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
A Deadly Secret (1980)	Better than average	2005-05-12	Simon
Battle Wizard (1977)	Early example of fantasy wu xia	2005-04-18	Simon
Vengeance Is A Golden Blade (1969)	Almost epic	2004-12-10	Simon
The Golden Sword (1969)	Decent wu xia film	2004-11-16	Simon
Spiritual Boxer (1975)	Lau Kar-Leung's directorial debut	2004-10-22	Simon
House Of Flying Daggers (2004)	Beautiful to look at	2004-10-12	Simon
The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)	Very beautiful and quite enjoyable	2004-05-22	Simon
7 Grandmasters (1977)	For martial arts fans only	2004-04-19	Simon
Era Of Vampires (2002)	Get the Singaporean version	2004-03-15	Simon
Invincible Shaolin (1978)	Chang Cheh's response to 36th Chamber Of Shaolin	2004-01-19	Simon
Heroes Shed No Tears (1980)	...read review...	2004-01-19	Simon
Little Dragon Maiden (1983)	Fun fantasy wuxia	2003-10-11	Simon
Trail Of The Broken Blade (1967)	One of the better swordplay films of its era	2003-07-27	Simon
36th Chamber Of Shaolin (1978)	Essential for kung fu fans	2003-06-08	Simon
The Lizard (1972)	quite a decent film	2003-05-23	Simon
Iron Bodyguard (1973)	A generally worthy film	2003-05-11	Simon
Fong Sai Yuk II (1993)	Not quite as good as the original	2003-04-27	Simon
The Bastard (1973)	Enjoyable, if not first-rate Chor Yuen	2003-04-07	Simon
Knock Off (1998)	Good silly fun	2003-03-29	Simon
So Close (2002)	Cool action scenes if nothing else	2002-09-26	Simon
Blonde Fury (1989)	Pure action movie	2002-07-22	Simon
Ninja In The Dragon's Den (1982)	A lot of fun	2002-05-11	Simon
Madam City Hunter (1993)	Mad City Hunter, I think they meant ;-)	2002-03-23	Simon
In The Line Of Duty V: Middle Man (1990)	Nice stunts	2002-03-06	Simon
Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog (1978)	Good fun, good fights	2002-03-04	Simon
Dr Wai & The Scripture With No Words (1996)	Lunatic fun, and points for ambition	2002-02-03	Simon
New Legend Of Shaolin (1994)	Stupid but entertaining	2002-02-03	Simon
Iron-Fisted Monk (1977)	Nothing too remarkable	2002-02-03	Simon
Legend Of Zu (2001)	Sensory spectacle	2001-11-17	Simon
Shaolin Drunken Monk (1981)	Enjoyable	2001-11-08	Simon