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
Shaolin Drunken Monk (1981)	Enjoyable	2001-11-08	Simon
The Flying Guillotine II (1978)	More remote decapitation fun	2024-02-25	Simon
Burning Paradise (1994)	Gothic and macabre wire fu from Ringo Lam	2012-10-30	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
Sabu (Movie) (2002)	Not a samurai movie as advertised	2004-10-13	Simon
House Of Flying Daggers (2004)	Beautiful to look at	2004-10-12	Simon
The Flying Guillotine (1975)	Solid action	2024-02-18	Simon
Secret Service Of The Imperial Court (1984)	Goes hard	2023-01-15	Simon
Lady Whirlwind (1972)	Watchable.	2023-04-16	Simon
Invincible Shaolin (1978)	Chang Cheh's response to 36th Chamber Of Shaolin	2004-01-19	Simon
Wing Chun (1994)	a decent piece of entertainment	2005-08-04	Simon
Twelve Deadly Coins (1969)	Thoroughly enjoyable	2009-07-26	Simon
Tiger Killer (1982)	Solid period melodrama	2005-10-08	Simon
The Young Avengers (1969)	Good 60's swordplay	2007-06-08	Simon
The Young Avenger (1972)	A bit muddled, but entertaining	2006-05-15	Simon
Whirlwind Knight (1969)	A good effort	2007-05-07	Simon
The Warlords (2007)	Decent remake of THE BLOOD BROTHERS (1973)	2008-01-26	Simon
Trail Of The Broken Blade (1967)	One of the better swordplay films of its era	2003-07-27	Simon
The Sword And The Lute (1967)	Good example of the genre	2006-05-18	Simon
The Sword (1971)	Nearly great, but awful action	2007-04-10	Simon
Spiritual Boxer (1975)	Lau Kar-Leung's directorial debut	2004-10-22	Simon
The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)	Very beautiful and quite enjoyable	2004-05-22	Simon
The Secret Of The Dirk (1970)	Worth a watch for fans of the genre	2007-04-30	Simon
Dr Wai & The Scripture With No Words (1996)	Lunatic fun, and points for ambition	2002-02-03	Simon
The Proud Twins (1979)	a pretty solid piece of wu xia	2006-04-21	Simon
New Legend Of Shaolin (1994)	Stupid but entertaining	2002-02-03	Simon
The Loot (1980)	entertaining martial arts comedy	2008-08-14	Simon
Legend Of The Owl (1981)	A very silly film	2024-02-11	Simon
Legend Of Zu (2001)	Sensory spectacle	2001-11-17	Simon