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
Black Butterfly (1968)	A decent if unremarkable late 60's wuxia	2021-05-10	Simon
The Lady Is the Boss (1983)	Great fights but cringingly dated fashions	2021-03-13	Simon
Operation Condor (1991)	Undoubtedly expensive but lacking something	2021-03-07	Simon
The Dragon Tamers (1975)	Fine, I guess	2020-07-28	Simon
Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)	Ridiculous Chinese New Year's fluff	2020-07-25	Simon
The Kung Fu Master (1979)	A credible kung fu movie	2020-07-11	Simon
Long Road To Gallantry (1984)	Fun but slight wu xia from Shaw Brothers' autumn years	2019-11-17	Simon
The Beheaded 1000 (1993)	Random mentalness	2015-04-25	Simon
Shanghai 13 (1984)	Chang Cheh goes indie	2015-02-18	Simon
Lady Of Steel (1970)	Passable Shaw Brothers/Cheng Pei-Pei swordplay film	2013-02-02	Simon
Moon Warriors (1992)	Not nearly as good as I remembered it being	2012-11-22	Simon
None But The Brave (1973)	Cheng Pei-Pei kicks Japanese ass	2012-11-10	Simon
The Sorcerer And The White Snake (2011)	Pretty, but nothing to write home about	2011-12-19	Simon
The Supreme Swordsman (1983)	Good fun	2011-01-30	Simon
Ip Man 2 (2010)	...read review...	2010-12-03	Simon
True Legend (2010)	Maybe worth a look	2010-12-02	Simon
House Of Traps (1982)	Reasonably entertaining	2009-09-25	Simon
The Himalayan (1976)	A decent slice of old-school action	2008-12-05	Simon
Cub Tiger From Kwangtung (1973)	Actually quite good	2008-07-16	Simon
The Silent Swordsman (1967)	Fairly good for the time	2007-07-25	Simon
Shanghai Shanghai (1990)	lacks that 'certain something'	2007-05-18	Simon
Choi Lee Fat Kung Fu (1979)	Great kung fu, lame comedy, no plot	2007-04-25	Simon
Duel For Gold (1971)	Chor Yuen's first film for Shaw Brothers	2007-04-02	Simon
Opium And The Kung-Fu Master (1984)	not awful, but not that great either	2007-03-01	Simon
Flag Of Iron (1980)	Standard Venoms stuff	2006-08-21	Simon
That Man In Chang-An (1967)	Dated but moderately entertaining	2006-06-19	Simon
Thunderbolt Fist (1972)	Mostly bad film, but good action	2006-06-11	Simon
Ten Tigers Of Kwantung (1979)	Disposable kung fu	2006-05-01	Simon
The Fastest Sword (1968)	Decent swordplay film	2006-04-15	Simon
The Proud Youth (1978)	A decent film, but not remarkable	2006-02-02	Simon