TNL Movie Club: Master of the Flying Guillotine

[Mman]

I'm sure quite a few people have seen this movie. It is a pretty classic example of a 70's kung fu movie: cheesy, bad dubs (though you can now get a subbed version, but I enjoy the dub), just enough plot to facilitate some fighting, etc. Still, its has some great stuff going for it with rediculous characters, especially in the tournament, crazy weapons, good choreography and an awesome soundtrack (some of which can be found in Kill Bill). The movie is just fun and does everything I want a kung-fu movie to do.



Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)

AKA: One-Armed Boxer 2, One-Armed Boxer vs. The Flying Guillotine

Premise: Sent by the Ching Emperor to destroy Ching rebels, the vicious and blind assassin known as the Flying Guillotine interrupts a deadly martial arts competition in the hopes of killing the famous One Armed Boxer to avenge the death of his two students.

The action unfolds from there.

[Revoltor]

This movie is fucking incredible. Stretch arms dude, monkey dude and of course the main guy, one-armed kung-fu dude.

This movie is a fucking classic.

[Giga Power]

Holy shit, a friend at work just pointed this out to me a few months ago.

The decapitations are awesome.

[YellerDog]

Greatest goddamn movie ever. Mortal Kombat would not exist without it, nor Street Fighter.

There's really no reason not to get the dub, in this case.

[adol]

I have been meaning to pick this up, along The Crippled Masters. Thanks for reminding me.

[Gooch]

Great fucking flick and the inspiration for Dhalsim, no?

[animegirl]

Hmmm...haven't seen this one and I love cheesy 70s kung fu films. Off to Netflix I go.

[Rumpy]

Crap, there is a wait for it.

[Dolemite]

Now THIS is a kick-ass choice for the movie club. I fucking love this film. It makes me want to go out and kill every one-armed man I see.

The Master of the Flying Guillotine guy has the coolest theme music ever in the history of movies. Darth Vader wishes the Imperial March was as cool. I wish that shit would play whenever I walked into a room. And the Flying Guillotine itself is the greatest weapon ever seen in a Kung-Fu movie. Fuck, in any movie. I wish it was real.

I originally caught this on TV years ago and hadn't seen it since. But I finally re-discovered it when it was released on DVD and my life was once again complete. Check out the U.S. trailer in the extras section- it's awesome.

[Advocate]

GREATEST.KUNG-FU.MOVIE.almostEVER.

I still like a few others out there like Superninjas and Tai Chi Masters .. I love Tai Chi Masters. I remember seeing that at AnimeEast '95.