Period Film 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
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)	A strange film to end the series on	2021-07-30	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)	The legend returns	2021-06-19	Simon
The Ninja War of Torakage (2015)	Fun and stylish ninja silliness	2023-03-25	Simon
The Bullet Vanishes (2012)	Sherlock Holmes in Tiancheng?	2020-02-23	Simon
Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012)	Beautiful, tragic fantasy	2013-04-21	Simon
War Of The Arrows (2011)	Nice looking period action film	2012-11-09	Simon
Wu Xia (2011)	Fresh and well executed	2012-01-06	Simon
Shaolin (2011)	nicely made	2011-12-19	Simon
White Vengeance (2011)	Gorgeous production with interesting characters and plot	2012-04-23	Simon
Little Big Soldier (2009)	Well worth a look.	2010-11-10	Simon
Ong Bak 2 (2008)	Due for a reappraisal	2021-07-26	Simon
A Battle Of Wits (2006)	Well worth a look if you're a fan of this sort of film!	2007-03-04	Simon
The Myth (2005)	Over-reaches in places, but surprisingly good overall	2006-01-31	Simon
Seven Swords (2005)	Good, but I assume the 4hr cut would be better!	2005-10-21	Simon
A Chinese Tall Story (2005)	Beautiful and Mad	2006-05-27	Simon
The Duelist (2005)	a very enjoyable piece of cinema	2012-05-25	Simon
A World Without Thieves (2004)	Recommended	2006-01-08	Simon
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)	a love song to kung fu films	2005-02-25	Simon
Khunsuk (2003)	A very worthy historical epic	2003-10-12	Simon
Bang Rajan (2000)	Slightly messy but dramatic and gory epic	2005-02-28	Simon
Forbidden City Cop (1996)	One of the best Stephen Chiau films of the 1990's	2021-12-12	Simon
Shanghai Triad (1995)	Visually stunning	2006-01-08	Simon
Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (1994)	Captures a moment in Chinese history well	2013-01-30	Simon
What Price Survival (1994)	Visually beautiful, rather impenetrable	2001-05-27	Simon
Last Hero In China (1993)	An irreverent addition to the Wong Fei Hung canon	2012-11-24	Simon
Flirting Scholar (1993)	Very funny	2006-01-07	Simon
A Warrior's Tragedy (1993)	Delirious & visually impressive wuxia piece	2008-02-26	Simon
Royal Tramp I&II (1992)	Entertaining wu xia spoof	2006-01-07	Simon
Justice, My Foot! (1992)	Good if you're a Chiau fan	2007-03-14	Simon
Ju Dou (1990)	When I buy an animal I treat it as I wish	2021-04-03	Simon