Jimmy Wang Yu directed and starred in this martial arts weirdo, One Armed Boxer II aka Master of the Flying Guillotine. This film is about a blind old kung fu grandpa, who uses a flying hat/guillotine as his weapon and his ultimate goal is to kill the one armed boxer, played by the director. There are plenty of fight scenes, but what makes this film so enjoyable are its outrageous elements and characters.
The old hat wielding avenger is very eerie as he throws that thing and gets it back with a head in it! Heads fly, literally, as the ads screamed for this film. Another totally memorable character is this dressed in white muslim, who has something very strange with his arms. I won't spoil it for you, but once you see it, you're not going to forget it, because it is very scary and chilling "tactic" he uses.
The fights are well choreographed and are nice to watch. The actors are okay, and the main problem in this film is simply that it has couple of brief slow moments which don't give anything to the film and just made me feel little bored. Otherwise this is among the most hilarious martial arts film I've ever seen. The characters and their fighting techniques alongside the amusing dialogue and couple of underlined blood lettings make this film a masterpiece in its own campy genre and a must see for anyone interested in this kind of tongue-in-cheek cinema.
8/10
The old hat wielding avenger is very eerie as he throws that thing and gets it back with a head in it! Heads fly, literally, as the ads screamed for this film. Another totally memorable character is this dressed in white muslim, who has something very strange with his arms. I won't spoil it for you, but once you see it, you're not going to forget it, because it is very scary and chilling "tactic" he uses.
The fights are well choreographed and are nice to watch. The actors are okay, and the main problem in this film is simply that it has couple of brief slow moments which don't give anything to the film and just made me feel little bored. Otherwise this is among the most hilarious martial arts film I've ever seen. The characters and their fighting techniques alongside the amusing dialogue and couple of underlined blood lettings make this film a masterpiece in its own campy genre and a must see for anyone interested in this kind of tongue-in-cheek cinema.
8/10