After re-imagining Shaw Brothers Blood Brothers with The Warlords, director Peter Chan steps back to become the producer for another Shaw Brothers-influenced venture. This time, Hong Kong blockbuster director Andrew Lau ( Young & Dangerous, Infernal Affairs) takes the helm for The Guillotines, an explosive action spectacular thats also an emotionally powerful drama about brotherhood & the price of waging war in the name of peace. In addition to the legendary flying weapon, the "e;guillotines"e; in the title also refers to a secret assassination squad in the Qing Dynasty out to capture a dangerous rebel only known to the world as Wolf.
Led by superstar Huang Xiaoming ( The Message, Ip Man 2) as Wolf, The Guillotiness cast of popular young stars from the Greater China region also
Includes:: Ethan Ruan ( Manga), Shawn Yue ( Motorway), pop star Chris Lee ( Bodyguards & Assassins), Jing Boran ( The Bullet Vanishes) & Wen Zhang ( Love is Not Blind).
Wielding a powerful flying weapon that can decapitate any enemy in a split second, the Guillotines is an assassination squad controlled only by the Emperor Qian Long (Wen Zhang). Led by Leng (Ethan Ruan), the Guillotines latest mission is to rescue team member Musen (Chris Li) & capture Wolf (Huang Xiaoming), a dangerous rebel leader who managed to elude custody. With palace official Haidu (Shawn Yue) tagging along, the team follows Wolf to a village. However, the team doesn t know that Qian Long is also planning to eliminate them in the name of modernization.
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Includes:: making of & trailers.