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
Zu: Warriors Of The Magic Mountain (1983)	Landmark	2010-11-07	Simon
Yellow River Fighter (1988)	A rare mainland Chinese wuxia film	2024-02-04	Simon
Wu Yen (2001)	It's the 90's revival	2001-06-08	Simon
Wu Xia (2011)	Fresh and well executed	2012-01-06	Simon
Wing Chun (1994)	a decent piece of entertainment	2005-08-04	Simon
White Vengeance (2011)	Gorgeous production with interesting characters and plot	2012-04-23	Simon
Whirlwind Knight (1969)	A good effort	2007-05-07	Simon
When The Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)	Excellent Samurai film	2003-12-27	Simon
What Price Survival (1994)	Visually beautiful, rather impenetrable	2001-05-27	Simon
What Price Honesty? (1981)	Shallow and mediocre	2019-08-25	Simon
Web Of Death (1976)	Goofy but entertaining	2021-08-08	Simon
Warriors Two (1978)	Classic showcase of Wing Chun	2012-10-04	Simon
War Of The Arrows (2011)	Nice looking period action film	2012-11-09	Simon
Valley Of The Fangs (1970)	Worthy entry in a crowded genre	2007-06-03	Simon
Ugetsu (1953)	Recommended	2012-05-22	Simon
Two Champions Of Shaolin (1980)	Terrible in most respects	2004-01-19	Simon
Twins Effect II (2004)	Should have been better	2004-10-23	Simon
Twelve Gold Medallions (1970)	Superlative	2003-04-13	Simon
Twelve Gold Medallions (1970)	Not quite as impressive as I remembered	2021-11-07	Simon
Twelve Deadly Coins (1969)	Thoroughly enjoyable	2009-07-26	Simon
True Legend (2010)	Maybe worth a look	2010-12-02	Simon
Trail Of The Broken Blade (1967)	One of the better swordplay films of its era	2003-07-27	Simon
To Kill With Intrigue (1977)	Blah	2003-02-23	Simon
To Kill a Mastermind (1979)	Good fun, but not essential	2023-07-07	Simon
To Kill A Jaguar (1977)	Great story and decent fight scenes	2004-02-22	Simon
Tiger Killer (1982)	Solid period melodrama	2005-10-08	Simon
Tian Di (1994)	It's not that bad, cynics!	2002-03-10	Simon
Thunderbolt Fist (1972)	Mostly bad film, but good action	2006-06-11	Simon
Throne Of Blood (1957)	Kurosawa's interpretation of Macbeth	2013-01-04	Simon
The Young Master (1980)	Excellent kung fu movie	2001-09-10	Simon