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 Secret Rivals 2 (1977)	Bare-boned indie kick-em-up	2024-12-08	Simon
The Tai-Chi Master (1993)	Suffers from high expectations	2024-10-13	Simon
The Shaolin Kids (1975)	Reasonably entertaining wuxia/kung fu adventure	2024-06-02	Simon
Shaolin Kung Fu (1974)	Solid basher-style kung fu movie	2024-05-26	Simon
Blazing Temple (1976)	Another telling of a classic Shaolin story	2024-05-05	Simon
The 18 Bronzemen (1976)	Not enough Bronzemen	2024-04-21	Simon
The Magic Crane (1993)	Not Film Workshop's finest hour	2024-02-07	Simon
A Massacre Survivor (1979)	...read review...	2024-01-04	Simon
Zen of Sword (1992)	Solid but not essential Swordsman-like	2023-11-16	Simon
All Men Are Brothers (1973)	Less fun than I remembered	2023-10-01	Simon
Dreaming the Reality (1991)	Much as you'd expect	2023-09-28	Simon
Stage Door Johnny (1990)	A mixed bag	2023-08-24	Simon
Iron Mistress (1969)	Another solid but unremarkable Taiwanese wuxia	2023-08-22	Simon
The Flying Dragon Mountain (1971)	A passable time-waster	2023-08-17	Simon
In The Line Of Duty III (1988)	Basic but competently delivered	2023-05-23	Simon
The Grand Passion (1970)	Lacking that touch of zen	2023-03-03	Simon
The Barefoot Kid (1993)	Fine but nothing special	2023-02-05	Simon
Holy Virgin Versus The Evil Dead (1991)	One of the all-time great film titles!	2022-10-26	Simon
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978)	Better than expected	2022-05-16	Simon
My Wife Is A Gangster (2001)	Doesn't live up to my memory of it	2022-04-23	Simon
The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)	One of the more enjoyable Venoms films	2022-02-27	Simon
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)	Fine, if a little insubstantial	2022-01-22	Simon
Hand Of Death (1976)	Largely forgettable Shaolin story	2021-11-13	Simon
The Master of Kung Fu (1973)	Solid but unremarkable Wong Fei-Hung story	2021-08-15	Simon
Web Of Death (1976)	Goofy but entertaining	2021-08-08	Simon
Ong Bak 3 (2010)	Reduced in scale and ambition, but brings closure	2021-07-26	Simon
The Postman Fights Back (1982)	Some good moments but they don't cohere into a strong film	2021-07-02	Simon
Executioners From Shaolin (1977)	Less obviously a Lau Kar-Leung film than most he directed	2021-06-20	Simon
One-Armed Boxer (1972)	Silly but fun	2021-05-29	Simon
Shaolin Vs Evil Dead: Ultimate Power (2006)	Cheap and cheesy sequel/prequel that's fun to watch	2021-05-22	Simon