Fresh
For old-fashioned raw energy, it's tough to beat.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Master of the Flying Guillotine
It's A Mean Machine - Cuts Your Head Off Clean!
1976 · 1h 33m · R
Action, Drama, Fantasy
Directed by
Yu Wang
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Master of the Flying Guillotine
Overview
A one-armed martial arts master is being stalked by an Imperial assassin, the master of two fighters killed in the previous film. When the One-Armed Boxer is invited to attend a martial arts tournament, his efforts to lay low are unsuccessful, and the assassin soon tracks him down with the help of his three subordinates: a Thai boxer, a yoga master, and a kobojutsu user.
Director and cast
- Yu Wang Director
- Yu Wang as Liu Ti Lung, The One-Armed Boxer
- Jimmy Wang Yu as Liu Ti Lung / The One-Armed Boxer
- Doris Lung Chun-Erh as Wu's daughter
- Sham Chin-Bo as Thai boxer / Nai Men
- Lau Kar-yung as Chang Chia Yu (as Kar Wing Lau)
- Lung Fei as Yakuma
- Wang Lung Wei as Win-Without-a-Knife Yakuma
- Wong Wing-Sang as Indian fighter
- Chien-Po Tsen as Nai Men
- Hsueh Han Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Once you find the groove of this delectable cheese fest, you'll realize how influential Guillotine has been.
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
Fresh
Snags the viewer's attention by lacing its martial-arts high jinks with a compelling weirdness.
Nick Rutigliano, Village Voice
Fresh
With its nonstop flurry of fighting, ersatz bloodletting and incidental hilarity, this remains [Yu's] signature work.
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert, L.A. Weekly
Fresh
A gem of its genre.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
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