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
The Invincible Eight (1971) Mainly of historical interest 2024-10-26 Simon
The Mystery of Chess Boxing (1979) Incredibly basic kung fu revenge story 2024-06-15 Simon
Dragon Fist (1972) So you say you want a revolution 2024-05-12 Simon
The Vengeful Beauty (1978) Imaginative fights 2024-03-03 Simon
Filthy Guy (1978) Fairly disposable but Sammo is Sammo 2023-12-06 Simon
Game Of Death (1978) Worse than I remembered 2023-11-04 Simon
The Red Phoenix (1978) Nothing special, but some decent action 2023-11-01 Simon
The Shaolin Boxers (1974) Generic 2023-07-23 Simon
A Girl Fighter (1972) Not great but not boring 2023-04-22 Simon
Lung Wei Village (1978) Rather random and weird 2023-03-16 Simon
The Killer Meteors (1976) Reasonably entertaining fluff 2022-08-09 Simon
The Deadly Knives (1972) Decent action makes up for a recycled story 2022-07-10 Simon
The Evil Karate (1971) A fun low budget wuxia 2022-01-22 Simon
Black Mask (1996) Sounds great on paper but doesn't deliver 2021-06-17 Simon
Bat Without Wings (1980) Sadly the KISS makeup is really the best thing about it 2021-06-13 Simon
The City of Violence (2006) Disappointing follow up to Arahan 2021-06-03 Simon
Shaolin Drunkard (1983) More Yuen Clan antics 2021-05-23 Simon
The Angry Guest (1971) What kind of guests? Angry guests. 2021-04-29 Simon
A Man Called Tiger (1973) A fairly typical film of the era 2021-03-25 Simon
Snake And Crane Arts Of Shaolin (1978) Great final reel but the rest is trash 2021-02-26 Simon
The Brave Archer (1977) Barebones adaptation of the Condor Heroes novels 2020-09-27 Simon
Once Upon A Time In China III (1993) The series falters in its 3rd outing 2020-05-31 Simon
Iceman 3D (2013) Not as good as the original 2014-07-31 Simon
A Chinese Legend (1991) Yet another knock-off of A CHINESE GHOST STORY 2013-05-03 Simon
Clash (2009) Cheap and Cheesy 2013-04-08 Simon
Hero (Corey Yuen) (1997) Inferior remake of BOXER FROM SHANTUNG 2013-02-18 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 Invincible Sword (1971) Fairly cookie cutter tale of heroic swordsmen 2012-11-23 Simon
Five Element Ninjas (1982) Interesting ideas, uninspired execution 2012-11-09 Simon
Mr. Vampire II (1986) Never kiss a vampire 2012-11-05 Simon

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