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
Fistful of Vengeance (2022) Pretty tasteless and generic 2022-02-17 Simon
Once Upon A Time In China IV (1993) The low point of the series 2021-12-04 Simon
Special ID (2013) Yeah... it's not good 2021-07-12 Simon
What Price Honesty? (1981) Shallow and mediocre 2019-08-25 Simon
Mr. Nice Guy (1997) For fans only 2010-11-08 Simon
New Shaolin Boxers (1976) Simple film 2010-11-04 Simon
14 Blades (2010) Forgettable 2010-10-26 Simon
Storm Warriors (2009) Meh 2010-10-26 Simon
Heads For Sale (1970) Great title 2008-04-12 Simon
Magnificent Swordsman (1968) Surprisingly mediocre 2007-07-24 Simon
Marco Polo (1975) A bit rubbish 2007-07-13 Simon
Five Tough Guys (1974) ...read review... 2006-04-02 Simon
The Hidden Power Of Dragon Sabre (1983) Chor Yuen "going through the motions" 2006-02-22 Simon
Kung Fu Mahjong (2005) Just about worth watching 2005-12-30 Simon
Swift Sword (1980) Bad, but perhaps enjoyable anyway 2005-08-19 Simon
Killer Darts (1968) Close to a clunker 2005-06-17 Simon
Dance Of The Drunk Mantis (1979) One for the devoted only 2005-06-17 Simon
36 Deadly Styles (1980) Not very good 2004-02-04 Simon
Shaolin Hand Lock (1978) Would have made a good Bruce Lee film 2004-01-19 Simon
Lion Vs Lion (1981) Banal and annoying 2004-01-19 Simon
Big Brother Cheng (1975) Sequel to The Teahouse 2004-01-19 Simon
Once Upon A Time In China And America (1997) misconceived from the start 2003-06-08 Simon
The Heroic Ones (1970) Probably seemed better at the time than it does now 2003-01-05 Simon
Kiss Of The Dragon (2001) Talent gone to waste 2002-10-13 Simon

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Reviews by genre with rating 2 stars

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Gambling (1)

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