (1972)	Great inn-based wu xia	2007-06-11	Simon
Tai Chi II (1996)	Impressive	2003-08-24	Simon
Sword Stained With Royal Blood (1981)	Excellent fight scenes	2005-01-15	Simon
Shaolin Prince (1983)	a manic comedy wire-fu extravaganza	2004-10-22	Simon
Shaolin Martial Arts (1974)	one of the better Shaolin films	2007-02-14	Simon
Shaolin Mantis (1978)	Probably David Chiang's best film	2004-10-22	Simon
Shaolin (2011)	nicely made	2011-12-19	Simon
Seven Swords (2005)	Good, but I assume the 4hr cut would be better!	2005-10-21	Simon
SPL (2005)	Hong Kong gets its mojo back	2006-01-21	Simon
Royal Tramp I&II (1992)	Entertaining wu xia spoof	2006-01-07	Simon
Return Of The One-Armed Swordsman (1969)	A pretty worthy film	2005-12-29	Simon
Raw Courage (1969)	One of Lo Wei's better efforts	2004-12-03	Simon
Police Force (1973)	...read review...	2004-01-19	Simon
Operation Scorpio (1990)	Good	2003-03-08	Simon
My Young Auntie (1981)	Kung fu doesn't get much better than this!	2021-04-16	Simon
Miracles (1989)	Jackie flexes his directorial muscles	2001-07-18	Simon
Legendary Weapons Of China (1982)	Story meh, action omg!	2005-02-04	Simon
Legend Of The Fox (1980)	Great, once it gets going	2005-09-25	Simon
Legend Of The Bat (1978)	Entertaining fantasy	2003-05-10	Simon
King Of Beggars (1992)	Good entertainment	2001-09-13	Simon
King Cat (1967)	Impressive	2005-06-09	Simon
Killers Five (1969)	...read review...	2005-02-09	Simon
Killer Clans (1976)	Difficult to follow but enjoyable	2003-01-07	Simon