SummaryA secret brotherhood of assassins – The Guillotines – once favored by the Emperor, are now a force of terror and oppression under a new regime. Exiled to a remote village and hunted by a squad of fighters with firearms that challenge their cold steel, The Guillotines must now outwit and outfight enemies from both sides. [Well Go USA]
Directed By:Andrew Lau
Written By:Oi-Wah Lam, Joyce Chan, Jo Jo Hui, Junli Guo, Koon-Nam Lui
The Guillotines
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Jun 13, 2013
75
It’s doubtful that Scorsese will redo this new Lau thriller, which is OK because the Chinese original is all fans need.
Jun 12, 2013
50
The Guillotines expends most of its energy in its first 30 minutes, leaving the audience with roughly 90 minutes of soapy Qing Dynasty fan fiction.
Jun 13, 2013
40
The incrementally served up pieces never satisfactorily cohere. The blades fly as do the heads, but the movie remains disappointingly aground.
Jun 13, 2013
38
Despite the multitude of cinematic tricks the prolific Andrew Lau has up his sleeve, the film is a disappointingly rote entry in the wuxia pantheon.
Jun 12, 2013
30
An action fan could be forgiven for the medicinal taste that this slick but dissipating exercise leaves behind.
Jun 11, 2013
30
A 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.
Jun 11, 2013
20
All the solemnity is deadly: Not one of these superhuman gang members registers in memory, and you feel stiffed on gory giggles. Talk about having your chain yanked.
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Production Company:
- Media Asia Films
- Polyface Entertainment
- Starling Road Productions
- Stellar Mega Films
- We Pictures
Release Date:Jun 14, 2013
Duration:1 h 52 m
Rating:R
Awards
Hong Kong Film Awards
• 5 Nominations
