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 Rating Summary Date Reviewer
Yokai Girl Kirin (2020) Low budget and offers little to compensate 2021-08-22 Simon
Operation Mekong (2016) Empty spectacle 2021-09-11 Simon
Shin Godzilla (2016) Mostly awful but Godzilla is pretty awesome 2021-05-17 Simon
Road To High & Low (2016) TV series condensed to incoherent 90 minute film 2020-09-26 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 Assassin (2015) Pretentious arthouse yawnfest 2023-12-28 Simon
Raivu (2014) Something went horribly wrong here 2020-05-10 Simon
The Grandmaster (2013) Incoherent and overblown 2013-04-07 Simon
The Expendables 2 (2012) Lots of stars, no money left for a script writer? 2013-01-20 Simon
Red Eagle (2010) Disappointing effort from a usually talented writer/director 2013-02-02 Simon
I Saw The Devil (2010) Really just unpleasant 2012-11-17 Simon
L'Assaut (2010) Makes terrorism look quite dull 2012-10-27 Simon
City Under Siege (2010) Not quite as bad as Black Mask 2 2012-04-26 Simon
The Sanctuary (2009) Uncommonly bad 2021-08-08 Simon
The Fountain (2006) Vacuous and trite 2007-06-12 Simon
Japan Sinks (2006) Will make you wish it had 2007-04-17 Simon
Imprint (2006) ...read review... 2006-12-05 Simon
A-1 Headlines (2005) A terrible mess 2005-11-04 Simon
Land Of The Dead (2005) Everyone involved in the film should be bitten by zombies. 2005-05-25 Simon
Cromartie High - The Movie (2005) Weird, but not good 2012-05-21 Simon
2046 (2004) Largely a waste of time for all concerned 2005-07-29 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
The Peeping (2002) Not really recommended. 2006-01-08 Simon
Dry Wood Fierce Fire (2002) Pointless exercise in derivative movie-making 2002-05-26 Simon
Nabi (2001) Amateurish 2002-11-08 Simon
Running Out Of Time II (2001) Disappointing sequel 2002-01-21 Simon
Martial Angels (2001) Comprehensively dreadful 2001-05-27 Simon
Satorare (2001) Rubbish 2003-02-06 Simon
Undercover Blues (2000) Disappointing 2001-05-27 Simon

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