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But in spite of this (or perhaps because of it...!), I found it hilarious, and really enjoyed it.
The story, as I could decipher it, revolves around a certain Master Shen. Due to a weak heart caused by excessive training (!), he is forced to live in No Return Valley, being kept alive by the Dragon's Breath Cure (never shown). The fourth prince, hungry for power, uses a crooked Shaolin monk to steal the sacred Shaolin medicine book, which he hopes to use to entice Master Shen out of the valley to fight for him. But! A young man (sorry, I forget his name) has passed the three Shaolin tests in order to borrow the book to cure his sick mother, and instead he is given a forgery by the crooked monk, which kills his mother. Vowing revenge, he joins a party of Shaolin kung-fu masters who are (for some reason) off to kill Master Shen. It is also unclear why the young man wishes to kill Master Shen. Basically, the rest of the film involves various fights with Master Shen.
The "fatal flying guillotines" of the title (referred to in the film as "lighting strikes"...indeed, the phrase "fatal flying guillotine" appears nowhere in the film) are the high point of the whole film. Wielded by the sinister Master Shen, who likes to laugh a lot, they consist of two metal buckets on ropes with spinning blades that decapitate EVERYONE. The special effects for these buckets and the decapitated bodies are so bad that they really have to be seen to be believed.
Characters appear without introduction or explanation, and entire sections of the film run without any explanation of why they are happening. Most films are a passive experience, but this one forces you to actively sit up and try to work out for yourself who these people are and what is going on.
Even the martial arts in the film are bad - poorly choreographed, lacklustre and...well, lazy. Half-hearted, even. It looks as though the actors have been secretly filmed whilst just performing their going-through-the-motions practise run.
If you like bad films, and find them funny, this is definitely one for you. If you're expecting something well-acted, well-directed and well thought out, steer well clear. Citizen Kane it ain't. I've ended up giving this film three stars because whilst it is awful, it was nonetheless hilarious and very enjoyable (if for entirely the wrong reasons).
Oh, and another thing - the guy on the front of the DVD box I saw (the Vengeance Video version) isn't in the film at all.
The plot goes something like this,Shaolin monks track down some villains who have robbed a sacred book....Add an evil prince,a flying guillotine,and bad kung fu, and you've got a potent mix for action.It's BAD...
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