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
Justice, My Foot! (1992)	Good if you're a Chiau fan	2007-03-14	Simon
Dragon Inn 1992 (1992)	One of the early 90's best films	2001-05-27	Simon
Swordsman II (1992)	Classic	2005-07-16	Simon
A Chinese Legend (1991)	Yet another knock-off of A CHINESE GHOST STORY	2013-05-03	Simon
Swordsman in Double Flag Town (1991)	Bleak and beautiful	2001-09-24	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China (1991)	One of the best martial arts films ever made	2002-12-01	Simon
Sex and Zen (1991)	High budget soft porn comedy	2007-07-26	Simon
God Of Gamblers III : Back To Shanghai (1991)	Almost no gambling, but lots of silly comedy	2020-06-21	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)	In many ways a retread of the first part	2005-06-28	Simon
Ju Dou (1990)	When I buy an animal I treat it as I wish	2021-04-03	Simon
The Fortune Code (1990)	Not great cinema, but mostly harmless.	2007-02-07	Simon
Shanghai Shanghai (1990)	lacks that 'certain something'	2007-05-18	Simon
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind 2 (1990)	Worthy successor	2012-06-22	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)	cash-in with more comedy (but less funny)	2005-06-28	Simon
Heaven And Earth (1990)	Waste of time (theirs and mine)	2004-07-01	Simon
Swordsman (1990)	A seminal film, unfairly overshadowed by its sequel	2005-07-14	Simon
Pedicab Driver (1989)	Legendary Sammo film finally gets a DVD release	2016-02-20	Simon
Miracles (1989)	Jackie flexes his directorial muscles	2001-07-18	Simon
Yellow River Fighter (1988)	A rare mainland Chinese wuxia film	2024-02-04	Simon
Mr. Vampire IV (1988)	Enjoyable	2001-06-13	Simon
Last Eunuch in China (1988)	...read review...	2006-01-16	Simon
Gunmen (1988)	Not a great example of film-making	2002-02-27	Simon
Project A II (1987)	Jackie doing what Jackie does	2022-12-17	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)	Seminal work of sublime beauty	2002-12-01	Simon
Red Sorghum (1987)	Worth a watch	2006-06-06	Simon
Mr. Vampire III (1987)	a worthy enough entry in the series	2003-05-11	Simon
Mr. Vampire II (1986)	Never kiss a vampire	2012-11-05	Simon
Millionaires' Express (1986)	Sammo really went all-out on this one	2021-09-19	Simon
Peking Opera Blues (1986)	I like it a lot, but not as much as some do	2007-02-25	Simon
Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986)	Expected more from this collaboration	2022-04-03	Simon