Reviews of films released in 2012

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
Judge Archer (2012)	Inscrutable but intriguing	2024-05-01	Simon
Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	Extraordinary	2022-08-19	Simon
Lesson of the Evil: Prologue (2012)	Not clear what purpose this serves	2022-07-27	Simon
Eega (2012)	You messed with the wrong Muscidae, bitch	2021-12-05	Simon
Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead (2012)	A better film than it probably needed to be	2021-08-28	Simon
Bring Me The Head Of The Machine Gun Woman (2012)	Great fun, Chilean Grindhouse style	2021-07-28	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin (2012)	A slick and fresh take on the martial arts genre	2021-06-06	Simon
For Love's Sake (2012)	It's a Miike musical	2020-08-31	Simon
Helter Skelter (2012)	It's certainly convenient to be pretty	2020-08-15	Simon
Vampire (2012)	Not a film about a vampire	2020-08-13	Simon
The Bullet Vanishes (2012)	Sherlock Holmes in Tiancheng?	2020-02-23	Simon
The Four (2012)	Top drawer wu xia extravaganza	2014-10-19	Simon
Fairy Tale Killer (2012)	Serial killer film that never really goes anywhere	2014-08-09	Simon
Chinese Zodiac (2012)	Messy but ultimately entertaining	2014-06-22	Simon
Lesson of the Evil (2012)	Another high school nightmare from Japan	2014-03-09	Simon
The Land Of Hope (2012)	Gently urgent warning about Fukushima	2014-01-05	Simon
Vulgaria (2012)	A film about film, and language, and food	2013-08-07	Simon
Isn't Anyone Alive? (2012)	Definitely interesting, but not sure if I liked it	2013-05-25	Simon
Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012)	Beautiful, tragic fantasy	2013-04-21	Simon
Tai Chi Hero (2012)	A fine continuation of the story	2013-04-03	Simon
Tai Chi Zero (2012)	Slick, quirky kung-fu comedy	2013-03-31	Simon
Looper (2012)	Relatively coherent time travel thriller	2013-02-14	Simon
Dead Sushi (2012)	Any sushi that sings that good can't be all bad!	2013-01-26	Simon
The Expendables 2 (2012)	Lots of stars, no money left for a script writer?	2013-01-20	Simon
The Viral Factor (2012)	Better than it ought to be	2012-05-13	Simon