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
To Kill With Intrigue (1977)	Blah	2003-02-23	Simon
Clans Of Intrigue (1977)	Wonderfully convoluted wu xia murder mystery	2003-02-16	Simon
The Warrior (2001)	Boring	2003-02-09	Simon
Fong Sai Yuk (1993)	A must see HK movie	2003-01-31	Simon
Seven Samurai (1954)	One of the best films ever made	2003-01-31	Simon
Come Drink With Me (1966)	The one that started it all	2003-01-11	Simon
Killer Clans (1976)	Difficult to follow but enjoyable	2003-01-07	Simon
The Heroic Ones (1970)	Probably seemed better at the time than it does now	2003-01-05	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)	Seminal work of sublime beauty	2002-12-01	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China (1991)	One of the best martial arts films ever made	2002-12-01	Simon
The Messenger: Joan Of Arc (1999)	Interminable	2002-10-28	Simon
Samurai Fiction (1998)	Totally dull	2002-09-29	Simon
Descendant Of Wing Chun (1978)	Convoluted	2002-08-17	Simon
Jan Dara (2001)	Is tragic erotica a new genre?	2002-07-21	Simon
Genghis Khan (2000)	Great production values, lavish epic	2002-07-07	Simon
Dang Bireley's Young Gangsters (1997)	Very well made gangster tale	2002-06-07	Simon
Suriyothai (2001)	Flaws aside, it's an impressive movie	2002-05-27	Simon
Asoka (2001)	Impressive and powerful	2002-05-24	Simon
Ninja In The Dragon's Den (1982)	A lot of fun	2002-05-11	Simon
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind (1980)	One of the finest movies ever made!	2002-05-11	Simon
Ashes Of Time (1994)	A work of art	2002-04-14	Simon
Musa (2001)	Superb epic	2002-04-04	Simon
The Victim (1980)	Mindblowing	2002-03-22	Simon
Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002)	Hmmm	2002-03-19	Simon
New Fist Of Fury (1976)	Mildly entertaining - or at least interesting	2002-03-18	Simon
Tian Di (1994)	It's not that bad, cynics!	2002-03-10	Simon
Ghost Of The Mirror (1974)	Pretty Ghost	2002-03-03	Simon
Gunmen (1988)	Not a great example of film-making	2002-02-27	Simon
Peace Hotel (1995)	Nice idea, shame about the movie	2002-02-22	Simon
The Magnificent (1979)	Quite a decent piece of old school	2002-02-17	Simon