Flying Guillotine II (1978) coming from 88 Films

[MifuneFan]

88 Films will be releasing the Shaw Brothers film Flying Guillotine Part 2 aka Palace Carnage on Blu-ray on August 9th.

Bonus Materials
Limited Edition Slipcase with New aRtwork by 'Kung Fu' Bob O'Brien
Limited Edition Collectors Double Sided Poster
Limited Edition Booklet - Watch Out for the Flying Guillotines by Barry Forshaw
High Definition (1080p) Presentation in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio
2.0 DTS-HD MA English Soundtrack
2.0 DTS-HD MA Mandarin Soundtrack with newly translated English Subtitles
Audio commentary with Asian cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
Hong Kong Trailer
Reversible Sleeve

Follow up to Flying Guillotine, cited as one of Quentin Tarantino's favourite movies, FLYING GUILLOTINE 2 AKA PALACE CARNAGE continues in the same vein as the original with its visceral mix of martial arts expertise and weapons-grade violence. To fight against the evil emperor's reign of terror outlaw rebel Ma Teng joins a group of female freedom fighters, however, she soon finds herself embroiled not just in a battle with enemy forces but also in with group leader's torn family loyalties. Brutal, fast and furious FLYING GUILLOTINE 2 is an even more off-kilter Shaw Brothers entry than usual, containing familiar tropes as well as unique elements, it is arguably the best of the Flying Guillotine sequels, rolling along at an impressively enjoyable pace.

[DukeTogo84]

Is there a date for Martial Club? That's apparently coming in the US, but I don't think it's gotten a date yet, but it has in the UK.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Is there a date for Martial Club? That's apparently coming in the US, but I don't think it's gotten a date yet, but it has in the UK.

Just made a thread for it. Coming July 5th.

[Kaiju23]

Follow up to Master of the Flying Guillotine,

Ooops!

[monwobbbo]

Originally Posted by Kaiju23

Ooops!

yeah that is a bad error. nothing to do with the Jimmy Wang Yu film at all. it is better than the first film though. Fatal Flying Guillotines is my personal fav of that type of movie though not a SB release.

[WaverBoy]

Originally Posted by monwobbbo

yeah that is a bad error. nothing to do with the Jimmy Wang Yu film at all. it is better than the first film though. Fatal Flying Guillotines is my personal fav of that type of movie though not a SB release.

Yeah, they need to correct that before it gets printed on the back cover. That would be embarrassing.

[Killer Meteor]

Originally Posted by monwobbbo

yeah that is a bad error. nothing to do with the Jimmy Wang Yu film at all. it is better than the first film though. Fatal Flying Guillotines is my personal fav of that type of movie though not a SB release.

Fatal Flying Guillotines is great fun! Shame the only versions on home video are a 4:3 English dub, and a OAR but heavily cut German print.

[monwobbbo]

Originally Posted by Killer Meteor

Fatal Flying Guillotines is great fun! Shame the only versions on home video are a 4:3 English dub, and a OAR but heavily cut German print.

never seen the german version. sadly that is the way that we are likely to see many kung fu films. decent material don't exist for many. i'd buy a uncut widescreen version in a second if it became available. on of my faves.

[darkness2918]

Another day 1 buy.

[KUNG FU BOB]

Originally Posted by Killer Meteor

Fatal Flying Guillotines is great fun! Shame the only versions on home video are a 4:3 English dub, and a OAR but heavily cut German print.

Didn't TVP- The Vengeance Pack put out an uncut release of this? I own it but haven't watched it yet.

[Mushi Minion]

AGFA is currently showing a 35mm scan of Master of the Flying Guillotine as part of AGFADOME II.

[Gargus]

Originally Posted by Mushi Minion

AGFA is currently showing a 35mm scan of Master of the Flying Guillotine as part of AGFADOME II.

Is there any word on that being released? I've really been hoping someone would pick it up for a north America.

I never knew there were other guillotine movies. I'd only seen master of the flying guillotine. It holds a special place for me. It was the first non "mainstream" Kung Fu movie I saw when I was younger, it so much crazier than what I was used to and I loved it. We had a channel when I was a kid Star64 which was channel 64 and one night at like 1am one time they showed it and I loved it

Years later I'd see the story of riki oh and I'd been searching for just crazy kung Fu movies ever since.

[Mushi Minion]

Originally Posted by Gargus

Is there any word on that being released? I've really been hoping someone would pick it up for a north America.

All they confirmed is that they would not be releasing it. At least it confirms the elements exist.

[Gargus]

Originally Posted by Mushi Minion

All they confirmed is that they would not be releasing it. At least it confirms the elements exist.

Guess I'll just watch my dvd version.

For some reason I'll never know back when bestbuy used to have a really good movie section I found a abc region DVD of it that didn't look like an American release for cheap and I still have it.

Thanks.

Probably the next time I watch it the next day someone will announce it's release. That's the way it seems to work when I hold off watching old DVDs in the hopes a new scan will come out when I finally break down and watch it soon after a new version is announced.

[Killer Meteor]

Originally Posted by Mushi Minion

AGFA is currently showing a 35mm scan of Master of the Flying Guillotine as part of AGFADOME II.

The big issue with any future home video release is Neu cracking down on their music being used. Hopefully Tarantino (or me if I win the lottery) can sort this out one day!

[MifuneFan]

Official artwork from Kung Fu Bob!



Credit to StarDestroyer52

[DukeTogo84]

Kung Fu Bob kicking ass as usual. I really wish he had been doing a lot more art for years. He's one of my favorite disc artists. Hope we continue to get more and more cover art from him in the years to come.

[cakefactory]

Reading this thread had me go looking for a list of these things. I didn't realize there were so many of them. When I was in high school, my friends and I used to occasionally buy crappy gray-market DVDs of kung fu movies out of the 1 dollar Wal Mart check-out aisle bin. We got The Flying Guillotine and utterly loved it, got Fatal Flying Guillotine (I don't remember that one), and then based on the strength of the first I also got the DVD of Master of the Flying Guillotine for full price and loved that one. Now I find out there were several more?!

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls003620154/

Looks like maybe this one, Zaitoichi vs Flying Guillotine, The Vengeful Beauty, and The Greatest Plot are the only ones that would be considered true "Flying Guillotine" movies?

[monwobbbo]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

Reading this thread had me go looking for a list of these things. I didn't realize there were so many of them. When I was in high school, my friends and I used to occasionally buy crappy gray-market DVDs of kung fu movies out of the 1 dollar Wal Mart check-out aisle bin. We got The Flying Guillotine and utterly loved it, got Fatal Flying Guillotine (I don't remember that one), and then based on the strength of the first I also got the DVD of Master of the Flying Guillotine for full price and loved that one. Now I find out there were several more?!

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls003620154/

Looks like maybe this one, Zaitoichi vs Flying Guillotine, The Vengeful Beauty, and The Greatest Plot are the only ones that would be considered true "Flying Guillotine" movies?

good question as i'm not familiar with any of those. i have only come across the 2 SB titles plus FFG and MOTFG in terms of actual flying guillotine movies. although i downsized my collection of old school quite a bit i kept those 4 titles and if i had others i would have kept them as i love the flying guillotine. outside of the much newer Four Guillotines movie i can't recall hearing of any others.

[FoulMouff]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

Looks like maybe this one, Zaitoichi vs Flying Guillotine, The Vengeful Beauty, and The Greatest Plot are the only ones that would be considered true "Flying Guillotine" movies?

Juat skip Zatoichi vs Flying Guillotine. It's not an official Zatoichi film, and isn't even the same actor. I saw an old dollar bin DVD of it years ago and it was shit.