Wuxia 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
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)	Very well rounded	2001-05-27	Simon
The Storm Riders (1998)	A genuine epic that pioneered a new style of wu xia film	2021-02-27	Simon
Forbidden City Cop (1996)	One of the best Stephen Chiau films of the 1990's	2021-12-12	Simon
The Blade (1995)	Tsui Hark reinvents himself again	2005-10-30	Simon
A Chinese Odyssey (1995)	Confusing and ambitious	2012-06-18	Simon
Fire Dragon (1994)	Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition	2013-06-08	Simon
Maidens Of Heavenly Mountain (1994)	Beautiful nonsense	2012-11-20	Simon
What Price Survival (1994)	Visually beautiful, rather impenetrable	2001-05-27	Simon
Deadful Melody (1994)	Well worth a watch	2005-07-02	Simon
Ashes Of Time (1994)	A work of art	2002-04-14	Simon
The Magic Crane (1993)	Not Film Workshop's finest hour	2024-02-07	Simon
Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)	Ridiculous Chinese New Year's fluff	2020-07-25	Simon
The Beheaded 1000 (1993)	Random mentalness	2015-04-25	Simon
The Sword Of Many Loves (1993)	Mad as a bag of poisonous spiders	2013-02-17	Simon
The Bride With White Hair 2 (1993)	Another sequel that doesn't seem to understand why we loved the original	2013-01-03	Simon
The Bride With White Hair (1993)	One of the most beautiful and tragic wu xia films	2013-01-03	Simon
Blade Of Fury (1993)	Epic tale of politics, brotherhood and kung fu	2012-11-06	Simon
Kung Fu Cult Master (1993)	One of the best examples of the early 90's wu xia film	2012-10-31	Simon
Butterfly And Sword (1993)	Some of the best early 90's wire-fu choreography	2000-10-16	Simon
All Men Are Brothers: Blood Of The Leopard (1993)	A fun 90's wu xia romp	2001-10-16	Simon
Black Panther Warriors (1993)	Buy it... it's a work of genius!	2002-04-06	Simon
Green Snake (1993)	One of Tsui Hark's most ambitious films	2001-05-27	Simon
The East Is Red (1993)	Cheap cash-in	2005-07-19	Simon
The Assassin (1993)	Cheap but interesting	2001-06-27	Simon
Holy Weapon (1993)	wilfully convoluted	2002-03-03	Simon
Flirting Scholar (1993)	Very funny	2006-01-07	Simon
A Warrior's Tragedy (1993)	Delirious & visually impressive wuxia piece	2008-02-26	Simon
Zen of Sword (1992)	Solid but not essential Swordsman-like	2023-11-16	Simon
Dragon Inn 1992 (1992)	One of my favourite wuxia films	2023-02-24	Simon
Moon Warriors (1992)	Not nearly as good as I remembered it being	2012-11-22	Simon