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 Vengeful Beauty (1978)	Imaginative fights	2024-03-03	Simon
Painted Skin (1993)	An ignominious end to a stellar career	2024-01-30	Simon
The Red Phoenix (1978)	Nothing special, but some decent action	2023-11-01	Simon
Black Invitation (1969)	Nothing special	2023-06-24	Simon
Full River Red (2023)	Weak by Zhang Yimou standards	2023-04-30	Simon
A Girl Fighter (1972)	Not great but not boring	2023-04-22	Simon
Lung Wei Village (1978)	Rather random and weird	2023-03-16	Simon
The Killer Meteors (1976)	Reasonably entertaining fluff	2022-08-09	Simon
Hail The Judge (1994)	A few good scenes but suffers in translation	2021-09-21	Simon
Hanagatami (2017)	If war is worth dying for, so is a festival	2021-05-14	Simon
Snake And Crane Arts Of Shaolin (1978)	Great final reel but the rest is trash	2021-02-26	Simon
The Brave Archer (1977)	Barebones adaptation of the Condor Heroes novels	2020-09-27	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China III (1993)	The series falters in its 3rd outing	2020-05-31	Simon
A Chinese Legend (1991)	Yet another knock-off of A CHINESE GHOST STORY	2013-05-03	Simon
Hero (Corey Yuen) (1997)	Inferior remake of BOXER FROM SHANTUNG	2013-02-18	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 Invincible Sword (1971)	Fairly cookie cutter tale of heroic swordsmen	2012-11-23	Simon
Mr. Vampire II (1986)	Never kiss a vampire	2012-11-05	Simon
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)	Looks good, but lacks substance	2012-04-21	Simon
Bodyguards And Assassins (2009)	Disappointing	2010-10-26	Simon
An Empress and the Warriors (2008)	Feels too much like a "me too!" project	2008-04-02	Simon
Iron Buddha (1970)	Watchable, but not very good	2008-02-07	Simon
Men from the Monastery (1974)	Perhaps hasn't aged well	2007-07-30	Simon
Five Superfighters (1979)	Pretty dumb	2007-06-26	Simon
Flying Swordsgirl (1969)	Doesn't suck, but isn't that hot.	2007-06-15	Simon
The Black Lizard (1981)	Production line Chor Yuen	2007-05-02	Simon
The Mighty One (1971)	Muddled plot, inventive action	2006-09-14	Simon
Clan Of Amazons (1978)	Weak Chor Yuen/Ku Long collaboration	2006-01-17	Simon
Shinobi (2005)	A tragic romance... with ninjas	2005-11-12	Simon
Call To Arms (1973)	Nice eye candy, not much else	2005-08-31	Simon