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
Genghis Khan (2000)	Great production values, lavish epic	2002-07-07	Simon
Bang Rajan (2000)	Slightly messy but dramatic and gory epic	2005-02-28	Simon
Gemini (1999)	A surreal and sumptuous period horror from Shinya Tsukamoto	2021-07-07	Simon
Chivalrous Legend (1999)	Enjoyable period piece	2012-06-07	Simon
The Messenger: Joan Of Arc (1999)	Interminable	2002-10-28	Simon
Samurai Fiction (1998)	Totally dull	2002-09-29	Simon
Hero (Corey Yuen) (1997)	Inferior remake of BOXER FROM SHANTUNG	2013-02-18	Simon
The Soong Sisters (1997)	Sumptuous	2001-10-09	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China And America (1997)	misconceived from the start	2003-06-08	Simon
Dang Bireley's Young Gangsters (1997)	Very well made gangster tale	2002-06-07	Simon
The Emperor's Shadow (1996)	A beautiful intimate epic	2024-03-03	Simon
Forbidden City Cop (1996)	One of the best Stephen Chiau films of the 1990's	2021-12-12	Simon
Dr Wai & The Scripture With No Words (1996)	Lunatic fun, and points for ambition	2002-02-03	Simon
Shanghai Grand (1996)	Poor attempt to convert a popular series into a movie	2001-12-20	Simon
The Blade (1995)	Tsui Hark reinvents himself again	2005-10-30	Simon
Peace Hotel (1995)	Nice idea, shame about the movie	2002-02-22	Simon
Shanghai Triad (1995)	Visually stunning	2006-01-08	Simon
Drunken Master II (1994)	One of the best martial arts films	2020-09-05	Simon
Fire Dragon (1994)	Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition	2013-06-08	Simon
Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (1994)	Captures a moment in Chinese history well	2013-01-30	Simon
Burning Paradise (1994)	Gothic and macabre wire fu from Ringo Lam	2012-10-30	Simon
Ancient Chinese Whorehouse (1994)	Avoid	2001-10-21	Simon
Wing Chun (1994)	a decent piece of entertainment	2005-08-04	Simon
What Price Survival (1994)	Visually beautiful, rather impenetrable	2001-05-27	Simon
Tian Di (1994)	It's not that bad, cynics!	2002-03-10	Simon
New Legend Of Shaolin (1994)	Stupid but entertaining	2002-02-03	Simon
The Lovers (1994)	A master at work	2006-01-07	Simon
Once Upon A Time in China V (1994)	Quite good, from what I could see	2001-05-31	Simon
Master of Zen (1994)	Watchable	2001-06-27	Simon
Hail The Judge (1994)	A few good scenes but suffers in translation	2021-09-21	Simon