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
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)	cash-in with more comedy (but less funny)	2005-06-28	Simon
All Men Are Brothers (1973)	Less fun than I remembered	2023-10-01	Simon
An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty (1984)	DVD missing nearly half the film?	2004-10-12	Simon
Arhats In Fury (1985)	Decent mainland wushu film	2006-01-15	Simon
Bamboo House Of Dolls (1973)	covers all the bases	2005-02-13	Simon
Black Butterfly (1968)	A decent if unremarkable late 60's wuxia	2021-05-10	Simon
Blazing Temple (1976)	Another telling of a classic Shaolin story	2024-05-05	Simon
Cat Vs. Rat (1982)	Great fights	2005-05-07	Simon
Death Duel (1977)	Lesser Chor Yuen/Gu Long work	2003-03-29	Simon
Death Duel of Kung Fu (1979)	Fair	2001-10-21	Simon
Death Valley (1968)	watchable but non-essential	2005-03-13	Simon
Duel For Gold (1971)	Chor Yuen's first film for Shaw Brothers	2007-04-02	Simon
Duel Of The Century (1981)	A decent enough Chor Yuen/Ku Long film	2006-01-16	Simon
Enchanting Shadow (1960)	The original Chinese Ghost Story	2004-01-19	Simon
Executioners From Shaolin (1977)	Less obviously a Lau Kar-Leung film than most he directed	2021-06-20	Simon
Five Shaolin Masters (1974)	Too much fighting!	2004-05-22	Simon
Flag Of Iron (1980)	Standard Venoms stuff	2006-08-21	Simon
Hand Of Death (1976)	Largely forgettable Shaolin story	2021-11-13	Simon
Handsome Siblings (1992)	One of the lesser new wave wu xia films	2000-10-16	Simon
Heroes Two (1974)	Groundbreaking, apparently	2003-02-24	Simon
Ip Man 2 (2010)	...read review...	2010-12-03	Simon
Killing Machine (1976)	Worth a look for Chiba fans, non-essential for everyone else	2012-05-22	Simon
Lady Of Steel (1970)	Passable Shaw Brothers/Cheng Pei-Pei swordplay film	2013-02-02	Simon
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)	Sequel switches onto a different track	2021-08-01	Simon
Last Eunuch in China (1988)	...read review...	2006-01-16	Simon
Long Road To Gallantry (1984)	Fun but slight wu xia from Shaw Brothers' autumn years	2019-11-17	Simon
Moon Warriors (1992)	Not nearly as good as I remembered it being	2012-11-22	Simon
Once Upon A Time in China V (1994)	Quite good, from what I could see	2001-05-31	Simon
One-Armed Boxer (1972)	Silly but fun	2021-05-29	Simon
Ong Bak 3 (2010)	Reduced in scale and ambition, but brings closure	2021-07-26	Simon