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
Tai Chi Zero (2012)	Slick, quirky kung-fu comedy	2013-03-31	Simon
Hero (Corey Yuen) (1997)	Inferior remake of BOXER FROM SHANTUNG	2013-02-18	Simon
The Sword Of Many Loves (1993)	Mad as a bag of poisonous spiders	2013-02-17	Simon
Lady Of Steel (1970)	Passable Shaw Brothers/Cheng Pei-Pei swordplay film	2013-02-02	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
The Avenging Eagle (1978)	One of the better Shaw Brothers martial arts films	2012-12-29	Simon
King Eagle (1971)	Good Sister, Bad Sister	2012-12-05	Simon
Last Hurrah For Chivalry (1979)	I never enjoy drinking with a dead man	2012-11-26	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
The Invincible Sword (1971)	Fairly cookie cutter tale of heroic swordsmen	2012-11-23	Simon
Moon Warriors (1992)	Not nearly as good as I remembered it being	2012-11-22	Simon
Maidens Of Heavenly Mountain (1994)	Beautiful nonsense	2012-11-20	Simon
The Kick (2011)	Slick Thai/Korean crowd pleaser	2012-11-17	Simon
Raining In The Mountain (1979)	Sumptuous exploration of Buddhist philosophy	2012-11-12	Simon
None But The Brave (1973)	Cheng Pei-Pei kicks Japanese ass	2012-11-10	Simon
Five Element Ninjas (1982)	Interesting ideas, uninspired execution	2012-11-09	Simon
Duel To The Death (1982)	You can never kill all the ninjas!	2012-11-07	Simon
Blade Of Fury (1993)	Epic tale of politics, brotherhood and kung fu	2012-11-06	Simon
Mr. Vampire II (1986)	Never kiss a vampire	2012-11-05	Simon
Story Of Ricky (1992)	Completely Mad!	2012-11-02	Simon
Kung Fu Cult Master (1993)	One of the best examples of the early 90's wu xia film	2012-10-31	Simon
Burning Paradise (1994)	Gothic and macabre wire fu from Ringo Lam	2012-10-30	Simon
Merantau (2009)	Not as good as ONG BAK	2012-10-16	Simon
Ong Bak (2003)	Revitalised the martial arts genre	2012-10-16	Simon
The Raid: Redemption (2011)	Better than ONG BAK	2012-10-11	Simon
Warriors Two (1978)	Classic showcase of Wing Chun	2012-10-04	Simon
Mr. Vampire (1985)	Genre defining classic	2012-10-02	Simon
Gerd Ma Lui (1984)	Crazy Thai action	2012-09-28	Simon