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
Death Duel (1977)	Much better than I remembered	2023-05-21	Simon
Death Duel of Kung Fu (1979)	Fair	2001-10-21	Simon
Death Valley (1968)	watchable but non-essential	2005-03-13	Simon
Descendant Of Wing Chun (1978)	Convoluted	2002-08-17	Simon
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010)	Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre	2010-12-04	Simon
Dirty Ho (1979)	Much ado about nothing	2005-09-12	Simon
Disciples Of The 36th Chamber (1985)	A sort of swan song for Shaw Brothers	2023-10-08	Simon
Dr Wai & The Scripture With No Words (1996)	Lunatic fun, and points for ambition	2002-02-03	Simon
Dragon Creek (1967)	Well crafted, engaging and enjoyable	2007-02-09	Simon
Dragon Fist (1972)	So you say you want a revolution	2024-05-12	Simon
Dragon Gate Inn (1967)	Good but maybe not quite as good as its reputation	2020-09-02	Simon
Dragon Inn 1992 (1992)	One of my favourite wuxia films	2023-02-24	Simon
Dragon Inn 1992 (1992)	One of the early 90's best films	2001-05-27	Simon
Dragon Swamp (1969)	Real dragons!	2004-10-22	Simon
Dreadnaught (1981)	Classic action-comedy	2007-01-13	Simon
Drunken Master II (1994)	One of the best martial arts films	2020-09-05	Simon
Duel For Gold (1971)	Chor Yuen's first film for Shaw Brothers	2007-04-02	Simon
Duel Of The Century (1981)	A decent enough Chor Yuen/Ku Long film	2006-01-16	Simon
Duel To The Death (1982)	You can never kill all the ninjas!	2012-11-07	Simon
Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)	Ferocious!	2021-07-05	Simon
Enchanting Shadow (1960)	The original Chinese Ghost Story	2004-01-19	Simon
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind (1980)	One of the finest movies ever made!	2002-05-11	Simon
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind 2 (1990)	Worthy successor	2012-06-22	Simon
Executioners From Shaolin (1977)	Less obviously a Lau Kar-Leung film than most he directed	2021-06-20	Simon
Fatal Flying Guillotines (1977)	Less speedup would have made a better film	2001-06-13	Simon
Fearless (2006)	Career highs all round	2006-03-29	Simon
Fearless Hyena (1979)	One of Jackie's best martial arts performances	2001-09-26	Simon
Finger Of Doom (1972)	Ahead of its time	2022-02-06	Simon
Fire Dragon (1994)	Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition	2013-06-08	Simon
Fist Of Legend (1994)	Jet's finest work, and one of the best martial arts films	2005-08-30	Simon