Thriller 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
Inner Senses (2002)	Pretty stupid	2002-05-26	Simon
Nude Fear (1998)	Worth seeing, but not a must-see.	2002-04-14	Simon
One Nite In Mongkok (2004)	Skillfully woven tale	2004-06-12	Simon
Snake Charmer (2002)	So bad it makes bad things in general look quite good	2006-01-08	Simon
The Adventurers (2017)	Generic in every possible way	2021-04-17	Simon
Running Out Of Time II (2001)	Disappointing sequel	2002-01-21	Simon
Three Against The World (1988)	Clunker	2003-03-07	Simon
Angel With The Iron Fists (1967)	Camp James Bond knock-off	2004-11-02	Simon
I Saw The Devil (2010)	Really just unpleasant	2012-11-17	Simon
The Adventurers (1995)	Quite a mess, but with some big booms	2021-04-17	Simon
Spider Forest (2004)	Some interesting ideas but not worth watching the film for	2012-05-25	Simon
Shaolin Hand Lock (1978)	Would have made a good Bruce Lee film	2004-01-19	Simon
Hazard (2006)	Sleepy but restless	2021-03-18	Simon
Crows Zero II (2009)	More of the same	2022-11-14	Simon
Kikoku (2003)	Disappointingly generic Yakuza movie from Miike	2005-03-16	Simon
Devil Face, Angel Heart (2002)	Looks great but that's about it	2003-03-07	Simon
The Lady Professional (1971)	Some good scenes, some awful	2005-09-23	Simon
One Missed Call (2003)	Cliched and redundant	2005-06-12	Simon
Lesson of the Evil (2012)	Another high school nightmare from Japan	2014-03-09	Simon
Fairy Tale Killer (2012)	Serial killer film that never really goes anywhere	2014-08-09	Simon
The City of Violence (2006)	Disappointing follow up to Arahan	2021-06-03	Simon
Pursuit of a Killer (1985)	Prototype Cat III nasty	2022-01-23	Simon
Lesson of the Evil: Prologue (2012)	Not clear what purpose this serves	2022-07-27	Simon
Full River Red (2023)	Weak by Zhang Yimou standards	2023-04-30	Simon
He Lives By Night (1982)	Strange film	2007-07-29	Simon
Seeding Of A Ghost (1983)	Great final scene	2008-08-15	Simon
Accident (2009)	Interesting premise that fails to convince	2020-05-22	Simon
Paradox (2017)	A time of stunt doubles	2021-02-20	Simon
Deliver Us From Evil (2020)	Not much to recommend it but has some decent action	2021-03-20	Simon
Female Convict Scorpion: Grudge Song (1973)	...read review...	2021-07-06	Simon