The Guillotines

2012 [CHINESE]

Action / Drama

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 17% · 14 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 17% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.8/10 10 1489 1.5K

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Plot summary

In the time of the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor Yongzheng created a secret army known as the Guillotines. It was the job of the Guillotines to protect the Emperor by killing anyone who posed a threat to him or his rule. After 348 successful missions to eliminate their target, the 349th assignment proves to be their last.

Director

Wai-Keung Lau Photo
Wai-Keung Lau

Top cast

Shawn Yue Photo
Shawn Yue as Haidu
Jimmy Wang Yu Photo
Jimmy Wang Yu as Gong-E
Ethan Juan Photo
Ethan Juan as Leng
Zhang Wen Photo
Zhang Wen as Qianlong
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.01 GB
1280*538
Chinese 2.0
NR
Subtitles cn  
24 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 2
2.07 GB
1904*800
Chinese 5.1
NR
Subtitles cn  
24 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by helmutty 6 / 10

Passable HK action drama flick

When the trailers were released, it seemed that The Guillotines will be packed with action with the titular weapon. And with Andrew Lau at helm, what could go wrong? The fact that Andrew wants this to be more of a drama about brothers rather than a guilty pleasure is disappointing. But it is not that bad and this still has some value of entertainment.The story: The movie starts off with a cool action scene with The Guillotines, a group, using the titular weapons against some 'bad guys'. After that, Wolf escapes from being executed. It leads to another action scene with the briefly appeared titular weapons. However that is all you see for the weapons in action. The Guillotines is tasked to find Wolf. Those waiting to see the weapons appearing again will be disappointed. There is plenty of action but the weapons are not featured in other than the first two action scenes. The climax is a huge disappointment. I thought the climax will the next action scene that will feature the weapons. The climax contains lots of explosions and that is about it. No epic fight scene. Acting wise is okay, not distracting.Overall: It should not be called The Guillotines. It is one of those misleading title. Without the special titular weapon, this is just an ordinary action drama movie which feels over-long at times. It is not bad but it is a disappointment.
Reviewed by Movie-Misfit 6 / 10

Heavy drama, stylish action, but not a remake!

The Guillotines was sold as the modern day remake of the classic Master Of The Flying Guillotine!The original was just fantastic. Action packed with amazing kung fu battles and gritty decapitations from the ultimate weapon.With Andrew Lau's update, we are given a beautifully made drama, with small stylish fight scenes that focus more (with poor CGI) on how these new versions of the guillotine blades, work!I think that, once you have accepted that this is in no way a remake of such a classic, and only features a bunch of pretty boys with cool weapons, you can enjoy it more and see it as a historical drama with some fun action sequences.Worth the watch, just not perfect.
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