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
The Dragon Tamers (1975) Fine, I guess 2020-07-28 Simon
Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993) Ridiculous Chinese New Year's fluff 2020-07-25 Simon
The Kung Fu Master (1979) A credible kung fu movie 2020-07-11 Simon
Killer's Nocturne (1987) Chin Siu-Ho fights a kangaroo 2020-06-14 Simon
Accident (2009) Interesting premise that fails to convince 2020-05-22 Simon
Long Road To Gallantry (1984) Fun but slight wu xia from Shaw Brothers' autumn years 2019-11-17 Simon
The Beheaded 1000 (1993) Random mentalness 2015-04-25 Simon
Shanghai 13 (1984) Chang Cheh goes indie 2015-02-18 Simon
Peacock King (1989) People who can think won't like it... 2014-11-30 Simon
Blind Detective (2013) A glorious mess of a film 2014-01-03 Simon
Karate-Robo Zaborgar (2011) Another Japanese kids show revival project 2013-02-10 Simon
Lady Of Steel (1970) Passable Shaw Brothers/Cheng Pei-Pei swordplay film 2013-02-02 Simon
Deadball (2011) Splattery and demented, but not as good as it could be 2013-01-25 Simon
Moon Warriors (1992) Not nearly as good as I remembered it being 2012-11-22 Simon
Kotoko (2011) A journey into a very troubled mind 2012-11-22 Simon
Yatterman (2009) Too adult for kids, too childish for adults? 2012-11-19 Simon
None But The Brave (1973) Cheng Pei-Pei kicks Japanese ass 2012-11-10 Simon
She's On Duty (2005) not much you won't have seen before 2012-05-25 Simon
Shadowless Sword (2005) Probably a bad film but it's at least kind of pretty 2012-05-25 Simon
Yaowarat (2003) a passable diversion 2012-05-25 Simon
Hitman File (2005) Confusing 2012-05-25 Simon
This Is Law (2001) Shallow, generic but entertaining thriller 2012-05-25 Simon
The Neighbour No. 13 (2005) just so much meaningless violence, really. 2012-05-22 Simon
Killing Machine (1976) Worth a look for Chiba fans, non-essential for everyone else 2012-05-22 Simon
Girl Boss Guerilla (1972) Enjoyable, if still far from exceptional 2012-05-22 Simon
The Sorcerer And The White Snake (2011) Pretty, but nothing to write home about 2011-12-19 Simon
The Supreme Swordsman (1983) Good fun 2011-01-30 Simon
Ip Man 2 (2010) ...read review... 2010-12-03 Simon
True Legend (2010) Maybe worth a look 2010-12-02 Simon
The Island (1985) Reasonably entertaining. 2009-09-28 Simon

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