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
Fire Dragon (1994)	Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition	2013-06-08	Simon
King Eagle (1971)	Good Sister, Bad Sister	2012-12-05	Simon
Burning Paradise (1994)	Gothic and macabre wire fu from Ringo Lam	2012-10-30	Simon
The Dead and The Deadly (1982)	Very enjoyable supernatural action-comedy	2012-06-26	Simon
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010)	Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre	2010-12-04	Simon
Twelve Deadly Coins (1969)	Thoroughly enjoyable	2009-07-26	Simon
The Angry River (1971)	Worth a look	2009-07-18	Simon
Painted Skin 2008 (2008)	Well acted and quite enjoyable	2008-12-08	Simon
The Loot (1980)	entertaining martial arts comedy	2008-08-14	Simon
The Warlords (2007)	Decent remake of THE BLOOD BROTHERS (1973)	2008-01-26	Simon
The Golden Lion (1975)	a very entertaining watch	2007-10-08	Simon
Masked Avengers (1981)	The action is the highlight	2007-08-27	Simon
Pursuit of Vengeance (1977)	Pretty good stuff!	2007-08-18	Simon
Sex and Zen (1991)	High budget soft porn comedy	2007-07-26	Simon
The Young Avengers (1969)	Good 60's swordplay	2007-06-08	Simon
Whirlwind Knight (1969)	A good effort	2007-05-07	Simon
The Secret Of The Dirk (1970)	Worth a watch for fans of the genre	2007-04-30	Simon
Rape Of The Sword (1967)	A short film... but a good one	2007-04-24	Simon
The Sword (1971)	Nearly great, but awful action	2007-04-10	Simon
Full Moon Scimitar (1979)	Good Chor Yuen/Gu Long film	2007-03-06	Simon
The Barefoot Kid (1993)	Pretty good	2007-02-20	Simon
Clan Feuds (1982)	Nice Gu Long adaptation	2007-02-06	Simon
Rendezvous With Death (1980)	Sun Chung gets it right again	2007-01-28	Simon
Curse Of The Golden Flower (2006)	Zhang Yimou's homage to the female bosom	2007-01-20	Simon
The Banquet (2006)	Lovely to look at	2006-12-03	Simon
The Devil's Mirror (1972)	Nice bit of swordplay	2006-10-15	Simon
The Golden Seal (1971)	Nice wu xia pian	2006-10-09	Simon
Hapkido (1972)	For martial arts fans	2006-10-07	Simon
Chinese Iron Man (1973)	Great action	2006-05-19	Simon
The Sword And The Lute (1967)	Good example of the genre	2006-05-18	Simon