The Guillotines
This film looks a lot like an action movie but there is also some Chinese history in the mix. The result is ambiguous really but perhaps interesting.
It all happens in the XVIII century when the emperor of China of that time who was also a despot and wants to eliminate all opposition by using an elite group of assassins only known a The Guillotines. They are unstoppable but fail to retrieve a rebel to the empire called Wolf who in turn takes away one of them, the only girl who happens to be the daughter of the man who trained them.
Having failed a new emperor is now looking for a mistake to have The Guillotines and then have an excuse to get rid of them and replace them with fire guns.
As said before it looks like an action movie which then shifts into something else. Wolf for example defends the Chinese Han and is actually trying to convince the Guillotine leader to join his cause because he is not part of the Manchu rulers but also a Chinese Han and thus his efforts are also a move to help his people. In the end we see how this film captures, or pretends to capture, a moment in history.
Though ingenious the plot of this Chinese movie is far from consistent. The actors go from the acceptable to the sublime with a. The costumes created for this production were perfect and the visual effects and the choreography are pretty good if not outstanding.
If only for them I'd say this film deserves three out of five stars.
It all happens in the XVIII century when the emperor of China of that time who was also a despot and wants to eliminate all opposition by using an elite group of assassins only known a The Guillotines. They are unstoppable but fail to retrieve a rebel to the empire called Wolf who in turn takes away one of them, the only girl who happens to be the daughter of the man who trained them.
Having failed a new emperor is now looking for a mistake to have The Guillotines and then have an excuse to get rid of them and replace them with fire guns.
As said before it looks like an action movie which then shifts into something else. Wolf for example defends the Chinese Han and is actually trying to convince the Guillotine leader to join his cause because he is not part of the Manchu rulers but also a Chinese Han and thus his efforts are also a move to help his people. In the end we see how this film captures, or pretends to capture, a moment in history.
Though ingenious the plot of this Chinese movie is far from consistent. The actors go from the acceptable to the sublime with a. The costumes created for this production were perfect and the visual effects and the choreography are pretty good if not outstanding.
If only for them I'd say this film deserves three out of five stars.
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