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
Sword Stained With Royal Blood (1981)	Excellent fight scenes	2005-01-15	Simon
Swordsman (1990)	A seminal film, unfairly overshadowed by its sequel	2005-07-14	Simon
Swordsman At Large (1971)	Pretty decent	2006-04-09	Simon
Swordsman II (1992)	Classic	2005-07-16	Simon
Swordsman in Double Flag Town (1991)	Bleak and beautiful	2001-09-24	Simon
Taoist Priest (2021)	It's the 21st century mainland friendly Mr. Vampire	2021-03-08	Simon
Temple Of The Red Lotus (1965)	Not quite as impressive as I remembered, but still pretty cool	2022-06-19	Simon
Temple Of The Red Lotus (1965)	Highly recommended	2003-04-05	Simon
Ten Tigers Of Kwantung (1979)	Disposable kung fu	2006-05-01	Simon
That Fiery Girl (1968)	Mostly awful until the finale	2004-08-23	Simon
That Man In Chang-An (1967)	Dated but moderately entertaining	2006-06-19	Simon
The 14 Amazons (1972)	Classic epic	2006-02-27	Simon
The Absurd Brave (1969)	Unconventional, not particularly successful	2023-09-05	Simon
The Angry River (1971)	Worth a look	2009-07-18	Simon
The Assassin (1967)	Impressive	2022-08-07	Simon
The Assassin (1993)	Cheap but interesting	2001-06-27	Simon
The Assassin (2015)	Pretentious arthouse yawnfest	2023-12-28	Simon
The Avenging Eagle (1978)	One of the better Shaw Brothers martial arts films	2012-12-29	Simon
The Banquet (2006)	Lovely to look at	2006-12-03	Simon
The Barefoot Kid (1993)	Pretty good	2007-02-20	Simon
The Barefoot Kid (1993)	Fine but nothing special	2023-02-05	Simon
The Bastard (1973)	Enjoyable, if not first-rate Chor Yuen	2003-04-07	Simon
The Beheaded 1000 (1993)	Random mentalness	2015-04-25	Simon
The Black Lizard (1981)	Production line Chor Yuen	2007-05-02	Simon
The Black Tavern (1972)	Great inn-based wu xia	2007-06-11	Simon
The Blade (1995)	Tsui Hark reinvents himself again	2005-10-30	Simon
The Blood Brothers (1973)	The best Chang Cheh I've seen so far	2003-03-29	Simon
The Brave and the Evil (1971)	Really impressive action for 1971	2023-08-01	Simon
The Brave Archer (1977)	Barebones adaptation of the Condor Heroes novels	2020-09-27	Simon
The Bride With White Hair (1993)	One of the most beautiful and tragic wu xia films	2013-01-03	Simon