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Master of the Flying Guillotine

The highly-touted 70's kung-fu movie "Master of the Flying Guillotine", which we discussed during one of the Etcon breaks, is airing on Showtime Extreme tonight. Recut, restored and re-released, this film features so many of the things that made 70's kung-fu movies great:

inflatable monks
blind monks
one-armed boxers
extensible arms (no, really),
fried feet,
hand grenades (in medieval China? why not!)
beheadings
and of course, a flying guillotine

Short on dialogue and long on fu - a good thing considering the dialogue. The whole may not equal the sum of its parts, but the parts are enjoyable if you like these films or early electronica background music. And you thought Etcon was all high tech.

Posted by Mark Tuesday, May 06, 2003 9:07:00 PM | permalink |