Historical Epic 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
The Last Woman of Shang (1964)	Lavish historical epic	2024-09-02	Simon
The Emperor's Shadow (1996)	A beautiful intimate epic	2024-03-03	Simon
All Men Are Brothers (1973)	Less fun than I remembered	2023-10-01	Simon
The Water Margin (1972)	A lavish production delivering entertainment	2023-09-17	Simon
Twelve Gold Medallions (1970)	Not quite as impressive as I remembered	2021-11-07	Simon
Padmaavat (2018)	Looks pretty but weak in most other respects	2021-06-28	Simon
Call of Heroes (2016)	Justice only exists if it is maintained	2020-08-24	Simon
Throne Of Blood (1957)	Kurosawa's interpretation of Macbeth	2013-01-04	Simon
Kunpan - Legend of the Warlord (2002)	Well, I don't recommend not watching	2012-05-25	Simon
Ran (Chaos) (1985)	Kurosawa despairs at the human condition	2012-05-22	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
14 Blades (2010)	Forgettable	2010-10-26	Simon
Bodyguards And Assassins (2009)	Disappointing	2010-10-26	Simon
An Empress and the Warriors (2008)	Feels too much like a "me too!" project	2008-04-02	Simon
The Warlords (2007)	Decent remake of THE BLOOD BROTHERS (1973)	2008-01-26	Simon
A Battle Of Wits (2006)	Well worth a look if you're a fan of this sort of film!	2007-03-04	Simon
Curse Of The Golden Flower (2006)	Zhang Yimou's homage to the female bosom	2007-01-20	Simon
The Banquet (2006)	Lovely to look at	2006-12-03	Simon
Sons Of Good Earth (1965)	Solid debut from one of cinema's masters	2006-04-24	Simon
The 14 Amazons (1972)	Classic epic	2006-02-27	Simon
The Myth (2005)	Over-reaches in places, but surprisingly good overall	2006-01-31	Simon
Bang Rajan (2000)	Slightly messy but dramatic and gory epic	2005-02-28	Simon
TaeGukGi (2004)	Impressive war film from Korea	2004-12-11	Simon
Heaven And Earth (1990)	Waste of time (theirs and mine)	2004-07-01	Simon
All Men Are Brothers (1973)	Great production values and lots of fun	2004-01-19	Simon
The Last Samurai (2003)	A very enjoyable historical epic.	2003-12-26	Simon
Khunsuk (2003)	A very worthy historical epic	2003-10-12	Simon
Twelve Gold Medallions (1970)	Superlative	2003-04-13	Simon
The Blood Brothers (1973)	The best Chang Cheh I've seen so far	2003-03-29	Simon