28-04-2005, 02:02
It's the rare film that makes a star out of its weaponry, but then again, not every piece of hardware can boast of decapitating a man at 50 paces. In the sequel to "The One-Armed Boxer" (1971), director/star Jimmy Wang Yu returns in "Master of the Flying Guillotine" as the famed fighter who can single-handedly (literally) fend off a small army of attackers. But our hero hasn't counted on fighting assassins armed with a saw-toothed hatbox on a rope which, when used correctly, can relieve its target of their heads. Wang Yu outdoes himself here by simply piling on one outrageous martial-arts moment after another. The tournament scene alone -- between a deadly Thai boxer and a yoga master who can magically extend his arms 20 feet, battling for supremacy -- is worth the price of admission.
There's no stoppin' what can't be stopped, no killin' what can't be killed. You can't see the eyes of the demon, until him come callin'...