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
Shaolin Temple (1982) Some of the finest martial arts seen on film 2024-03-18 Simon
The Emperor's Shadow (1996) A beautiful intimate epic 2024-03-03 Simon
The Missing Gun (2002) Superlative cinema 2024-01-14 Simon
The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1994) Smart, stylish and funny 2024-01-01 Simon
House Of Flying Daggers (2004) In retrospect this was a wuxia classic 2024-01-01 Simon
The Idiots (1998) Not just empty provocation 2023-12-18 Simon
Extraction 2 (2023) Another action masterclass 2023-08-14 Simon
Zebraman (2004) An accessible Miike film 2022-12-20 Simon
Project A (1983) A Hong Kong cinema landmark 2022-12-08 Simon
The Five Venoms (1978) ...read review... 2022-11-21 Simon
The Assassin (1967) Impressive 2022-08-07 Simon
The Princess (2022) Are Disney princesses always this hardcore? 2022-07-31 Simon
Rang De Basanti (2006) Hits way harder than I was expecting 2022-07-24 Simon
Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone (2000) Not quite as topical as it once was, but still exceptional 2022-06-24 Simon
Chasuke's Journey (2015) Another unique film from Sabu 2022-06-18 Simon
Limbo (2021) A Hong Kong film 2022-06-18 Simon
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002) Absurd and poetic 2022-06-07 Simon
Pain and Glory (2019) Clearly Almodóvar's most personal film 2022-04-28 Simon
Desperado (1995) Tremendously entertaining 2022-03-12 Simon
War (2002) Whose war is it anyway? 2022-02-27 Simon
The Red Squirrel (1993) One of the films that got me interested in cinema 2022-02-16 Simon
Finger Of Doom (1972) Ahead of its time 2022-02-06 Simon
Dancing Mary (2019) Another Sabu masterpiece 2022-01-09 Simon
Law Of Desire (1987) Almodovar in full melodrama mode 2021-12-15 Simon
Police Story 3 - Supercop (1992) Shoehorned into the franchise but earns its place 2021-12-11 Simon
Eega (2012) You messed with the wrong Muscidae, bitch 2021-12-05 Simon
The Hidden Fortress (1958) Beautifully filmed 2021-11-14 Simon
Millionaires' Express (1986) Sammo really went all-out on this one 2021-09-19 Simon
Punk Samurai Slash Down (2018) The most bonkers film I've seen in a while 2021-09-18 Simon
Expect The Unexpected (1998) Expect a challenging and thoughtful film 2021-09-12 Simon

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