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
Fist Of Legend (1994)	Jet's finest work, and one of the best martial arts films	2005-08-30	Simon
Ashes Of Time (1994)	A work of art	2002-04-14	Simon
Painted Skin (1993)	An ignominious end to a stellar career	2024-01-30	Simon
The Barefoot Kid (1993)	Fine but nothing special	2023-02-05	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China IV (1993)	The low point of the series	2021-12-04	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China III (1993)	The series falters in its 3rd outing	2020-05-31	Simon
The Beheaded 1000 (1993)	Random mentalness	2015-04-25	Simon
The Sword Of Many Loves (1993)	Mad as a bag of poisonous spiders	2013-02-17	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
Last Hero In China (1993)	An irreverent addition to the Wong Fei Hung canon	2012-11-24	Simon
Iron Monkey (1993)	Great entry into the Wong Fei-Hung canon	2012-11-24	Simon
Blade Of Fury (1993)	Epic tale of politics, brotherhood and kung fu	2012-11-06	Simon
Kung Fu Cult Master (1993)	One of the best examples of the early 90's wu xia film	2012-10-31	Simon
Butterfly And Sword (1993)	Some of the best early 90's wire-fu choreography	2000-10-16	Simon
All Men Are Brothers: Blood Of The Leopard (1993)	A fun 90's wu xia romp	2001-10-16	Simon
The East Is Red (1993)	Cheap cash-in	2005-07-19	Simon
The Barefoot Kid (1993)	Pretty good	2007-02-20	Simon
The Assassin (1993)	Cheap but interesting	2001-06-27	Simon
Painted Skin (1993)	Not bad, not great	2001-05-29	Simon
Kickboxer (1993)	Worth looking at if you're in it for the fights	2002-02-05	Simon
Fong Sai Yuk II (1993)	Not quite as good as the original	2003-04-27	Simon
Fong Sai Yuk (1993)	A must see HK movie	2003-01-31	Simon
Flirting Scholar (1993)	Very funny	2006-01-07	Simon
A Warrior's Tragedy (1993)	Delirious & visually impressive wuxia piece	2008-02-26	Simon
Dragon Inn 1992 (1992)	One of my favourite wuxia films	2023-02-24	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China II (1992)	One of the finest sequels ever made?	2020-03-27	Simon
Moon Warriors (1992)	Not nearly as good as I remembered it being	2012-11-22	Simon
Handsome Siblings (1992)	One of the lesser new wave wu xia films	2000-10-16	Simon
Royal Tramp I&II (1992)	Entertaining wu xia spoof	2006-01-07	Simon