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
My Flying Wife (1991)	Delirious multi-genre piece	2001-12-17	Simon
The Godfather's Daughter Mafia Blues (1991)	Bona fide hidden gem	2002-01-12	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)	In many ways a retread of the first part	2005-06-28	Simon
Magic Cop (1990)	...read review...	2023-10-29	Simon
Stage Door Johnny (1990)	A mixed bag	2023-08-24	Simon
Tiger Cage II (1990)	Cheesy classic	2003-06-07	Simon
Outlaw Brothers (1990)	Great 80's martial arts/action/comedy	2005-10-04	Simon
Skinny Tiger Fatty Dragon (1990)	Flawed but fun	2001-07-18	Simon
Shanghai Shanghai (1990)	lacks that 'certain something'	2007-05-18	Simon
Operation Scorpio (1990)	Good	2003-03-08	Simon
In The Line Of Duty V: Middle Man (1990)	Nice stunts	2002-03-06	Simon
Magic Cop (1990)	Excellent Mr Vampire spinoff	2002-01-06	Simon
Kung Fu Vs. Acrobatic (1990)	Mostly Harmless	2001-08-02	Simon
Dragon From Russia (1990)	medium-level classic	2003-03-01	Simon
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind 2 (1990)	Worthy successor	2012-06-22	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)	cash-in with more comedy (but less funny)	2005-06-28	Simon
Swordsman (1990)	A seminal film, unfairly overshadowed by its sequel	2005-07-14	Simon
Pedicab Driver (1989)	Legendary Sammo film finally gets a DVD release	2016-02-20	Simon
City Cops (1989)	Depends what you're looking for	2003-04-26	Simon
Blonde Fury (1989)	Pure action movie	2002-07-22	Simon
Miracles (1989)	Jackie flexes his directorial muscles	2001-07-18	Simon
Iceman Cometh (1989)	Essential for fans of Yuen Biao or Yuen Wah	2005-08-08	Simon
In The Line Of Duty IV (1989)	Action packed	2003-07-27	Simon
Yellow River Fighter (1988)	A rare mainland Chinese wuxia film	2024-02-04	Simon
In The Line Of Duty III (1988)	Basic but competently delivered	2023-05-23	Simon
Tiger On The Beat (1988)	Lau Kar-Leung's foray into modern day action	2012-04-01	Simon
The Good, The Bad & The Beauty (1988)	Good, violent action-comedy	2006-06-01	Simon
Mr. Vampire IV (1988)	Enjoyable	2001-06-13	Simon
Dragons Forever (1988)	Classic 80's action/comedy	2006-07-19	Simon
Project A II (1987)	Jackie doing what Jackie does	2022-12-17	Simon