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 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
Full Moon Scimitar (1979)	Good Chor Yuen/Gu Long film	2007-03-06	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
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 Weird Man (1983)	Weird indeed!	2006-08-07	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
The Proud Twins (1979)	a pretty solid piece of wu xia	2006-04-21	Simon
Swordsman At Large (1971)	Pretty decent	2006-04-09	Simon
Bastard Swordsman (1983)	Well realised fantasy wu-xia	2006-01-05	Simon
Return Of The Sentimental Swordsman (1981)	Another pretty wu-xia from Chor Yuen	2005-11-15	Simon
Ode To Gallantry (1982)	Good story, a bit short on fights	2005-08-15	Simon
Deadly Breaking Sword (1979)	Good story, needed better fights	2005-07-31	Simon
The Lady Assassin (1983)	Some amazing action scenes	2005-07-04	Simon
Deadful Melody (1994)	Well worth a watch	2005-07-02	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)	In many ways a retread of the first part	2005-06-28	Simon
Battle Wizard (1977)	Early example of fantasy wu xia	2005-04-18	Simon
Sword In The Moon (2003)	Decent attempt at wu xia from South Korea	2005-01-01	Simon
The Golden Sword (1969)	Decent wu xia film	2004-11-16	Simon
House Of Flying Daggers (2004)	Beautiful to look at	2004-10-12	Simon
The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)	Very beautiful and quite enjoyable	2004-05-22	Simon
Heroes Shed No Tears (1980)	...read review...	2004-01-19	Simon
Little Dragon Maiden (1983)	Fun fantasy wuxia	2003-10-11	Simon
Trail Of The Broken Blade (1967)	One of the better swordplay films of its era	2003-07-27	Simon
Legend Of Zu (2001)	Sensory spectacle	2001-11-17	Simon