• Sanshiro Sugata

    Apr 20, 2025

    It’s rough around the edges to be sure, but there’s much to be savoured here; Kurosawa gets more out of this condensed 80 minutes than many filmmakers get from three hours or so.

  • SARS Wars

    May 21, 2015

    Overall the film, much like its hero, has a low budget ramshackle charm that manages to entertain for the duration but wont leave you thinking about it the next day.

  • Satan Returns

    Sep 17, 2016

    ‘Satan Returns’ can’t decide if it’s a serious dark thriller or a goofy over-the-top action horror combo.

  • Savage

    Jul 5, 2021

    ‘Savage’ pulls few punches in its tough tale of a mountain cop on a quest to extract revenge on a trio of criminals who killed his partner.

  • Savage Dog

    Nov 23, 2017

    A pulpy period actioner is a good way to describe ‘Savage Dog’ but come the second half, the film veers into full on exploitation madness as the violence is ramped up.

  • Savate

    May 21, 2015

    The action is typically American. Gruner displays a repertoire of 3 different kicks at a less than blistering pace, while his opponents are even less impressive.

  • Saving General Yang

    May 21, 2015

    Yu’s epic is often stunning to look at, is a lot less stuffy and longwinded than many a recent Chinese period epic, moves at a fair clip and delivers a surfeit of adrenaline surged spectacle.

  • Saving Mr. Wu

    Mar 28, 2017

    Despite eschewing all the trappings of a big budget thriller, ‘Saving Mr. Wu’ is still a tense and perhaps even thought-provoking production.

  • Saviour Of The Soul

    May 21, 2015

    With a startling visual style and innovative action aplenty, ‘Saviour Of The Soul’ ranks among the very best of the Hong Kong fantasy genre.

  • Score

    May 21, 2015

    Not that I am expecting high art from what is a low budget Japanese action film but this film really is awful.

  • Secretly, Greatly

    May 21, 2015

    The one thing in the film’s favour is some passable fisticuffs though even this becomes repetitive after the hundredth faceless drone is punched in the head at the end.

  • Sector 7

    May 22, 2015

    As is sadly the case with many of the current crop of 3D films, ‘Sector 7’ is another cinematic Potemkin village.