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
Five Shaolin Masters (1974)	Too much fighting!	2004-05-22	Simon
Five Superfighters (1979)	Pretty dumb	2007-06-26	Simon
Five Tough Guys (1974)	...read review...	2006-04-02	Simon
Flag Of Iron (1980)	Standard Venoms stuff	2006-08-21	Simon
Flirting Scholar (1993)	Very funny	2006-01-07	Simon
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)	Looks good, but lacks substance	2012-04-21	Simon
Flying Swordsgirl (1969)	Doesn't suck, but isn't that hot.	2007-06-15	Simon
Fong Sai Yuk (1993)	A must see HK movie	2003-01-31	Simon
Fong Sai Yuk II (1993)	Not quite as good as the original	2003-04-27	Simon
Forbidden City Cop (1996)	One of the best Stephen Chiau films of the 1990's	2021-12-12	Simon
Four Moods (1970)	A who's who of Taiwanese cinema in 1970	2024-01-07	Simon
Full Moon Scimitar (1979)	Good Chor Yuen/Gu Long film	2007-03-06	Simon
Full River Red (2023)	Weak by Zhang Yimou standards	2023-04-30	Simon
Gang Master (1982)	Enjoyable	2006-09-24	Simon
Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	Extraordinary	2022-08-19	Simon
Gemini (1999)	A surreal and sumptuous period horror from Shinya Tsukamoto	2021-07-07	Simon
Genghis Khan (2000)	Great production values, lavish epic	2002-07-07	Simon
Ghost Of The Mirror (1974)	Pretty Ghost	2002-03-03	Simon
God Of Gamblers III : Back To Shanghai (1991)	Almost no gambling, but lots of silly comedy	2020-06-21	Simon
Godfather Of Canton (1982)	Watchable, nothing more	2006-06-03	Simon
Gojoe (2000)	Beautiful	2003-08-23	Simon
Golden Swallow (1968)	Chang Cheh brings his own style to Come Drink With Me sequel	2021-08-01	Simon
Gunmen (1988)	Not a great example of film-making	2002-02-27	Simon
Hail The Judge (1994)	A few good scenes but suffers in translation	2021-09-21	Simon
Hanagatami (2017)	If war is worth dying for, so is a festival	2021-05-14	Simon
Hand Of Death (1976)	Largely forgettable Shaolin story	2021-11-13	Simon
Handsome Siblings (1992)	One of the lesser new wave wu xia films	2000-10-16	Simon
Hapkido (1972)	For martial arts fans	2006-10-07	Simon
Have Sword, Will Travel (1969)	Chang Cheh in wuxia mode	2021-04-12	Simon
Heads For Sale (1970)	Great title	2008-04-12	Simon