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
The Assassin (2015)	Pretentious arthouse yawnfest	2023-12-28	Simon
Heroes Shed No Tears (1984)	A real stinker	2022-07-28	Simon
Deadly Dream Woman (1992)	Drags for a sub-90 minute film	2022-06-12	Simon
Operation Mekong (2016)	Empty spectacle	2021-09-11	Simon
Yokai Girl Kirin (2020)	Low budget and offers little to compensate	2021-08-22	Simon
The Sanctuary (2009)	Uncommonly bad	2021-08-08	Simon
Shin Godzilla (2016)	Mostly awful but Godzilla is pretty awesome	2021-05-17	Simon
The Adventurers (1995)	Quite a mess, but with some big booms	2021-04-17	Simon
Road To High & Low (2016)	TV series condensed to incoherent 90 minute film	2020-09-26	Simon
Raivu (2014)	Something went horribly wrong here	2020-05-10	Simon
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny (2016)	Far from worthy of sharing a name with Ang Lee's film	2016-03-01	Simon
The Grandmaster (2013)	Incoherent and overblown	2013-04-07	Simon
Red Eagle (2010)	Disappointing effort from a usually talented writer/director	2013-02-02	Simon
The Expendables 2 (2012)	Lots of stars, no money left for a script writer?	2013-01-20	Simon
I Saw The Devil (2010)	Really just unpleasant	2012-11-17	Simon
The Rat Catcher (1974)	Rather twee	2004-01-19	Simon
L'Assaut (2010)	Makes terrorism look quite dull	2012-10-27	Simon
My Wife Is A Gangster II (2003)	Sequel that completely misses the charms of the original	2004-01-12	Simon
Muay Thai - Nai Khanom Thom (2003)	Very bad	2003-06-12	Simon
Danger Has Two Faces (1985)	...read review...	2004-01-19	Simon
Nabi (2001)	Amateurish	2002-11-08	Simon
My Lucky Stars (1985)	Bad comedy	2001-05-27	Simon
Angel With The Iron Fists (1967)	Camp James Bond knock-off	2004-11-02	Simon
Undercover Blues (2000)	Disappointing	2001-05-27	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
Snake Prince (1976)	Quite awful, but definitely different	2007-02-05	Simon