During the Manchurian-ruled Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yong Zheng established a secret assassination squad known as the Guillotines to eliminate all who opposed him. Once heavily favored by the Emperor, the Guillotines are deemed expendable once Emperor Qian Long ascends to the throne and adopts Western ideas and technology. To consolidate his power under a new regime, the Emperor continues to use the Guillotines to persecute the conquered Han Chinese in a reign of terror and oppr... (Full plot summary below)
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During the Manchurian-ruled Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yong Zheng established a secret assassination squad known as the Guillotines to eliminate all who opposed him. Once heavily favored by the Emperor, the Guillotines are deemed expendable once Emperor Qian Long ascends to the throne and adopts Western ideas and technology. To consolidate his power under a new regime, the Emperor continues to use the Guillotines to persecute the conquered Han Chinese in a reign of terror and oppression.
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| New York TimesManohla DargisThe incrementally served up pieces never satisfactorily cohere. The blades fly as do the heads, but the movie remains disappointingly aground. |
| VarietyMaggie LeeThe lack of rip-roaring martial arts or even a half-decent storyline will leave genre aficionados feeling short-changed. |
| Examiner.comChris SawinThe Guillotines is an overdramatic and fluffy piece of cinema that has a few decent moments, but is otherwise forgettable. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAn action fan could be forgiven for the medicinal taste that this slick but dissipating exercise leaves behind. |
| Slant MagazineRob HumanickDespite the multitude of cinematic tricks the prolific Andrew Lau has up his sleeve, the film is a disappointingly rote entry in the wuxia pantheon. |
| Village VoiceNick SchagerA corny saga of social and generational conflict, it's ultimately yet another Chinese period epic that functions as a thinly veiled treatise on the nobility of socialist equality. |
| User ReviewJohan Vthe best parts of the guillotines are the outstanding performances and its well written story! at times brutally violent and melodramatic, there are tender moments as well. brilliant, worth every viewing second! |
| User ReviewAmy HMaybe this movie shouldn't be call The Guillotines, but call it the canon or guns! This movie do not make the guillotine shine! The worriers will just die without even lifting the weapon! Stupid! But this China made movie has better acting than others and quite a good story, even though it doesn't show much of the guillotines! |
| User ReviewTim MAlternative titles include; "The Masters of the Flying Guillotine", "Guns, Cues, and Steel" and "Han Jesus". "Roughly 90 minutes of soapy Qing Dynasty fan fiction." But, "the spectacular action, gorgeous landscapes and costumes are what matter." Reducing the melodrama and run time would have been a good idea. |
| User ReviewGreg Wwell crafted remake of the 1975 classic The plot is of little importance - the spectacular action and gorgeous landscapes and costumes are what matter. |
