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Master of the Flying Guillotine (1975)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:18
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis:
Introducing what many consider the Holy Grail of 1970's martial arts/Hong Kong films. Master of the Flying Guillotine (also known as One Armed Boxer vs. The Flying Guillotine) combines eye-popping...
Introducing what many consider the Holy Grail of 1970's martial arts/Hong Kong films. Master of the Flying Guillotine (also known as One Armed Boxer vs. The Flying Guillotine) combines eye-popping visuals, unforgettable characters, incredible performances, a spectacular electronic soundtrack and one of the most notorious weapons in film history. The cult and legend of Master of the Flying Guillotine continues to grow as martial arts film moves into the mainstream. Both Quentin Tarentino and Samuel L. Jackson single out "Master" as one of their favorite films.
Master of the Flying Guillotine is a unique and timeless masterpiece, presenting mythic themes and characters that predates Star Wars, inventive street fighting that inspired a host of films as well as video games and gravity defying action 25 years before Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
For the past twenty years, Masters was only seen by a limited cult audience via an English dubbed bootleg video of a damaged, scratchy print. Some remember seeing the dubbed, edited version broadcast in the seventies on local "Kung Fu Theatre" television programs. This is the first time the film will be given the respect it deserves, a fully restored wide screen presentation with English subtitles.
The film's director/star Wang Yu (Stars as the "One Armed Boxer") is relatively unknown to American audiences, however many Asian cinema scholars believe that Wang Yu was more of an influential force in martial arts cinema than Bruce Lee. The restoration of this classic is a unique glimpse of Wang Yu in his prime. -- © Pathfinder Pictures
Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Kam Kang, Lung Kun Yee
Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Kam Kang, Lung Kun Yee
Director: Jimmy Wang Yu
Director: Jimmy Wang Yu
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Reviews for Master of the Flying Guillotine
One of the greatest (and weirdest) Chinese martial arts movies of the 1970s
A Chinese martial-arts master defends himself with the wackiest weapon ever, East or West, giving new meaning to the term "head shot."
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 entertainment.
In the title sequence alone, you feel you may just see one of the greatest kung fu films ever made.
Those sufficiently attuned to appreciate its magic and majesty, Jimmy Wang Yu's restored masterpiece may very well be the archival discovery of the decade.
Once you find the groove of this delectable cheese fest, you'll realize how influential Guillotine has been.
It’s raw and it’s dusty, just as a good martial arts movie should be.
Snags the viewer's attention by lacing its martial-arts high jinks with a compelling weirdness.
Despite its cult reputation, this is a silly film with very little to recommend it, even to kung fu zealots.
With its nonstop flurry of fighting, ersatz bloodletting and incidental hilarity, this remains [Yu's] signature work.
It's refreshing and unusual to see clever strategy trumping ritual honor in a film of this genre, even if one of the tricks seems gratuitously brutal.
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