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
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010)	Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre	2010-12-04	Simon
Deadful Melody (1994)	Well worth a watch	2005-07-02	Simon
Clan Feuds (1982)	Nice Gu Long adaptation	2007-02-06	Simon
Bastard Swordsman (1983)	Well realised fantasy wu-xia	2006-01-05	Simon
A Chinese Odyssey (1995)	Confusing and ambitious	2012-06-18	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)	In many ways a retread of the first part	2005-06-28	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
Sword In The Moon (2003)	Decent attempt at wu xia from South Korea	2005-01-01	Simon
The Magic Crane (1993)	Not Film Workshop's finest hour	2024-02-07	Simon
Zen of Sword (1992)	Solid but not essential Swordsman-like	2023-11-16	Simon
The Flying Dragon Mountain (1971)	A passable time-waster	2023-08-17	Simon
The Grand Passion (1970)	Lacking that touch of zen	2023-03-03	Simon
Black Butterfly (1968)	A decent if unremarkable late 60's wuxia	2021-05-10	Simon
Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)	Ridiculous Chinese New Year's fluff	2020-07-25	Simon
Long Road To Gallantry (1984)	Fun but slight wu xia from Shaw Brothers' autumn years	2019-11-17	Simon
The Beheaded 1000 (1993)	Random mentalness	2015-04-25	Simon
Lady Of Steel (1970)	Passable Shaw Brothers/Cheng Pei-Pei swordplay film	2013-02-02	Simon
Moon Warriors (1992)	Not nearly as good as I remembered it being	2012-11-22	Simon
Handsome Siblings (1992)	One of the lesser new wave wu xia films	2000-10-16	Simon
The Swordmates (1969)	Distinctly average	2005-10-27	Simon
The Sword Of Swords (1968)	Decent enough	2005-02-07	Simon
The Supreme Swordsman (1983)	Good fun	2011-01-30	Simon
The Silent Swordsman (1967)	Fairly good for the time	2007-07-25	Simon
Return Of Bastard Swordsman (1984)	Enjoyably daft	2006-01-12	Simon
Death Valley (1968)	watchable but non-essential	2005-03-13	Simon
Web Of Death (1976)	Goofy but entertaining	2021-08-08	Simon
Shadow Whip (1971)	Snowy whips	2021-05-17	Simon
The Proud Youth (1978)	A decent film, but not remarkable	2006-02-02	Simon
The Jade Bow (1966)	Not a bad effort	2003-04-05	Simon