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
Handsome Siblings (1992)	One of the lesser new wave wu xia films	2000-10-16	Simon
Royal Tramp I&II (1992)	Entertaining wu xia spoof	2006-01-07	Simon
Dragon Inn 1992 (1992)	One of the early 90's best films	2001-05-27	Simon
Swordsman II (1992)	Classic	2005-07-16	Simon
A Chinese Legend (1991)	Yet another knock-off of A CHINESE GHOST STORY	2013-05-03	Simon
Saviour Of The Soul (1991)	Uniquely stylish and cool	2006-01-16	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)	In many ways a retread of the first part	2005-06-28	Simon
Kung Fu Vs. Acrobatic (1990)	Mostly Harmless	2001-08-02	Simon
Dragon From Russia (1990)	medium-level classic	2003-03-01	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)	cash-in with more comedy (but less funny)	2005-06-28	Simon
Swordsman (1990)	A seminal film, unfairly overshadowed by its sequel	2005-07-14	Simon
Iceman Cometh (1989)	Essential for fans of Yuen Biao or Yuen Wah	2005-08-08	Simon
Yellow River Fighter (1988)	A rare mainland Chinese wuxia film	2024-02-04	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)	Seminal work of sublime beauty	2002-12-01	Simon
Kung Fu Wonder Child (1986)	Pretty good fun in a mindless way	2005-06-19	Simon
Journey Of The Doomed (1985)	...read review...	2003-08-30	Simon
Long Road To Gallantry (1984)	Fun but slight wu xia from Shaw Brothers' autumn years	2019-11-17	Simon
Return Of Bastard Swordsman (1984)	Enjoyably daft	2006-01-12	Simon
New Tales Of The Flying Fox (1984)	FUN	2004-03-10	Simon
The Supreme Swordsman (1983)	Good fun	2011-01-30	Simon
The Weird Man (1983)	Weird indeed!	2006-08-07	Simon
Roving Swordsman (1983)	5/10	2005-01-09	Simon
The Lady Assassin (1983)	Some amazing action scenes	2005-07-04	Simon
The Enchantress (1983)	a difficult one to rate	2005-02-27	Simon
Shaolin Prince (1983)	a manic comedy wire-fu extravaganza	2004-10-22	Simon
Portrait In Crystal (1983)	Fun fantasy wu xia, 80's style	2007-05-24	Simon
Little Dragon Maiden (1983)	Fun fantasy wuxia	2003-10-11	Simon
Holy Flame Of The Martial World (1983)	mind-bending wu xia fantasy	2004-02-04	Simon
Descendant Of The Sun (1983)	A guilty pleasure at best	2005-04-27	Simon
Demon Of The Lute (1983)	Great fun comic-book wuxia	2006-01-02	Simon