Flying Guillotine

Legendary Kung-Fu classic meets Shakespearean epic
It's true, it doesn't have quite the action and hand-to-hand of 'other classics' like, i.e., The Kid with The Golden Arm, but you have to own this title anyways, or you're just posing.
The movie is different from those 'other classics' in that it's hero is more of a 'real' person than the hero in those 'other classics'. He can't kick your head off, and he can't whip his ponytail through your torso (which _is_ a weak point of this movie, I'll grant you), but he loves his wife and son, he's a good, moral man who is deeply disturbed by the situation in which he finds himself.
This movie has extremely rapid plot development, and the viewer can feel how the young protagonist is swept up by the pace of developments - fueled by the impatience of the godlike Emperor. The Emperor summons you to his palace. Of course you go, dropping everything instantly, because this man can have your whole city burned if he had a bad bowel movement that morning.
Your new life is to live at...

A HIT DON'T MISS OUT.
FLYING GUILLOTINE IS UP THERE WITH THE BEST MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE OF ALL TIME. PREVIEW: THE EMPOR GET A GROUP OF MEN TO LEARN THE FLYING GUILLOTINE SYTLE TO ASSINATE TRAITOR IN LAND, WHEN A UP AND RISING FIGHTER DON'T AGREE WITH THE METHODS HE ABANDON THE TEMPLE AND IS ON THE RUN. I WAITING FOR THE FLYING GUILLOTINE VS THE ONE ARM BOXER. NOW IF THEY GET THAT. THAT MOVIE WILL REALLY ALMOST COMPLETE MY COLLECTION, I CAN HAVE KUNG-FU THEATER AT MY CRIB!

Dissappointed
Don't be fooled by the caption on the DVD box - "special wide screen edition "because it's full screen.An excellent Shaw Brothers early 70 movie,still has alot of action and is still very entertaining.However I feel conned because it's not wide screen as stated.This dvd must be the worst ever transfer from vhs.Eventhough it's a great movie,please wait for a better copy.

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