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
The Black Lizard (1981)	Production line Chor Yuen	2007-05-02	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
Duel For Gold (1971)	Chor Yuen's first film for Shaw Brothers	2007-04-02	Simon
Brothers Five (1970)	One of Lo Wei's best films	2007-03-20	Simon
Full Moon Scimitar (1979)	Good Chor Yuen/Gu Long film	2007-03-06	Simon
The Jade Raksha (1968)	Enjoyable Cheng Pei-Pei vehicle	2007-02-26	Simon
A Taste Of Cold Steel (1970)	Surprisingly violent swordplay film	2007-02-19	Simon
Clan Feuds (1982)	Nice Gu Long adaptation	2007-02-06	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
Convict Killer (1980)	Mediocre wu xia	2006-11-06	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
The Mighty One (1971)	Muddled plot, inventive action	2006-09-14	Simon
The Weird Man (1983)	Weird indeed!	2006-08-07	Simon
Ambush (1973)	Solid entertainment	2006-07-30	Simon
That Man In Chang-An (1967)	Dated but moderately entertaining	2006-06-19	Simon
Judgement Of An Assassin (1977)	One of the best wu xia	2006-05-29	Simon
The Sword And The Lute (1967)	Good example of the genre	2006-05-18	Simon
The Young Avenger (1972)	A bit muddled, but entertaining	2006-05-15	Simon
A Touch Of Zen (1971)	Greatest martial arts film of all time?	2006-04-25	Simon
The Proud Twins (1979)	a pretty solid piece of wu xia	2006-04-21	Simon
The Fastest Sword (1968)	Decent swordplay film	2006-04-15	Simon
Swordsman At Large (1971)	Pretty decent	2006-04-09	Simon
The 14 Amazons (1972)	Classic epic	2006-02-27	Simon
The Jade-Faced Assassin (1971)	Great story with charming lead	2006-02-26	Simon
The Hidden Power Of Dragon Sabre (1983)	Chor Yuen "going through the motions"	2006-02-22	Simon
The Proud Youth (1978)	A decent film, but not remarkable	2006-02-02	Simon