The Guillotine's intentions from the beginning were corrupt, as his original mission was to eliminate the Ching rebels, including the One Armed Boxer, who coincidentally only has one arm. During a prestigious kung-fu tournament, including crazy characters such as “Win Without a Knife” Yakuma, who actually holds a knife secretly, a man who fights using his pigtails, and an Indian Yoga master who could extend his arms by 5 inches, The Flying Guillotine tried to assassinate the One Armed Boxer, but failed.

The Flying Guillotine himself is completely blind, and used a flying guillotine, a hat shaped device that chopped heads right off! What also made this film stand out is its use of creative special effects. A dramatic fight at the end incorporates coffins with spring-loaded hatchets and Wang Yu's gravity-defying wall-climbing. You could also imagine the kind of public reaction a film like this would receive in 1976, to this day it remains a cult film classic that lives up to its eccentric name by offering one of the most unusual and fascinating kung-fu movie experiences.