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 Victim (1980)	Mindblowing	2002-03-22	Simon
The Sword (1980)	Classic new-wave	2001-06-02	Simon
The Master (Shaw Brothers) (1980)	Great kung fu, ok movie	2003-09-10	Simon
The Loot (1980)	entertaining martial arts comedy	2008-08-14	Simon
Flag Of Iron (1980)	Standard Venoms stuff	2006-08-21	Simon
The Enigmatic Case (1980)	Lost Gem	2003-03-07	Simon
Swift Sword (1980)	Bad, but perhaps enjoyable anyway	2005-08-19	Simon
Rendezvous With Death (1980)	Sun Chung gets it right again	2007-01-28	Simon
Legend Of The Fox (1980)	Great, once it gets going	2005-09-25	Simon
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind (1980)	One of the finest movies ever made!	2002-05-11	Simon
A Deadly Secret (1980)	Better than average	2005-05-12	Simon
Clan Of The White Lotus (1980)	Classic	2005-02-07	Simon
To Kill a Mastermind (1979)	Good fun, but not essential	2023-07-07	Simon
The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)	One of the more enjoyable Venoms films	2022-02-27	Simon
The Magnificent Butcher (1979)	Kung fu spectacular	2013-10-26	Simon
Last Hurrah For Chivalry (1979)	I never enjoy drinking with a dead man	2012-11-26	Simon
Raining In The Mountain (1979)	Sumptuous exploration of Buddhist philosophy	2012-11-12	Simon
The Proud Twins (1979)	a pretty solid piece of wu xia	2006-04-21	Simon
The Magnificent (1979)	Quite a decent piece of old school	2002-02-17	Simon
The Kung Fu Instructor (1979)	Nearly classic	2006-08-14	Simon
Deadly Breaking Sword (1979)	Good story, needed better fights	2005-07-31	Simon
The Butterfly Murders (1979)	Tsui Hark's first film	2020-08-17	Simon
Ten Tigers Of Kwantung (1979)	Disposable kung fu	2006-05-01	Simon
The Shadow Boxing (1979)	Corpses don't pee	2021-03-27	Simon
The Odd Couple (1979)	One of the best old-school martial arts films	2005-08-20	Simon
Murder Plot (1979)	...read review...	2008-09-04	Simon
Legend Of The Mountain (1979)	Better than most other movies	2002-02-03	Simon
Full Moon Scimitar (1979)	Good Chor Yuen/Gu Long film	2007-03-06	Simon
Five Superfighters (1979)	Pretty dumb	2007-06-26	Simon
Fearless Hyena (1979)	One of Jackie's best martial arts performances	2001-09-26	Simon