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
Dragon Creek (1967)	Well crafted, engaging and enjoyable	2007-02-09	Simon
Dreadnaught (1981)	Classic action-comedy	2007-01-13	Simon
Gang Master (1982)	Enjoyable	2006-09-24	Simon
The Kung Fu Instructor (1979)	Nearly classic	2006-08-14	Simon
A Chinese Tall Story (2005)	Beautiful and Mad	2006-05-27	Simon
The Jade-Faced Assassin (1971)	Great story with charming lead	2006-02-26	Simon
The Myth (2005)	Over-reaches in places, but surprisingly good overall	2006-01-31	Simon
A World Without Thieves (2004)	Recommended	2006-01-08	Simon
The Flying Dagger (1969)	Solid swordplay film	2006-01-08	Simon
Shanghai Triad (1995)	Visually stunning	2006-01-08	Simon
Royal Tramp I&II (1992)	Entertaining wu xia spoof	2006-01-07	Simon
Flirting Scholar (1993)	Very funny	2006-01-07	Simon
New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)	Solid martial arts film	2005-12-29	Simon
Return Of The One-Armed Swordsman (1969)	A pretty worthy film	2005-12-29	Simon
Deaf-Mute Heroine (1971)	Good, bloody fun	2005-12-18	Simon
Seven Swords (2005)	Good, but I assume the 4hr cut would be better!	2005-10-21	Simon
Legend Of The Fox (1980)	Great, once it gets going	2005-09-25	Simon
King Cat (1967)	Impressive	2005-06-09	Simon
Bang Rajan (2000)	Slightly messy but dramatic and gory epic	2005-02-28	Simon
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)	a love song to kung fu films	2005-02-25	Simon
Killers Five (1969)	...read review...	2005-02-09	Simon
Legendary Weapons Of China (1982)	Story meh, action omg!	2005-02-04	Simon
Sword Stained With Royal Blood (1981)	Excellent fight scenes	2005-01-15	Simon
Raw Courage (1969)	One of Lo Wei's better efforts	2004-12-03	Simon
Shaolin Prince (1983)	a manic comedy wire-fu extravaganza	2004-10-22	Simon
Shaolin Mantis (1978)	Probably David Chiang's best film	2004-10-22	Simon
To Kill A Jaguar (1977)	Great story and decent fight scenes	2004-02-22	Simon
All Men Are Brothers (1973)	Great production values and lots of fun	2004-01-19	Simon
Jade Tiger (1977)	...read review...	2004-01-19	Simon
Khunsuk (2003)	A very worthy historical epic	2003-10-12	Simon