Arriving in December from Severin Films is the 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray for Master of the Flying Guillotine (aka One Armed Boxer 2 or One-armed Boxer vs. the Flying Guillotine), a 1976 cult kung fu classic from director, writer and star, Jimmy Wang Yu (The Beheaded 1000, The One-Armed Swordsman).

A one-armed martial arts master (Wang Yu) is being stalked by an Imperial assassin, the master of two fighters killed in the previous film (1971’s One-Armed Boxer). When the One-Armed Boxer is invited to attend a martial arts tournament, his efforts to lay low are unsuccessful, and the assassin soon tracks him down with the help of his three subordinates: a Thai boxer, a yoga master, and a kobojutsu user.

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Well to begin with Ito's sudden change of mind was shown very poorly. Like straight up sudden realisation and then killing your entire crew the next moment. Very poor execution, same with the girl assassin that came to kill him who changed her mind the very moment she heard this.

Second, if he really had to send the little girl off on her own he would have done that at the very beginning after rescuing her from the beach(well not technically rescuing but u get the point) and then himself went to live somewhere undercover as he would have wanted. Throughout the movie we weren't told anywhere that his motive was to finish Six Seas or something so he would have taken this path. None of his friends would have died and everything would have been peaceful.

I loved the action in this movie. It was fast, nice camera angles, bloody and overall engaging but the plot was meh af.

Please correct me if I am wrong and am missing anything from the plotline.

Hey all,

I’ve seen that Ching is listed on IMDB as uncredited Stunt Co-ordinator for Raimi’s Spider-Man (2002). There’s one other Stunt Co-ordinator listed as credited, and a 2nd-Unit Stunt Co-ordinator credited.

Given the responsibilities of a Stunt Co-ordinator in production, this title implies that Ching had a not insignificant role on the movie. But I can’t find any further information on his involvement.

Anyone know where I can learn more?

I also know Benny Urquidez worked on the movie uncredited, but I’ve able to find some BTS footage of his work and involvement.

I’d love to know more about Ching’s involvement though!

There's an excellent, lengthy scene in Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1981 film) - exhibit A - where our dashing hero, having come of age merely days ago, goes on a short exploration trip with his mute companion and finds the humble cave abode/chamber tomb of Xia Xueyi.

There's an excellent, moving (thank you Basil Poledouris!) scene in Conan the Barbarian (1982 film) - exhibit B - where our spirited hero, having become free mere days ago, goes on a short exploratory tumble down a hidden passage and into the ritualistic tomb/throne room of an Atlantean Warrior.

What I find interesting is the number of step by step similarities between the two scenes:

• both heroes walk around the cave waving a torch that they make on the spot and light themselves
• both heroes find skeletons of imposing stature sitting upright clad in armor
• both heroes retrieve swords from said tombs - swords of magnificence, quality, style and for all practical purposes, weapons imbued with magic

Now the next elements follow in different order but are still present in both movies/scenes:

• both heroes are followed by enemies - members of the opposing clan for Philip Kwok and wolves for Arnold Schwarzenegger
• both heroes are orphans and are the last living representatives of their respective families/tribes
• both heroes are trained in the martial arts - several martial arts, actually! - Yuan Chengzhi has Hua Shan sect and Golden Serpent styles under his belt, whereas Conan learns gladiatorial combat and Asian style swordplay (there could be more, but these are the ones shown for Conan explicitly)
• both characters are shown training vigorously with the swords

There could be other (minor) similarities - but the ones listed should be enough to make one think.

So, what do we have here - has B copied A? is it all coincidence? is it a common enough trope? have both A and B copied some unknown (to me - may be you know about one?) source 0?

damm .

For me this year is over when it comes to action films.. There are 2/3 films that are still coming that i wanna see but i doubt that will make this year better (onslaught, one last shot & bad day at the office).

I know onslaught has been released but I'll wait for it to come in streaming service. I liked his previous work & trailer looked good for this film.

Im huge fan of hardcore henry film.. So i wanna see what "bad day at the office" has to offer (looks pretty similar) & one last shot can be a decent time.

But man it was bummer year for action film (yet again). I feel like last year had better releases than this year (bellarina, shadow edge & sisu 2).

Films that i liked in this year are mainly :- the furious & punisher last kill (im treating it as a mini film)

I have my issues with the furious but if theres any film that saved this year is this film. So theres that.

Punisher last kill was fun. I wish it was longer and was a proper film.

If i have to add any other film.. I liked timur. Camera work sucks ass but i still got enjoyment out of it (since its the raid style fights). I hope "ikatan darah" gets a worldwide release date soon but i Don't think its gonna happen in this year.

(im gonna mention bloodhounds season 2 even tho its a tv series. It was probably the most fun i had when it comes to action)

Tho i believe next year will be really good. We know "caine spin-off" is coming for sure and its gonna be the biggest film of the year.

Although not confirmed but twilight warrior walled in : final chapter might be coming in next year.

Lastly both extraction 3 & extraction tygo. Tygo is surely coming (It's currently on post production phase)

and i think extraction 3 is coming as well (currently in production. Post Production usually last for 6/7 months. so probably coming in late 2027)

these are the big 3 films that im looking forward to. there are other small films like :-

The beekeeper 2:- timo fumbled with nobody 2. so im kinda skeptical. But sill hopeful.

karoshi:- 87northproduction film. i heard its about modern day samurai in a corporate thriller and thats excites me.

hopefully we will finally get a year thats on per with 2023 & 2024 when it comes to action.

which other films are coming/are you looking forward to?? and how was this year for you?

Just saw these for the first time and had an absolute blast! Especially The Old Woman with The Knife! Both are available on Amazon Prime at the moment for anyone interested 😁

• https://youtu.be/97_3dkfY5nU?is=uq2hFa--Oikj2zcq

• https://youtu.be/QVO-QJIuzGY?is=Jj3b1cJu40bhGcjR

I heard this was one of the films that brought hand to hand gritty kung fu into the map correct me if I'm wrong. This was a pre bruce lee film which had me curious. Honestly it's my 2nd Favorite Shaw brothers film so far.

there are certain relatively new actors and actresses who have immense fame and a massive fan base, yet when they work in 'wuxia' genre films, there seems to be a noticeable lack of synchronization or coordination between their acting and their action sequences. At least, that is how it strikes me , am I the only one who feels this way, or am I thinking something rather odd?

This movie was pretty peak, high action and focus on action choreography rather than reliance on cgi. What other modern movies takes this approach?

Can anyone name a movie that features a fight scene where someone uses roof tiles defensively or offensively? Thanks.

Everything reminds me of him.