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 Rating Summary Date Reviewer
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
Web Of Death (1976) Goofy but entertaining 2021-08-08 Simon
Shadow Whip (1971) Snowy whips 2021-05-17 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
Shadowless Sword (2005) Probably a bad film but it's at least kind of pretty 2012-05-25 Simon
The Supreme Swordsman (1983) Good fun 2011-01-30 Simon
The Silent Swordsman (1967) Fairly good for the time 2007-07-25 Simon
Duel For Gold (1971) Chor Yuen's first film for Shaw Brothers 2007-04-02 Simon
That Man In Chang-An (1967) Dated but moderately entertaining 2006-06-19 Simon
The Fastest Sword (1968) Decent swordplay film 2006-04-15 Simon
The Proud Youth (1978) A decent film, but not remarkable 2006-02-02 Simon
Duel Of The Century (1981) A decent enough Chor Yuen/Ku Long film 2006-01-16 Simon
Return Of Bastard Swordsman (1984) Enjoyably daft 2006-01-12 Simon
The Swordmates (1969) Distinctly average 2005-10-27 Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990) cash-in with more comedy (but less funny) 2005-06-28 Simon
Kung Fu Wonder Child (1986) Pretty good fun in a mindless way 2005-06-19 Simon
Death Valley (1968) watchable but non-essential 2005-03-13 Simon
The Enchantress (1983) a difficult one to rate 2005-02-27 Simon
The Sword Of Swords (1968) Decent enough 2005-02-07 Simon
The Jade Bow (1966) Not a bad effort 2003-04-05 Simon
Handsome Siblings (1992) One of the lesser new wave wu xia films 2000-10-16 Simon

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