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
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
Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)	No classic but worth a look	2012-08-31	Simon
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)	Looks good, but lacks substance	2012-04-21	Simon
Iron Angels (1987)	Schizophrenic but fun	2010-11-09	Simon