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 Rating Summary Date Reviewer
Fist Of Fury (1972) Easily Bruce Lee's best film 2024-07-09 Simon
Dragon Inn 1992 (1992) One of my favourite wuxia films 2023-02-24 Simon
Drive (1997) A joy to watch 2022-11-12 Simon
Heroes Of The East (1978) Amongst the greatest kung fu films ever made 2022-07-04 Simon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) This was pretty good, huh? 2022-05-11 Simon
Shaolin Soccer (2001) Stephen Chiau achieves transcendence 2021-10-03 Simon
Ong Bak (2003) Still one of the all time greats 2021-07-10 Simon
The Prodigal Son (1981) One of the very best kung fu films 2021-07-10 Simon
Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984) Ferocious! 2021-07-05 Simon
Rurouni Kenshin (2012) A slick and fresh take on the martial arts genre 2021-06-06 Simon
Human Lanterns (1982) A real masterpiece! 2021-05-24 Simon
Drunken Master II (1994) One of the best martial arts films 2020-09-05 Simon
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) One of the classic samurai films 2020-08-09 Simon
The Bride With White Hair (1993) One of the most beautiful and tragic wu xia films 2013-01-03 Simon
Iron Monkey (1993) Great entry into the Wong Fei-Hung canon 2012-11-24 Simon
Duel To The Death (1982) You can never kill all the ninjas! 2012-11-07 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
A Touch Of Zen (1971) Greatest martial arts film of all time? 2006-04-25 Simon
Fearless (2006) Career highs all round 2006-03-29 Simon
The 14 Amazons (1972) Classic epic 2006-02-27 Simon
The Blade (1995) Tsui Hark reinvents himself again 2005-10-30 Simon
Fist Of Legend (1994) Jet's finest work, and one of the best martial arts films 2005-08-30 Simon
King Boxer (1972) classic piece of 70's kung fu 2005-08-03 Simon
Twelve Gold Medallions (1970) Superlative 2003-04-13 Simon
Come Drink With Me (1966) The one that started it all 2003-01-11 Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) Seminal work of sublime beauty 2002-12-01 Simon
Once Upon A Time In China (1991) One of the best martial arts films ever made 2002-12-01 Simon
Versus (2001) Arguably my favourite film 2002-05-25 Simon
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind (1980) One of the finest movies ever made! 2002-05-11 Simon

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