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
Dirty Ho (1979)	Much ado about nothing	2005-09-12	Simon
Death Duel of Kung Fu (1979)	Fair	2001-10-21	Simon
The Red Phoenix (1978)	Nothing special, but some decent action	2023-11-01	Simon
Lung Wei Village (1978)	Rather random and weird	2023-03-16	Simon
Snake And Crane Arts Of Shaolin (1978)	Great final reel but the rest is trash	2021-02-26	Simon
The Avenging Eagle (1978)	One of the better Shaw Brothers martial arts films	2012-12-29	Simon
The Flying Guillotine II (1978)	More remote decapitation fun	2024-02-25	Simon
Warriors Two (1978)	Classic showcase of Wing Chun	2012-10-04	Simon
The Vengeful Beauty (1978)	Imaginative fights	2024-03-03	Simon
Shaolin Hand Lock (1978)	Would have made a good Bruce Lee film	2004-01-19	Simon
Invincible Shaolin (1978)	Chang Cheh's response to 36th Chamber Of Shaolin	2004-01-19	Simon
Descendant Of Wing Chun (1978)	Convoluted	2002-08-17	Simon
Clan Of Amazons (1978)	Weak Chor Yuen/Ku Long collaboration	2006-01-17	Simon
The Voyage Of Emperor Chien Lung (1978)	Maybe better if you speak the language	2007-01-01	Simon
The Proud Youth (1978)	A decent film, but not remarkable	2006-02-02	Simon
36th Chamber Of Shaolin (1978)	Essential for kung fu fans	2003-06-08	Simon
Shaolin Mantis (1978)	Probably David Chiang's best film	2004-10-22	Simon
Legend Of The Bat (1978)	Entertaining fantasy	2003-05-10	Simon
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978)	Story is just too complicated for a film?	2005-07-29	Simon
Death Duel (1977)	Much better than I remembered	2023-05-21	Simon
The Shaolin Plot (1977)	Largely unknown old school classic	2015-02-18	Simon
To Kill With Intrigue (1977)	Blah	2003-02-23	Simon
To Kill A Jaguar (1977)	Great story and decent fight scenes	2004-02-22	Simon
The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)	Very beautiful and quite enjoyable	2004-05-22	Simon
Iron-Fisted Monk (1977)	Nothing too remarkable	2002-02-03	Simon
Fatal Flying Guillotines (1977)	Less speedup would have made a better film	2001-06-13	Simon
Pursuit of Vengeance (1977)	Pretty good stuff!	2007-08-18	Simon
Judgement Of An Assassin (1977)	One of the best wu xia	2006-05-29	Simon
Jade Tiger (1977)	...read review...	2004-01-19	Simon
Executioners From Shaolin (1977)	Less obviously a Lau Kar-Leung film than most he directed	2021-06-20	Simon