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
Yokai Girl Kirin (2020)	Low budget and offers little to compensate	2021-08-22	Simon
Undercover Blues (2000)	Disappointing	2001-05-27	Simon
Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985)	Lose the lucky stars and this could be a great film	2001-09-14	Simon
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1983)	Weird!	2003-02-02	Simon
To Err Is Humane (1987)	Don't bother	2005-10-27	Simon
Three Against The World (1988)	Clunker	2003-03-07	Simon
The Voyage Of Emperor Chien Lung (1978)	Maybe better if you speak the language	2007-01-01	Simon
The Venus' Tear Diamond (1971)	May entertain some, but not my cup of tea	2005-07-06	Simon
The Sanctuary (2009)	Uncommonly bad	2021-08-08	Simon
The Rat Catcher (1974)	Rather twee	2004-01-19	Simon
The Peeping (2002)	Not really recommended.	2006-01-08	Simon
The Love Eterne (1963)	Guess I don't like Huangmei Opera!	2004-01-19	Simon
The Grandmaster (2013)	Incoherent and overblown	2013-04-07	Simon
The Fountain (2006)	Vacuous and trite	2007-06-12	Simon
The Expendables 2 (2012)	Lots of stars, no money left for a script writer?	2013-01-20	Simon
The Avenging Quartet (1993)	basically trash	2010-11-30	Simon
The Assassin (2015)	Pretentious arthouse yawnfest	2023-12-28	Simon
The Adventurers (1995)	Quite a mess, but with some big booms	2021-04-17	Simon
Snake Prince (1976)	Quite awful, but definitely different	2007-02-05	Simon
Shin Godzilla (2016)	Mostly awful but Godzilla is pretty awesome	2021-05-17	Simon
Satorare (2001)	Rubbish	2003-02-06	Simon
Saint Of Gamblers (1995)	Not worth the effort	2005-11-02	Simon
Running Out Of Time II (2001)	Disappointing sequel	2002-01-21	Simon
Road To High & Low (2016)	TV series condensed to incoherent 90 minute film	2020-09-26	Simon
Rivals Of Kung Fu (1974)	Dull Wong Fei Hung film	2006-02-10	Simon
Red Eagle (2010)	Disappointing effort from a usually talented writer/director	2013-02-02	Simon
Raivu (2014)	Something went horribly wrong here	2020-05-10	Simon
Operation Mekong (2016)	Empty spectacle	2021-09-11	Simon
Operation Billionaires (1998)	largely pointless	2006-03-20	Simon
Nabi (2001)	Amateurish	2002-11-08	Simon