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
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)	One of the classic samurai films	2020-08-09	Simon
Violent Cop (1989)	A landmark in Japanese cinema	2020-07-11	Simon
My Sassy Girl (2001)	The most romantic movie of all time?	2020-06-19	Simon
Meatball Machine: Kodoku (2017)	One of the great works of cinema	2020-05-10	Simon
Aberdeen (2014)	Quietly, gently, beautifully devastating	2020-02-22	Simon
Desire To Kill (2010)	Delicious black comedy about revenge	2014-08-06	Simon
Confessions (2010)	One sin leads to another	2014-03-08	Simon
Zombie Ass: Toilet Of The Dead (2011)	Almost justifies all the other zombie movies existence(s)	2013-04-21	Simon
Open Your Eyes (1997)	A movie for grown-ups	2013-03-30	Simon
Let The Bullets Fly (2010)	Action comedy that's smart and funny	2013-02-09	Simon
City of Lost Children (1995)	Contains the best single scene in cinematic history!	2013-01-20	Simon
Leon: The Professional (1994)	If you don't help me, I'll be dead by tonight...	2013-01-05	Simon
The Bride With White Hair (1993)	One of the most beautiful and tragic wu xia films	2013-01-03	Simon
Iron Monkey (1993)	Great entry into the Wong Fei-Hung canon	2012-11-24	Simon
'M' (1931)	Shocking even now (contains spoilers)	2012-11-14	Simon
Rashomon (1950)	Kurosawa looks at the blackness of the human heart	2012-11-13	Simon
Duel To The Death (1982)	You can never kill all the ninjas!	2012-11-07	Simon
Battle Royale (2000)	One of the best and most important films ever made	2012-10-24	Simon
Ong Bak (2003)	Revitalised the martial arts genre	2012-10-16	Simon
The Machine Girl (2008)	Greatest film ever?	2012-10-15	Simon
The Raid: Redemption (2011)	Better than ONG BAK	2012-10-11	Simon
The Elephant Keeper (1987)	The movie that made me move to Thailand	2012-05-24	Simon
Survive Style 5+ (2004)	Gorgeous, whimsical and hyper-stylised	2012-05-22	Simon
The Taste Of Tea (2004)	Something to remind you what films CAN be like	2012-05-22	Simon
Ran (Chaos) (1985)	Kurosawa despairs at the human condition	2012-05-22	Simon
Ichi The Killer (2001)	A dazzlingly unique and creative movie	2012-05-22	Simon
A Better Tomorrow (1986)	classic	2010-11-04	Simon
The Mission (1999)	Masterpiece	2006-07-25	Simon
A Touch Of Zen (1971)	Greatest martial arts film of all time?	2006-04-25	Simon
Fearless (2006)	Career highs all round	2006-03-29	Simon