Master of the Flying Guillotine

Average Customer Rating: List Price: $14.98 Asia Trips Trips Price: $13.49 Your Savings: $ 1.49 ( 10% ) Subject To Change Without Notice Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Pathfinder Home Ent. Starring: Tak Chi Chen, Fu Chiang Chi, Tien Wu Chu, Pai Cheng Hau, Wai Hsiung Ho
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE ULTIMATE (DVD EAN: 0825307901290 Format: Color Label: Pathfinder Home Ent. Manufacturer: Pathfinder Home Ent. Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Pathfinder Home Ent. Region Code: 1 Release Date: 2002-09-17 Running Time: 93 Studio: Pathfinder Home Ent. Theatrical Release Date: 1977-02
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Editorial Reviews: 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 Tarantino and Samuel L. Jackson single out "Master" as one of their favorite films.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Disc Problems as Well but Can't miss this! Comment: I had to return the disc twice because it didn't have Chinese w/ English Subtitle option like it said. Third time around I got one that worked. If you are a Kung-Fu fan and have never seen this movie than you FAIL. Quentin Terantino cites Guillotine as one of his inspirations and you can tell once you've seen it. The music is amazing - I would love someone to remix it into a dance album. Classically B-movie, poor acting, silly premise - its so bad its GOOD. Host a Kung-Fu night and feature this to watch with friends. There are a lot of laughs, and not to mention wonderful examples of the Martial Arts Craft. Just don't take it too seriously. Customer Rating: Summary: Master of the Flying Guillotine Comment: I think any one who is interested in Kung Fu/ Martial Arts movies really MUST see this movie! It's got it all...the blind master of the flying guillotine (what a title!) out for revenge, the one armed martial arts teacher, who is the subject of said revenge and a fantastic martial arts tournament that feels like a precursor to Final Combat. A friend turned me on to this movie years ago, and we watched via a crappy vhs tape copy, so I was real happy to see it come out on DVD. The production value is on the cheap, and the dialogue dubbing certainly veers towards ridiculous (making it all the more fun!), but I bet you any thing that you are gonna wanna watch it over and over again! Highly recomended. Customer Rating: Summary: Master of the Flying Guillotine Comment: There are alot of great fighters in this movie, but the main reason I bought this movie is because " The Master of the Flying Guillotine " is my favorite villain. He's a blind man, that has his own music everytime he appears, and some of the coolest quotes. I love how relentless he is in catching " The 1 Armed Boxer " Customer Rating: Summary: Classic of its generation Comment: Great film for its generation!!! A remake today, with all the new, state-of-the-art visual effects would do this movie some justice. The villain is on point, while the hero is crafty. Good film to have in your collection. Customer Rating: Summary: a 70s cult classic Comment: This movie was ahead of its time as many Kung Fu films were. A lot of the fight correography in these 70s Kung Fu film far surpassed what was made in the west and to this day, I don't think western cinema can match the fight correography (with a few exceptions). I can tell that the main character who plays the one-armed bandit never had any formal training in the martial arts or his training was very limited. Perhaps this is why he always plays one-armed characters. It's easier to hide a lack of skills if you pretend to have one arm. I liked the film commentary on the DVD but it's interesting that they didn't talk about how the character who played the Indian yogi was not really an Indian but a chinese made up to look that way. He looked very caricatured. I can see how something like that could easily be taken as very offensive to Indians. The character who played the Jappanese fighter however was not caricatured like many Chinese films have done during this time period. Another interesting thing about the expert commentators is that they erroneously said that the only fighter from a style different from Kung Fu was the Thai Boxer. This is not true because there was a Mongolian wrestler and Mongolian wrestling is a very ancient original martial art. I don't know much about Mongolian wrestling, but could tell that the fighter was not doing Kung Fu and his atire was a lot different from the Chinese. More Reviews