Wang Yu can play a good guy like no other actor and he shows his style in this movie too. Part of his one armed boxer series, this time he battles a blind monk with flying guillotine.
Being an old school kung-fu movie, there's not much to the story, and lot of kung-fu action, but because it's directed by Wang Yu, the fight scenes are better than average. A blind monk with flying guillotine is after Liu Ti (Wang Yu) to kill him. Not knowing about this, Liu Ti goes on his daily affairs as a master of a kung-fu school. When he realizes that he's been targeted for assassination, he prepares to counter the monk's attack.
This is not part of the original Flying Guillotine saga made by Shaw Brothers, and is a stand alone piece. The quality, while acceptable, is not par with the original Flying Guillotines, and its sequel Flying Guillotines II.
Some of the skills Wang Yu teaches to his students, while appearing preposterous to the westerners (like walking on the wall) was known have been taught by actual Chi-Kung master named Lee in the 18th century, so it's not completely without basis in the annals of Chinese martial arts.
Not much in the way of the plot, but this movie contains some good fight scenes, and is worth a watch.
Being an old school kung-fu movie, there's not much to the story, and lot of kung-fu action, but because it's directed by Wang Yu, the fight scenes are better than average. A blind monk with flying guillotine is after Liu Ti (Wang Yu) to kill him. Not knowing about this, Liu Ti goes on his daily affairs as a master of a kung-fu school. When he realizes that he's been targeted for assassination, he prepares to counter the monk's attack.
This is not part of the original Flying Guillotine saga made by Shaw Brothers, and is a stand alone piece. The quality, while acceptable, is not par with the original Flying Guillotines, and its sequel Flying Guillotines II.
Some of the skills Wang Yu teaches to his students, while appearing preposterous to the westerners (like walking on the wall) was known have been taught by actual Chi-Kung master named Lee in the 18th century, so it's not completely without basis in the annals of Chinese martial arts.
Not much in the way of the plot, but this movie contains some good fight scenes, and is worth a watch.