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
The Avenging Eagle (1978)	One of the better Shaw Brothers martial arts films	2012-12-29	Simon
King Eagle (1971)	Good Sister, Bad Sister	2012-12-05	Simon
Last Hurrah For Chivalry (1979)	I never enjoy drinking with a dead man	2012-11-26	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
The Invincible Sword (1971)	Fairly cookie cutter tale of heroic swordsmen	2012-11-23	Simon
Moon Warriors (1992)	Not nearly as good as I remembered it being	2012-11-22	Simon
Rashomon (1950)	Kurosawa looks at the blackness of the human heart	2012-11-13	Simon
Raining In The Mountain (1979)	Sumptuous exploration of Buddhist philosophy	2012-11-12	Simon
War Of The Arrows (2011)	Nice looking period action film	2012-11-09	Simon
Duel To The Death (1982)	You can never kill all the ninjas!	2012-11-07	Simon
Blade Of Fury (1993)	Epic tale of politics, brotherhood and kung fu	2012-11-06	Simon
Mr. Vampire II (1986)	Never kiss a vampire	2012-11-05	Simon
Kung Fu Cult Master (1993)	One of the best examples of the early 90's wu xia film	2012-10-31	Simon
Burning Paradise (1994)	Gothic and macabre wire fu from Ringo Lam	2012-10-30	Simon
Warriors Two (1978)	Classic showcase of Wing Chun	2012-10-04	Simon
Mr. Vampire (1985)	Genre defining classic	2012-10-02	Simon
The Dead and The Deadly (1982)	Very enjoyable supernatural action-comedy	2012-06-26	Simon
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind 2 (1990)	Worthy successor	2012-06-22	Simon
Chivalrous Legend (1999)	Enjoyable period piece	2012-06-07	Simon
Shadowless Sword (2005)	Probably a bad film but it's at least kind of pretty	2012-05-25	Simon
Romantic Warriors (2003)	A great "might have been" film	2012-05-25	Simon
Once Upon A Battlefield (2003)	Not great, not bad, just OK	2012-05-25	Simon
The Duelist (2005)	a very enjoyable piece of cinema	2012-05-25	Simon
Kunpan - Legend of the Warlord (2002)	Well, I don't recommend not watching	2012-05-25	Simon
Killing Machine (1976)	Worth a look for Chiba fans, non-essential for everyone else	2012-05-22	Simon
Karate Bear Fighter (1975)	Chiba is on peak form	2012-05-22	Simon
Ugetsu (1953)	Recommended	2012-05-22	Simon
Ran (Chaos) (1985)	Kurosawa despairs at the human condition	2012-05-22	Simon
Butterfly Lovers (2008)	Might have enjoyed it more if UK DVD wasn't so misleading	2012-05-03	Simon