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
The Bride With White Hair 2 (1993)	Another sequel that doesn't seem to understand why we loved the original	2013-01-03	Simon
The Bullet Vanishes (2012)	Sherlock Holmes in Tiancheng?	2020-02-23	Simon
The Butterfly Murders (1979)	Tsui Hark's first film	2020-08-17	Simon
The Chase (1971)	Highly recommended	2005-09-21	Simon
The Crimson Charm (1971)	Non-essential	2005-07-20	Simon
The Dead and The Deadly (1982)	Very enjoyable supernatural action-comedy	2012-06-26	Simon
The Delightful Forest (1972)	Solid Ti Lung vehicle	2020-08-03	Simon
The Devil's Mirror (1972)	Nice bit of swordplay	2006-10-15	Simon
The Dragon Missile (1976)	Fun romp in the Flying Guillotine style	2015-03-13	Simon
The Dragon Tamers (1975)	Fine, I guess	2020-07-28	Simon
The Duel (2000)	Just about passes as entertainment	2006-01-16	Simon
The Duelist (2005)	a very enjoyable piece of cinema	2012-05-25	Simon
The East Is Red (1993)	Cheap cash-in	2005-07-19	Simon
The Eight Masters (1976)	Action-packed old school classic	2024-05-05	Simon
The Emperor's Shadow (1996)	A beautiful intimate epic	2024-03-03	Simon
The Enchantress (1983)	a difficult one to rate	2005-02-27	Simon
The Enigmatic Case (1980)	Lost Gem	2003-03-07	Simon
The Fastest Sword (1968)	Decent swordplay film	2006-04-15	Simon
The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)	...read review...	2023-02-24	Simon
The Flying Dagger (1969)	Solid swordplay film	2006-01-08	Simon
The Flying Dragon Mountain (1971)	A passable time-waster	2023-08-17	Simon
The Flying Guillotine (1975)	Solid action	2024-02-18	Simon
The Flying Guillotine II (1978)	More remote decapitation fun	2024-02-25	Simon
The Fortune Code (1990)	Not great cinema, but mostly harmless.	2007-02-07	Simon
The Golden Lion (1975)	a very entertaining watch	2007-10-08	Simon
The Golden Seal (1971)	Nice wu xia pian	2006-10-09	Simon
The Golden Sword (1969)	Decent wu xia film	2004-11-16	Simon
The Grand Passion (1970)	Lacking that touch of zen	2023-03-03	Simon
The Grandmaster (2013)	Incoherent and overblown	2013-04-07	Simon
The Heroic Ones (1970)	Probably seemed better at the time than it does now	2003-01-05	Simon