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 Rating Summary Date Reviewer
Once Upon A Time In Vietnam (2013) Nice looking film but all been done before 2020-08-08 Simon
The Delightful Forest (1972) Solid Ti Lung vehicle 2020-08-03 Simon
The Dragon Tamers (1975) Fine, I guess 2020-07-28 Simon
Shanghai Blues (1984) Zany comedy with a human heart 2020-07-13 Simon
God Of Gamblers III : Back To Shanghai (1991) Almost no gambling, but lots of silly comedy 2020-06-21 Simon
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018) Some creative fight choreography 2020-06-16 Simon
Once Upon A Time In China III (1993) The series falters in its 3rd outing 2020-05-31 Simon
Once Upon A Time In China II (1992) One of the finest sequels ever made? 2020-03-27 Simon
The Bullet Vanishes (2012) Sherlock Holmes in Tiancheng? 2020-02-23 Simon
Long Road To Gallantry (1984) Fun but slight wu xia from Shaw Brothers' autumn years 2019-11-17 Simon
What Price Honesty? (1981) Shallow and mediocre 2019-08-25 Simon
Pedicab Driver (1989) Legendary Sammo film finally gets a DVD release 2016-02-20 Simon
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014) Just as enjoyable and well made as the first film 2016-01-31 Simon
The Beheaded 1000 (1993) Random mentalness 2015-04-25 Simon
The Dragon Missile (1976) Fun romp in the Flying Guillotine style 2015-03-13 Simon
Shanghai 13 (1984) Chang Cheh goes indie 2015-02-18 Simon
The Shaolin Plot (1977) Largely unknown old school classic 2015-02-18 Simon
The Magnificent Butcher (1979) Kung fu spectacular 2013-10-26 Simon
Fire Dragon (1994) Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition 2013-06-08 Simon
A Chinese Legend (1991) Yet another knock-off of A CHINESE GHOST STORY 2013-05-03 Simon
Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012) Beautiful, tragic fantasy 2013-04-21 Simon
The Grandmaster (2013) Incoherent and overblown 2013-04-07 Simon
Hero (Corey Yuen) (1997) Inferior remake of BOXER FROM SHANTUNG 2013-02-18 Simon
The Sword Of Many Loves (1993) Mad as a bag of poisonous spiders 2013-02-17 Simon
Let The Bullets Fly (2010) Action comedy that's smart and funny 2013-02-09 Simon
Lady Of Steel (1970) Passable Shaw Brothers/Cheng Pei-Pei swordplay film 2013-02-02 Simon
Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (1994) Captures a moment in Chinese history well 2013-01-30 Simon
Throne Of Blood (1957) Kurosawa's interpretation of Macbeth 2013-01-04 Simon
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 Bride With White Hair (1993) One of the most beautiful and tragic wu xia films 2013-01-03 Simon

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