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
Vengeance! (1970)	A really stripped down piece of cinema	2021-04-24	Simon
Burning (2018)	Burning Slowly	2021-04-18	Simon
The Adventurers (2017)	Generic in every possible way	2021-04-17	Simon
The Adventurers (1995)	Quite a mess, but with some big booms	2021-04-17	Simon
My Young Auntie (1981)	Kung fu doesn't get much better than this!	2021-04-16	Simon
Have Sword, Will Travel (1969)	Chang Cheh in wuxia mode	2021-04-12	Simon
Miss Zombie (2013)	The PARASITE of zombie films	2021-04-10	Simon
Aces Go Places V (1989)	Aces have mostly gone to other places by this point	2021-04-10	Simon
Aces Go Places IV (1986)	More even-keeled than its predecessors	2021-04-05	Simon
Dai Kaiju Mono (2016)	Don't you want to be a big strong man?	2021-04-03	Simon
Ju Dou (1990)	When I buy an animal I treat it as I wish	2021-04-03	Simon
Vampire Clay (2017)	What if some clay was a vampire?	2021-04-02	Simon
A Bride For Rip Van Winkle (2016)	Maybe marriage isn't for some people	2021-04-02	Simon
Aces Go Places III (1984)	Lacks the chemistry of its predecessor	2021-04-01	Simon
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972)	One of the highlights of the Shaw Brothers catalogue	2021-04-01	Simon
Aces Go Places II (1983)	Improves on the original in just about every way	2021-03-30	Simon
Aces Go Places (1982)	Influential action comedy but terribly dated	2021-03-28	Simon
Usagi Drop (2011)	Adventures in unexpected parenthood	2021-03-28	Simon
The Shadow Boxing (1979)	Corpses don't pee	2021-03-27	Simon
A Man Called Tiger (1973)	A fairly typical film of the era	2021-03-25	Simon
Drive (2002)	Shut up and drive	2021-03-22	Simon
Hold Up Down (2005)	People who have little to forgive have little to love	2021-03-21	Simon
High & Low The Movie 3: Final Mission (2017)	A new low bar for the franchise	2021-03-21	Simon
Deliver Us From Evil (2020)	Not much to recommend it but has some decent action	2021-03-20	Simon
Skylin3s (2020)	Easy to watch but pretty dumb	2021-03-20	Simon
Hazard (2006)	Sleepy but restless	2021-03-18	Simon
Unlucky Monkey (1998)	Crime and punishment	2021-03-15	Simon
BuyBust (2018)	Shonky first half but gets better as it goes on	2021-03-14	Simon
Wira (2019)	Man I hope I never have to fight Yayan Ruhian	2021-03-13	Simon
The Lady Is the Boss (1983)	Great fights but cringingly dated fashions	2021-03-13	Simon