Scanialara
You won't be disappointed!
Stometer
Save your money for something good and enjoyable
Brightlyme
i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.
Calum Hutton
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
George Clarke
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.
ckormos1
Who watched and rated this movie? A bunch of Woody Allen fans? It deserves a better rating than the 4.6 I see today so I must add my two cents. This is a typical kung fu action movie and it delivers kung fu and action. Nothing I haven't seen before but all the stuff I want to keep on seeing. Is there anything that makes it anything more than an average kung fu action movie? No not really, but that still doesn't mean it's a waste of time or something to over criticize. What would have made it better? The running time was too long and there were not enough simple hand to hand or man versus man fights. Other than that, if you are a fan of this genre then ignore the criticism here and watch it.
kin-7
I am not really sure why this movie is only rated at 3.9 over 10 points right now, but to myself, this movie opens up new light about what the country wants, may not be for the particular good of the people, but for sure, it will be for the good of the country itself.And this applies for the king, the emperor, the ruler, or the people at power, or the companies at power, or the companies that make a lot of money and thus can be powerful (think junk food companies, for example).So this movie does open up new lights for me, to be not so gullible. The part about the guy hoping to have a small peaceful community, that seems familiar, although I can't recall at the moment which other movie has this. But I certain don't feel it is copy-cat, but is quite original and occurs naturally in the movie.I would say, don't be swayed by the low score of the movie, but still give it a try and see for yourself.
citronprez
Lousy script, bad acting, senseless violence and a "been there done that" storyline, make this a really forgettable movie. Actually the 1 out of 10 vote given, is for the first 10 minutes of the movie. Good sequence and showed promise of a great WuXia movie. The appearance of The guillotines were very impressive. Scary actually. A great update on the guillotine of old. Then it all went down hill from there. The title of the movie should be changed too. The movie is not about these legendary weapons at all. Having a messiah like protagonist doesn't help either. Feels like I'm watching a communist propaganda movie. I want my time back.
