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
Iron Angels (1987)	Schizophrenic but fun	2010-11-09	Simon
Bodyguards And Assassins (2009)	Disappointing	2010-10-26	Simon
Fatal Move (2008)	Clearly inspired by SPL	2008-11-11	Simon
Iron Buddha (1970)	Watchable, but not very good	2008-02-07	Simon
Men from the Monastery (1974)	Perhaps hasn't aged well	2007-07-30	Simon
Five Superfighters (1979)	Pretty dumb	2007-06-26	Simon
Flying Swordsgirl (1969)	Doesn't suck, but isn't that hot.	2007-06-15	Simon
Eight Immortals (1971)	Some vague enjoyment to be had	2007-05-22	Simon
The Black Lizard (1981)	Production line Chor Yuen	2007-05-02	Simon
Lethal Ninja (2006)	...read review...	2007-02-04	Simon
Convict Killer (1980)	Mediocre wu xia	2006-11-06	Simon
The Mighty One (1971)	Muddled plot, inventive action	2006-09-14	Simon
The Executioner II (1974)	Seems not to have understand why we liked the original!	2006-03-25	Simon
The Streetfighter's Last Revenge (1974)	Continues the downhill trend of the series	2006-03-15	Simon
Karate Girls (2003)	Mostly harmless	2006-03-02	Simon
Clan Of Amazons (1978)	Weak Chor Yuen/Ku Long collaboration	2006-01-17	Simon
Call To Arms (1973)	Nice eye candy, not much else	2005-08-31	Simon
Fake Ghost Catchers (1982)	Suffers from a weak script	2005-08-09	Simon
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978)	Story is just too complicated for a film?	2005-07-29	Simon
The East Is Red (1993)	Cheap cash-in	2005-07-19	Simon
Descendant Of The Sun (1983)	A guilty pleasure at best	2005-04-27	Simon
Roving Swordsman (1983)	5/10	2005-01-09	Simon
Twins Effect II (2004)	Should have been better	2004-10-23	Simon
That Fiery Girl (1968)	Mostly awful until the finale	2004-08-23	Simon
The Rescue (1971)	Didn't do much for me	2004-05-22	Simon
Two Champions Of Shaolin (1980)	Terrible in most respects	2004-01-19	Simon
The Master (Shaw Brothers) (1980)	Great kung fu, ok movie	2003-09-10	Simon
By Hook Or By Crook (1980)	somewhat entertaining	2003-03-18	Simon
To Kill With Intrigue (1977)	Blah	2003-02-23	Simon
Descendant Of Wing Chun (1978)	Convoluted	2002-08-17	Simon