Baddest old guy in a kung fu flick ever. Baddest weapon ever created. Indian guy that stretches his arms....i could go on and on.
Yu Wang,
Kam Kong,
Lung Kun Yee,
Fei Lung,
Lau Kar-Wing
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When the Manchu dynasty employs the Master of the Flying Guillotine (Kam Kong) in hopes of quelling the resistance stirring within than Han people (their dynasty had recently been overtaken) the Maste... read more
DVD Release Date: September 17, 2002
Stats: 396 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (396)
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August 4, 2009
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August 5, 2008
I feel like I've just been let it on a secret.
One of the coolest, purest and craziest kung fu films ever made.
The flying Guillotine is one of the most WTF weapons in the genre. Imagine a bladed bee keepers helmet on a chain and it's being wielded by a blind blood thirst monk... read more -
August 24, 2009
Old school kung fu fun (& a Tarantino & Samuel L Jackson favourite) as the one armed goody fights a variety of quirky baddies. Apparently there's a remake in the pipeline for 2010. Noooooo!
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June 23, 2009
This is a really masterfully done movie for the era. The soundtrack and background music is amazing and really adds to the film. The fight scenes are superb and the vast array of martial arts specialists that comes to the tournament is impressive. A lone monk receives a letter fr... read more
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August 1, 2007
Great, fun film with an awesome theme song. Oddly, the Master of the Flying Guillotine is actually the film's villain and the one armed boxer is the hero.
The fight scenes in this are highly entertaining, especially the introduction of the Thai kickboxer, and the extended compet... read more -
January 1, 2011
Great all around kung fu flick. The sound effects and the Master's theme are rockin'. Nut kicking leg breaker and Monkey style guy are some of my favorites, but that kick boxer is pretty basass! The final battle scene is great, hatchets, caskets and all.
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October 26, 2008
This totally brightened up my day. One of the most inventive (as far as directing and music go) and hip "Kung Fu" classics that I've ever had the pleasure of watching. Wheeeeeeeeeee
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June 19, 2008
A flipping AWESOME kung fu movie! If you're only going to see one kung fu movie your whole life, see this one. And then go see Enter the Dragon due to your newfound love of kung fu movies.
Critic Reviews
Once you find the groove of this delectable cheese fest, you'll realize how influential Guillotine has been. Full Review
Snags the viewer's attention by lacing its martial-arts high jinks with a compelling weirdness. Full Review
A staple of Kung Fu television.
One of the greatest (and weirdest) Chinese martial arts movies of the 1970s Full Review
A Chinese martial-arts master defends himself with the wackiest weapon ever, East or West, giving new meaning to the term "head shot." Full Review
Will there be a ridiculously entertaining orgy of punching and kicking and wonderfully bad dubbing? Lord, yes.
A film that depends more on its imagination than on its special effects, and more on wide, clear action scenes than the choppy, shaky brand, making it entirely unique in this summer's crop of entertai... Full Review
It stands as the pinnacle of 1970s martial arts films. Full Review
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