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
All Men Are Brothers (1973)	Less fun than I remembered	2023-10-01	Simon
The Flying Dragon Mountain (1971)	A passable time-waster	2023-08-17	Simon
The Grand Passion (1970)	Lacking that touch of zen	2023-03-03	Simon
The Barefoot Kid (1993)	Fine but nothing special	2023-02-05	Simon
The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)	One of the more enjoyable Venoms films	2022-02-27	Simon
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)	Fine, if a little insubstantial	2022-01-22	Simon
Hand Of Death (1976)	Largely forgettable Shaolin story	2021-11-13	Simon
Web Of Death (1976)	Goofy but entertaining	2021-08-08	Simon
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)	Sequel switches onto a different track	2021-08-01	Simon
Ong Bak 3 (2010)	Reduced in scale and ambition, but brings closure	2021-07-26	Simon
The Postman Fights Back (1982)	Some good moments but they don't cohere into a strong film	2021-07-02	Simon
Executioners From Shaolin (1977)	Less obviously a Lau Kar-Leung film than most he directed	2021-06-20	Simon
One-Armed Boxer (1972)	Silly but fun	2021-05-29	Simon
Shaolin Vs Evil Dead: Ultimate Power (2006)	Cheap and cheesy sequel/prequel that's fun to watch	2021-05-22	Simon
Shadow Whip (1971)	Snowy whips	2021-05-17	Simon
Black Butterfly (1968)	A decent if unremarkable late 60's wuxia	2021-05-10	Simon
Sakuran (2007)	You love, you lose	2020-10-25	Simon
The Dragon Tamers (1975)	Fine, I guess	2020-07-28	Simon
Long Road To Gallantry (1984)	Fun but slight wu xia from Shaw Brothers' autumn years	2019-11-17	Simon
The Beheaded 1000 (1993)	Random mentalness	2015-04-25	Simon
Shanghai 13 (1984)	Chang Cheh goes indie	2015-02-18	Simon
Lady Of Steel (1970)	Passable Shaw Brothers/Cheng Pei-Pei swordplay film	2013-02-02	Simon
Moon Warriors (1992)	Not nearly as good as I remembered it being	2012-11-22	Simon
Shadowless Sword (2005)	Probably a bad film but it's at least kind of pretty	2012-05-25	Simon
Killing Machine (1976)	Worth a look for Chiba fans, non-essential for everyone else	2012-05-22	Simon
The Supreme Swordsman (1983)	Good fun	2011-01-30	Simon
Ip Man 2 (2010)	...read review...	2010-12-03	Simon
True Legend (2010)	Maybe worth a look	2010-12-02	Simon
The Silent Swordsman (1967)	Fairly good for the time	2007-07-25	Simon
Shanghai Shanghai (1990)	lacks that 'certain something'	2007-05-18	Simon