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
Yesterday Once More (2004)	Formulaic	2007-04-24	Simon
Woman Of Water (2002)	Avoid	2012-05-22	Simon
Wicked Ghost (1999)	Mediocre RINGU knock-off	2006-01-08	Simon
What Price Honesty? (1981)	Shallow and mediocre	2019-08-25	Simon
Waru (2006)	Not one (or two) of Miike's best	2023-11-03	Simon
Villain (2010)	A film of two halves... neither very good	2012-11-25	Simon
The Pye Dog (2007)	mediocre, melodramatic and mostly quite dull	2008-06-09	Simon
The Messenger: Joan Of Arc (1999)	Interminable	2002-10-28	Simon
The Inspector Wears Skirts II (1989)	Not very good	2007-08-30	Simon
The Incorruptible (1993)	Watchable	2006-05-08	Simon
The Hidden Power Of Dragon Sabre (1983)	Chor Yuen "going through the motions"	2006-02-22	Simon
The Heroic Ones (1970)	Probably seemed better at the time than it does now	2003-01-05	Simon
The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)	Not a return to glory for Luc Besson	2013-06-29	Simon
The Duel (2000)	Just about passes as entertainment	2006-01-16	Simon
The Big Holdup (1975)	Not my cup of tea	2003-09-30	Simon
The Absurd Brave (1969)	Unconventional, not particularly successful	2023-09-05	Simon
Swift Sword (1980)	Bad, but perhaps enjoyable anyway	2005-08-19	Simon
Storm Warriors (2009)	Meh	2010-10-26	Simon
Star Runner (2003)	Cliched and redundant	2004-07-05	Simon
Spider Forest (2004)	Some interesting ideas but not worth watching the film for	2012-05-25	Simon
Special ID (2013)	Yeah... it's not good	2021-07-12	Simon
Shaolin Hand Lock (1978)	Would have made a good Bruce Lee film	2004-01-19	Simon
S Storm (2016)	...read review...	2020-04-22	Simon
Resurrection Of The Little Match Girl (2002)	Train wreck... but pretty	2003-04-12	Simon
Prosperous of Family (1970)	Not awful, but no great reason to watch it	2023-11-22	Simon
Parasite Doctor Suzune: Genesis (2011)	Cosplay soft porn	2013-05-26	Simon
Padmaavat (2018)	Looks pretty but weak in most other respects	2021-06-28	Simon
Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)	Interesting idea but dull development	2021-08-02	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China IV (1993)	The low point of the series	2021-12-04	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China And America (1997)	misconceived from the start	2003-06-08	Simon